Amelia's photos

I think this is the last of summer's pleasures.

The Sunday Challenge today is: Money related things. BUT!...NO pictures of any actual money!

This week's challenge is: Flowers SOOC (straight out of camera). I've forgotten the name of this plant. Please can someone remind me. Many thanks to Dan, I can now name this plant.

Middleport Pottery was built in 1888 by Burgess & Leigh Ltd (founders William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess). It is located at Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The buildings, which still house an active pottery, are protected for their historic interest. The pottery was given listed building status in the 1970s. By this time six of the seven bottle ovens on the site had been demolished. The surviving bottle oven was given its own listing. In 1988 the course of the Trent and Mersey Canal through Stoke-on-Trent was designated a linear conservation area. Courtesy if Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleport_Pottery For those of you who might be interested, this is the location of the Great Pottery Throw-down on BBC TV. (Not being shown this year unfortunately).

Poppies: Weeping Window By Paul Cummins Artist And Tom Piper Designer. Poppies: Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies. The display is currently at the Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on Trent until the 16th September. From 8 September - 25 November 2018 the poppy display will be in Manchester. The display will then be in London from the 5 October - 18 November 2018. The iconic poppy sculptures Wave and Weeping Window have been on display in 19 locations around the UK from 2014 until the end of 2018. and have now been seen by over 3.5 million people. Poppies in Stoke

The dam is 358m long, with a maximum height in the centre of 44.2m from foundation to crest. The body of the structure consists of irregularly shaped stone blocks, each up to 10 tonnes in weight. A network of drainage tunnels built into the foundations, and two transverse discharge tunnels through the base of the dam, relieve pressure using hydraulically operated valves. The discharge tunnels release compensation water into the Afon Vyrnwy so that the river does not dry up. Only one of the discahrge tunnels was working on that day. The reservoir has been depleted during the drought in the summer, but is now filling up almost daily. About two thirds of the way along the dam you may spot some High vis jackets. Workmen were repairing the cracks in the dam. A pair of them can be seen in the PiP.

The Sunday Challenge: Using a colour photo convert it to B&W. then: EDIT: Process or not - your choice. I would like to see the color version as a PIP. I inverted the original photo, converted it to B&W and did some contrast adjustments.

HFF everyone. Designed by Humphrey Repton, but not built until over 160 years later, the Temple was opened in 1975 to celebrate the 70th birthday of Mr Thomas Upcher, the last of his family to live in the Hall. Although built in slightly different position than planned by Repton the temple still provides a view as intended overlooking the parkland with the yellow gorse in flower, taking in Sheringham Hall and the coast beyond. Courtesy of: The National Trust

Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum' is the purple-black foliage form of Aeonium arboreum and its dark colouration and perfect geometric rosettes combine to create a truly stunning plant that is ideal for bedding out in the summer.

Erddig Hall is a National Trust property on the outskirts of Wrexham, Wales. Located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wrexham town centre, it was built in 1684–1687 for Josiah Edisbury, the High Sheriff of Denbighshire; it was designed in 1683 by Thomas Webb. Erddig has one of the last surviving 18th-century gardens with a large walled garden and Victorian parterre, and extensive designed parkland which offers 13 miles of footpaths. Courtesy of Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erddig

A meeting of Hazel, Beech, Oak and Sycamore

Macro Mondays 2.0. Today's theme: Seeds and nuts

You may notice that the seat of this old bench has been replaced with a new piece of oak. It will soon be necessary to replace the back.

This thermometer is placed in the shade on our patio. Circumstances beyond my control mean that it has not been regulated since April 2018. I can't remember what the coldest temperature was in the depths of winter. I did think about cleaning it up but ..... How it works: The red button is pressed to re-set the thermometer. On certain models this can be done with a magnet too. The bend of the U contains a thread of mercury. Two scales are provided, one against each limb of the tube so that the temperature may be read against either of the mercury levels. Resting on each of the mercury surfaces are small steel indexes provided with light springs to hold them in position in the stem. Expansion or contraction of the mercury causes a movement of the mercury thread. Consequently, one or other index is pushed forward by the mercury and left in the extreme position reached. So yesterday's temperature was 20C, and the maximum temperature reached in the shade since April was 31C.