This will be my penultimate post of 2021. After Thursday’s blog, I will be taking a break till the new year.
Every December, I try to capture a set of images that would make good Christmas cards. I used to have a colour ‘photograph’ printer and would send some of these to family members. But the device was old and had begun behaving erratically. For such a small level of use, it wasn’t worth replacing. But the photos do find a good home in blog posts…
Here then are my pick of December 2021’s photographs, sent with love and thanks to those whose companionship and support has become so special, despite us only meeting here, in ‘cyberland’.
In these harsh times of Covid, this ‘virtual’ – yet very real – world has become precious and provided a continuation of communication and creativity that would otherwise have been aching void.
(Above: a favourite: a small lane that connects the village of Sedgwick with its neighbour, Hincaster. The brightly coloured Copper Beech hedge is a joy to see throughout the deep winter, lingering like a part of the year past that refuses to die… A bright messenger to 2022!)
(Above: The line of the old Preston to Kendal canal has been drained along most of its northern extent for decades, but it still defines the landscape. Here, caught in the freezing mist, the canal basin emerges into a farmer’s field beneath one of the ‘bridges to nowhere’ then disappears – at least for a while – into a ploughed field)
(Above: the old Wakefield House (now Sedgwick House) glimpsed through the mist. This was the stately home of the last of the ‘gunpowder barons’ who created the modern village of Sedgwick, where we live. The former mansion is now divided into luxury apartments)
(Above: another shot of Back Lane and the hedge, this time, I deliberately left the photo to be a gentle gradient into the misty distance)
(Above: I couldn’t finish without a shot of the powerful River Kent thundering through its limestone gorge, taken from the old bridge that links the village with the feeder road to the M6 motorway.
(Above: my favourite shot – the River Kent in the snow, just before it plunges into the gorge)
And there we have it… Happy Christmas! Thank you for being ‘out there’ and here’s to more blogging companionship in 2022.
Thank you, Willow – and it’s lovely to have you with us on the monthly Zoom meetings! A wonderful Christmas wishes for you and your family. May 2022 bring us out of this terrible period… ❤️
Sun in Gemini 
Awesome image! ^^;
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Thank you, Yolanda 😊
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Lovely images, Steve…
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Thank you, Jaye 💕
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Beautiful! Stir the soul and comfort. Thank you!!
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Thank you, Chris!
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Great pictures as always, Steve. Always a pleasure to be following your journey. Fingers crossed Covid cuts us all some slack next year. Best wishes.
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Thank you, Michael. Amen to that! Appreciated that you were there for the journey… here’s to 2021!
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Great shots Steve. I like the last one best.
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My fave, too, Di. Thank you 😃
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Holly Happy Days, Steve!
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And to you, Ken 😊
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These are all fabulous. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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Glad you like them, Darlene! Thank you. Merry Christmas.
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Such beautiful photos Steve. Wishing you and all the family a very very happy, health and safe Christmas and the same for the New Year 💜💜☃️🎄🌲
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Thank you, Willow – and it’s lovely to have you with us on the monthly Zoom meetings! A wonderful Christmas wishes for you and your family. May 2022 bring us out of this terrible period… ❤️
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Thank you Steve that’s what we are all working toward. Wishing you and all your family a very happy and safe Christmas.💜
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