Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: John Prine

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 :-) 'Oxford Blue' is a Souvenir shop in Oxford and my link for 'Sight and Sound' is "Souvenirs" by John Prine :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Souvenirs ~ John Prine

I don't know where I have been to have missed out on Steve Goodman's brilliant version of John Prine's classic “Blue Umbrella”. But now, I can listen every day :-) Just give me one good reason And I promise I won't ask you any more Just give me one extra season So I can figure out the other four Tragically, Steve never got that one extra season.........succumbing to cancer in 1984 at only 36 years old. R.I.P. Steve. The 'umbrella' .......maybe it's a parasol :-) .......in my shot was red but it is not red any longer :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Blue Umbrella ~ Steve Goodman