Roger Bennion's photos

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Happy Fence Friday, Everyone :-) I'm sure if Don Henley was here he would say, "Take A Picture Of This" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Take A Picture Of This ~ Don Henley

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Another one from the Archives and I think I may have added a bit of HDR. The song that comes to mind for 'Sight and Sound' is "Picture of You" by Joe Brown & The Bruvvers :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Picture of Me ~ Joe Brown & The Bruvvers

Explored! Thank you very much :-) The building with the spire is Lincoln College Library in Oxford. Libraries have books and for 'Sight and Sound' I have chosen "Book of Love" by The Monotones :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Book of Love ~ The Monotones

If this is an original ceiling in the Examination Schools in Oxford it dates from 1882. On this basis the lights are some 130 years more recent :-) The lights are circular and there are circles in the ceiling. So, that makes it easy for me to link my photo to "Full Circle" by Gene Clark from his 1973 album "Roadmaster" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Full Circle ~ Gene Clark Also, until just t'other day, I didn't know that Dan Fogelberg recorded Gene's song :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Full Circle ~ Dan Fogelberg Funny how the circle turns around First your up and then your down again Though the circle takes what it may give Each time around it makes you live again Funny how the circle is a wheel And it can steal someone who is a friend Funny how the circle takes your flight And if it's it right it brings it back again Funny how the circle turns around You think your lost and then you're found again Though you always look for what you know Each time around it's something new again

Explored! Thank you very much :-) These double-doors are inside the Weston Library in Oxford. I think the odd reflections are coming from in front of the doors and some must be from the street outside. I say this because it was almost black behind the doors :-) I am reminded of "Close the Door Lightly" that was written by Eric Andersen and my all-time fave version is by The Dillards from their 1970 album, "Copperfields" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Close the Door Lightly ~ The Dillards Maybe view on black, please :-)

Happy Fence Friday, All :-) Also, I wanted to add this photo to 'Sight and Sound'. I almost gave up on trying to find songs about waterfalls when I came across "Waterfall" by Dwight Yoakam :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Waterfall ~ Dwight Yoakam

One of the River Thames in London from way, way back in the Archives so that I can link this photo to "Follow The River" by Katey Sagal :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Follow The River ~ Katey Sagal

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Time to get a bit carried away with ye olde 'soft focus' effect methinks :-) I am reminded of "Walking the Dog" written by Rufus Thomas and I have chosen the version by the Rolling Stones :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Walking the Dog ~ Rolling Stones

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is the entrance to Oxford University Press. I was looking for songs about fountains but couldn't find any until I came across "Three Coins in the Fountain" by Matt Monroe :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Three Coins in the Fountain ~ Matt Monro Possibly view on black :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Happy Fence Friday, All :-) This is the Clarendon Building in Oxford. It is part of the Bodleian Library. Libraries have books so, for 'Sight and Sound', I have chosen "Book Of Days" by Enya. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Book of Days ~ Enya

Explored! Thank you very much :-) If I can find a tenuous link, any tenuous link, to use with a Gene Clark track I will :-))) So, when Helen and I were in Stowe Landscape Gardens on 6 November I thought I would 'try so hard' not to take another photo of the Palladian Bridge and the Gothic Temple. But, temptation got the better of me and I can now link my photo to "Tried So Hard" written by Gene Clark. It features on the 1967 album "Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers". The lead guitar player on this track is the late, great Clarence White. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Tried So Hard ~ Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers I would fully recommend the 2013 'Four Suns Productions' feature length documentary, 'The Byrd Who Flew Alone' exploring the life and work of Gene Clark. In my opinion it is absolutely the best ever music documentary.

Explored! Thank you very much :-) "Ripple" written by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia features on The Grateful Dead album "American Beauty" from 1970. One of my fave tracks on the album :-) Love the version here by 'Playing For Change' :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ripple ~ Playing For Change

Explored! Thank you very much :-) And, there's more.....i.e. another photo of the entrance to the Weston Library in Oxford :-) The Weston Library is full of books. Books are full of words. I'm sure some words are hard. So, I can now link my photo to "Words Are Hard" by Sara Niemietz :-) Great to see everyone having such fun :-) The guy playing acoustic guitar is W.G. Snuffy Walden. I think I would like to be called R J Snuffy Bennion :-)) Also added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Words Are Hard ~ Sara Niemietz

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HFF, everyone :-) Also added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Don't Fence Me In ~ Asleep At The Wheel

The old Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford was demolished and for the last year or so the new one has been taking shape. I thought it was going to be a small number of shops on one level. But, it is now open and it is over three storeys and it is pretty massive :-) I'm not one for spending lots of time in shopping centres but I was very impressed with the new Westgate and I could see lots of photo opportunities :-) Trouble is, there is rule that says you cannot take photos in shopping centres 'cos they are deemed to be private property!! So, I grabbed a few shots before any security guards stopped me :-) This shot was taken on the Roof Terrace and you can see a number of Oxford's 'Dreaming Spires'. Certainly, Tom Tower, Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church College, Radcliffe Camera, Oxford University Church, Merton College. I'm not immediately too sure of the others. Maybe Lincoln College, University College and one or two others :-) These folks are heading back to the escalators so I have chosen "Walk Right Back" by Chris Hillman from his album "Bidin' My Time". The album was produced by Tom Petty not that long before Tom, tragically, passed away. I am also including a short tribute to Tom from Chris. A box of tissues is at the ready! Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Walk Right Back ~ Chris Hillman ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Chris' Tribute to Tom Petty

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Some Autumn leaves here so I have chosen "Autumn Leaves" by the Everly Brothers for 'Sight and Sound' :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Autumn Leaves ~ Everly Brothers

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Somewhere along the line I have previously used "I'm Walking" by Fats Domino and now that Fats has passed away I'm thinking it's okay to use this track again. There are lots of peoples walking in my photo taken in Stowe Landscape Gardens so "I'm Walking" seems like a logical choice to moi :-) Thanks for all the wonderful music, Fats :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ I'm Walking ~ Fats Domino ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Or, listen here - I'm Walking ~ Fats Domino

Explored! Thank you very much :-) I think the data shows that this photo was taken in the afternoon whereas I thought it was taken in the morning. But, no matter, for the purposes of 'Sight and Sound' we'll have to imagine it was taken in the morning :-) And, because there is some mistiness in the background this will then allow me to link my photo to "In A Misty Morning" by Gene Clark :-) One of my many all-time faves by Gene :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ In A Misty Morning ~ Gene Clark To quote one of the YouTube comments - "RIP Gene Clark, Never Forgotten"