David Swatton's PhotoBlog

One for the vine...

At Croft Castle, five miles from home, they have a small vineyard and each year make their own wine.

Fern...

Ferns seem to lend themselves to black and white... wonder why some subjects seem to do that more than others?

2300th post...

I'm not sure for how much longer I will continue posting. It's feeling like a mechanical exercise without much point.

Fennel shadowplay...

Mostly over for another year...

The poppies are more or less finished now but have been quite spectacular this year.

It would be nice to see more of this...

Rather than this...

Titterstone Clee...

The charmingly named hill in the centre distance. I always think of Frankie Howerd when I hear its name...

Sunflowers... the blooms this time...

Glad I got these as heavy rain yesterday and overnight has just about done for them.

Sunflower...

Light shining behind the sunflowers picked out the amazing detail in the leaves and I couldn't resist a pic.

A splash of colour...

A splash of garden colour for a Friday. Have a good weekend all. D.

No jousting today...

The overgrown inner bailey of the ruins of Wigmore castle, once one of the mightiest fortresses in the country and the power base of the Mortimer family, the…

History on the doorstep...

I'm lucky enough to live in a place brimming with historic sites to visit. This is one of my favourites as there are also lovely walks around an about -…

The roses are beautiful at the moment...

Medieval geometry...

Medieval timber-framed house in the old centre of Ludlow

Tomb with a view...

From our trip to Wiltshire in May. Have a good weekend, all. D.

Black and white...

...but not in black and white. Pembridge, 20 minutes from where I live. Part of the "Black and White Trail" in Herefordshire.

Beans...!

The beans are in full flower and we are starting to harvest what looks like will be a bumper crop...

Georgian...

One of the lovely Georgian terraces in the centre of Ludlow.

You could almost think it was summer...

T'wit, t'woo...

From a recent trip to Mary Arden's Farm in Stratford-upon-Avon. Have a good weekend all. D.