Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: Canons Ashby House

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, EVERYONE And, for Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music it was just another morning here at Canons Ashby :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ It's Just Another Morning Here ~ Nanci Griffith

I wasn't expecting to find any songs about a wheelbarrow but I did find one by DanaMaria & Band :-) Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Wheelbarrow ~ DanaMaria & Band

Canons Ashby House is the ancestral home of the Dryden family. Clara Dryden, born 1859, was a gifted painter and painted many of the scenes at Canons Ashby including the interior of the house and the gardens. Polly Swann married Chris Dryden in 2000. Polly is a keen amateur photographer and had the idea to produce a book called "Canons Ashby Then & Now". This book features watercolours by Clara Dryden and photographs by Polly of the same scene shown side by side. It is remarkable how little has changed since 1710. I have been inspired by Polly's book to try a slight variation of Polly's idea. That is to take photographs of the house and gardens and then give my photos a painterly type effect. Over the years I have tried lots of different software/filters and a while ago I came across the "Dream Smoothing" filter in 'GIMP Photo' software. Maybe not to everyone's taste but I have grown to very much like the effect this filter produces :-)) Here is my first picture of the house given the 'Dream Smoothing' effect and this could be the start of more 'Dream Smoothing' Photos :-))) Also, a bit of a tenuous 'Sight and Sound' link but I have chosen "Picture Show" by John Prine & Tom Petty. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Picture Show ~ John Prine & Tom Petty Maybe view on black, please :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL Canons Ashby House is the ancestral home of the Dryden family. The house has remained almost unchanged since the 18th Century. I also wanted to add my photo to 'Sight and Sound' but had almost given up trying to find a suitable link. But, then I found out that Spencer Dryden was drummer for Jefferson Airplane. If Spencer Dryden was related to the Dryden family that would mean I could choose "Plastic Fantastic Lover" by Jefferson Airplane :-)) One of my fave tracks from "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" from 1969. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Plastic Fantastic Lover ~ Jefferson Airplane I didn't know that Spencer left Jefferson Airplane and joined New Riders of the Purple Sage :-)