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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ was taken in the greenhouses within the walled gardens at Temple Newsam. There are beautiful Pelargoniums that have been there for at least the half century I have been...
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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ shows the lower of the Menagerie Ponds at Temple Newsam Park near Leeds. Sadly most of the trees have now taken on their bare late autumn appearance. We must enjoy each...
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Today’s photo from the park is from the parkland in front of Temple Newsam House. Each season has its good and bad points. The low sun during late autumn is a positive maybe not for driving but...
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One of the main limitations of taking photographs on my phone, is on rain sodden days such as today. I wanted to take this photo of the golf course at Temple Newsam though to give a feel for the day....
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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ shows the results of some recent tree thinning work near to Temple Newsam House. On a wet December day I didn’t think I would find anything beautiful to photograph. A tree...
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Today’s photo from my travels around ‘the park’ was taken near to the upper of the Menagerie Ponds at Temple Newsam. Days like these make dark December days quite bearable.
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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ was taken at the south side of Temple Newsam House on the edge of the formal terrace gardens. Some tree thinning work has been carried out in in this area in recent days....
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The Glasshouses at Temple Newsam, Leeds. Inside looking out in December, apparently we are heading for a bit of a heat wave! Instead of snow we should be getting an accumulation of dust from the Sahara...
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Today’s photo from ‘the park’ was taken on the walk through the avenue of trees that leads up towards Temple Newsam House.
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I often berate the winter months when wandering around outdoors. Beauty of course is there and in everything around us. This photo was taken a few days ago on one of my strolls around Temple Newsam...
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I have to be honest and say there have been odd times during my year of visiting ‘the park’ that I have struggled to find a photo for this feature. It shouldn’t be a problem in a park the size of...
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My photo today from ‘the park’ was taken near to the entrance of Temple Newsam Walled Gardens. Not much is flowering around the estate at this time of the year. Jasminium nudiflorum or ‘Winter...
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After almost fifty-one weeks of my photo project ‘the park’ photographing Temple Newsam throughout 2015. I took a break today visiting Roundhay Park instead, another wonderful Leeds Park. Today’s...
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I had hoped for something special as my photo from ‘the park’ on Christmas Eve. However this project has been about a year of strolls around a city park that I have known since childhood. The theme of...
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Nearly there folks, the end of my year-long photo journal at Temple Newsam Park near Leeds is rapidly approaching. More on my thoughts and reflections from wandering around a city park for a year in a...
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My photo today from ‘the park’ shows three trees I have photographed a number of times throughout my year long journey at Temple Newsam. They are in a meadow adjacent to the Hertford Springs area of...
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I seem to be ending my year in ‘the park’ with bare trees and grey skies, pretty much where I came. It was pleasant today getting out after the holiday period although very wet going underfoot. I...
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No quiet reflective stroll in ‘the park’ for me today. Temple Newsam was packed with crowds of people enjoying the holidays. Nice to see so many people enjoying this great open space. Our weather is a...
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Well here I am, I have reached photo 299 of 300 before the end of 2015. It hasn’t been quite as easy as I thought. Going to the same park for a year with 65 days spare didn’t seem too much of a problem...
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