Amelia's photos

A misty morning, and the gorse bushes are covered in webs. Many of these webs may belong to the Autumn Webworm Hyphantria cunea. The species is native to America but has been introduced to Europe where it can be frequent in places. The larvae feed in communal webs (hence the name 'Webworm')

Today's Sunday Challenge is: A chair.

Today's Saturday Self Challenge is "Flat Lay Still Life". I could do no better than Nature

The blue and yellow colours represent those of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, and are the colours of the Shrewsbury Town Football Club. The leopards' faces, referred to as "loggerheads" locally, are a traditional emblem for Shropshire and several of its towns.

These are garden escapees growing under the hedge at the entrance to Caffi Wylfa in Chirk. We quite often stop to have a (very nice) coffee here when we are out walking. The garden next door to the cafe is covered in these little beauties.

Stem White/off white/cream, often very slightly mottled grey to brown with a kind of snakeskin effect. Coming from a bulb a little like the amanitas, strong and up to 30 cm almost always with the skirt still on nearly 2/3 of the way up the stem. Hollow on cutting and often very fibrous.

Today's Saturday Self Challenge is: "Artificial reflections". I used PicMonkey to create this image. I have added the original photo as a PiP Unfortunately we have been without Internet access for most of the day until about 20 minutes ago, so I have been unable to upload this image or visit anyone else's attempts until now.

HFF everyone. Crossing the English/Welsh border can be via the Chirk Aqueduct, which carries the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union canal 70 feet above the beautiful Ceiriog Valley. The aqueduct which has 10 circular masonry arches, was built between 1796 and 1801 by William Jessop and Thomas Telford.

St.Alkmund's Church stands at the highest point in the town of Shrewsbury. The church was rebuilt in 1795. A few alterations were made in the 19th century, but starting in 1895 a major programme of work was carried out which transformed the appearance of the church. Two world wars and a drastic re-organisation of parish boundaries left St Alkmund's short of money, and the building gradually fell into disrepair. Since the year 2000 a major effort has been made to rescue the building. The work has included re-roofing the church, installing photo-voltaic panels on the roof and re-glazing the windows with handmade clear glass as they would have appeared in 1795. This photo shows one of the clear glass windows with another clear glass window on the other side of the aisle. The reflections include a somewhat wobbly spire of the nearby St.Mary's Church on the left, and the surrounding buildings include the roof of the Bear Steps Cafe and art gallery.

St.Alkmund's Church stands at the highest point in the town of Shrewsbury. The church was rebuilt in 1795. A few alterations were made in the 19th century, but starting in 1895 a major programme of work was carried out which transformed the appearance of the church. Two world wars and a drastic re-organisation of parish boundaries left St Alkmund's short of money, and the building gradually fell into disrepair. Since the year 2000 a major effort has been made to rescue the building. The work has included re-roofing the church, installing photo-voltaic panels on the roof and re-glazing the windows with handmade clear glass as they would have appeared in 1795. This photo shows one of the clear glass windows with another clear glass window on the other side of the aisle. The reflections include a somewhat wobbly spire of the nearby St.Mary's Church on the left, and the surrounding buildings include the roof of the Bear Steps Cafe and art gallery.

A cafe in Oswestry has unveiled a custom-made sculpture inspired by a Norse God. Local artists, Bridie Dunbabin and George Triggs revealed the sculpture at Wednesdays Cafe Bar, made by Oswestry artist Jas Davidson, The owner of Wednesdays, Tim Bailey, said the commission would feature the Norse God, Odin, also known as Woden and is influenced by the name of the cafe as the weekday name of Wednesday derives from the Old English name of the god: ‘Woden’s day’.