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Laurette
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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · Nov 16
Tarn Hows in Autumn
#Stunday
#LakeDistrict
#Reflections
#Landscape
#Autumn
#Trees
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTelevision
#Photography

TV Programme
“The Lakes with Simon Reeve”
I took this photo one November when the lake was a beautiful blue and the trees were in their most spectacular autumn colours.
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Posy in a little jar from August.
Something bright to end the weekend.
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
February 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Synchronised Swans
#Swanday
#Stunday
#Swans
#AlphabetChallenge
#BonusDiptych
#SurreyHills
#Landscape
#Photography
Two swans at Frensham Great Pond today.
February 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Deep pink camellia spotted yesterday.
After today I’m having a few days off BSky. Taking this opportunity to thank for all the likes reposts, quote posts and comments. I love the BSky community and the beautiful photos, art & interesting posts on here.
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
#Stunday
Deep pink camellia.
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Gulls in water with reflections at Shottermill Ponds in the SurreyHills.
#BirdoftheDay
#GullsinWater
#Photogrsphy
#SurreyHills
#Reflections
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Looking towards the limestone amphitheatre of Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
#YorkshireDales
#Landscape
#Photography
#Stunday
Winter trees along the River Aire and sheep grazing on the grass. In the distance is Malham Cove.
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!”
From Marmion by Sir Walter Scott, 1808

Photo of trees at Winkworth Arboretum which appear to be in a tangle. Long shadows from the sun that has broken through the mist.

#ImageandVerse
#Trees
#Landscape
#Photography
#Stunday
Trees huddled together. Perhaps they are plotting something. They are whispering behind the back of an innocent bench. The light has turned the grass a bright green and caused long shadows on the ground.
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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I always find it amazing that miniature, delicate flowers are often the first to bloom.
Narcissus flowers for sale with a strong scent.
#YellowSunday
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
I love these but I find their scent overpowering indoors, so I must remember next year to plant some of them as bulbs.
February 1, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,”said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf,”and so do all that live to see such times.”
(Cont. in ALT) from Tolkien , Lord of the Rings.

St Michael overcoming Satan by John Flaxman 1755-1826

#ImageandVerse
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
#Sculptures
(Continued from Lord of the Rings.) “But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time given us.” My photo is a sculpture at Petworth House.
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Walking along the South West Coast path at the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth Cove, Dorset.🥾
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
#Coastal
#Skies
#Clouds
#Dorset
#Stunday
#Landscape
#Photography
Beautiful cloud formations over the cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. A fence runs along this part of the walk and is on the right of my photo. A little further on is Durdle Door where you can walk down to the sea. The grass in the foreground is in the shade but the sun is illuminating the cliffs and grass ahead. The sea is wonderful shades of blue and in the distance on the left is the isle of Portland. At the top the clouds are forming a pattern like rays of light.
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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A sunset from last November in the Surrey Hills.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#clouds
#Skies
#Sunsets
#SurreyHills
#Photography
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Fluffy white clouds on a blue sky over Buttermere, Lake District.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Clouds
#LakeDistrict
#Reflections
#Photography
Reflections from the sky, fells and trees on the water.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Flowers in the garden today. Spring in sight.
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
Snowdrops Hellebore Miniature Iris Hellebores
January 31, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Back to July and a chorus of clouds singing above me and on the water.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Clouds
#reflections
#SurreyHills
#Landscape
#Photography
This is Frensham Pond last July. Pink wildflowers are on the left. This side of the pond is sandy. It leads to the sky and cloud reflections on the water. The opposite bank is full of trees. The blue sky is covered with beautiful cloud formations.
January 31, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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A flock of seagulls flying above me but below the clouds.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#clouds
#Birds
#Photography
#Skies
The seagulls had taken of from the nearby lake after being spooked by 3 buzzards flying over. This was last week in the grounds of Petworth House, West Sussex.
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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The beautiful exterior and interior of St Peter’s Church, Hascombe, Surrey Hills.
#SteepleSaturday
#AlphabetChallenge
#BonusDiptych
#Churches
#Photography
St Peter’s Church is Grade II listed. The beautiful interior of the church.
January 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Clouds over the South Downs in October and November. A view from the grounds of Petworth House down to the Shepherd’s Hut.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#clouds
#AlphabetChallenge
#BonusDiptych
#Landscape
#WestSussex
#Photography
End of October 2025. View at end of November.
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The sun appearing through the clouds on Wednesday.
#SurreyHills
#BlueSkyArtShow
#clouds
#Reflections
#Landscape
#Photography
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
This is at Winkworth Arboretum. In the foreground are tree branches on the left and the green bank of the lake. The sky and clouds are reflected on the lake. The opposite bank is shining a lime green in the sun. Trees are on this side of the lake and small shrubs on the other also reflected on the water. There are more trees in the distance. The morning sky is heavy with grey clouds which are being burnt off by the sun.
January 31, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Tree with a sign saying,
“Breathe in, hold, breathe out, sigh”
#Trees
#SurreyHills
#ForestFriday
#Photography
#ColorADay
#BWFri
Tree near Devil’s Punchbowl today.
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Looking down into the Devil’s Punchbowl it is packed with trees up to the brim but I am at the top with a single winter tree.
#ForestFriday
#Trees
#Scape
#Treescape
#Landscape
#Photography
#SurreyHills
#Skies
Today looking down on the Devil’s Punchbowl and across to Farnham in the distance.
January 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Posy in a little jar I put together last August.
#FlowersonFriday
#FloralFriday
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Gaping Gill, 322 feet pothole and Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Dales 3 peaks.🥾
#YorkshireDales
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDforDramatic
#Scape
#Landscape
#Photography
You have to do a little detour when climbing Ingleborough if you want to look into Gaping Gill. It is one of the most famous caves in the Yorkshire Dales and one of the largest underground chambers in Britain. Ingleborough (2372 ft high) is one of the peaks in the 3 peaks challenge, the other two are Pen-y-Ghent and Whernside.
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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2 cormorants on branches just above the lake & 2 about to take off at Winkworth Arboretum, Surrey Hills on Wednesday. (I’m not sure whether that’s a cormorant on a branch in middle. It looks more like a heron.)
#Flyday
#SurreyHills
#Birds
#Waterbirds
#Scape
#Landscape
#Photography
Cormorants taking off at the lake with two on branches on the left and possibly a heron on a branch in the middle of the lake.
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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“Come this way,” said the trees when I had taken a different route near the Devils Punchbowl, Surrey Hills on Monday.🥾
#ForestFriday
#Scape
#Landscape
#Treescape
#SurreyHills
Three dark young trees on either side of the path with branches entwined seemed to be showing me the way. Further ahead are young silver birches and the path I was looking for.
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Two photos taken of the view of the South Downs from Petworth with the same two trees. One this January and one last October.
#WestSussex
#Scape
#Landscape
#Trees
#AlphabetChallenge
#BonusDiptych
#Photography
A view towards the South Downs. The two trees in the middle are also in my next photo. A beautiful blue sky with branches dangling above. The same two trees on the left of my photo with beautiful cloud formations. I was standing more to the left in October so the large tree on the right is in full view.
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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The sky beginning to clear at Winkworth Arboretum on Wednesday morning.
#Scape
#Landscape
#Reflections
#Photography
#SurreyHills
A reflection of the sky, clouds and trees on the lake.
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM