Yet another month gone by so quickly! It seems strange to be typing 'March 2012' as it has been warm enough this week to be late May or early June. March it is though and here are my offerings for this month's Photo Scavenger Hunt. Thanks, as always to Kathy at Postcards from the PP for keeping us on our toes with her choice of topics. Here is a - link - to other participants.
Buttons
A button design spotted on a cushion in Dunelm, Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent
City
A busy street in the city of Chester, Cheshire. Photo taken from the city walls on Tuesday 27th March.
Fancy
I've taken the meaning of fancy as ornate or decorative. I loved this sign hanging from the balcony in Chester.
Fashion
Jane Austen style! Fashion plates from November 1813. I bought these postcards many years ago at Jane Austen's House in Chawton, Hampshire.
A button design spotted on a cushion in Dunelm, Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent
City
A busy street in the city of Chester, Cheshire. Photo taken from the city walls on Tuesday 27th March.
Fancy
I've taken the meaning of fancy as ornate or decorative. I loved this sign hanging from the balcony in Chester.
Fashion
Jane Austen style! Fashion plates from November 1813. I bought these postcards many years ago at Jane Austen's House in Chawton, Hampshire.
Half a face
Chloe likes the first tulips of Spring! The other half is just as cute.
Kitchen
Wartime kitchen in the Museum of Uttoxeter Life, Uttoxeter Staffordshire. We finally manged to get into the building on our return visit.
Landmark
The famous and much photographed clock on the city wall in Chester.
Landmark
The famous and much photographed clock on the city wall in Chester.
Morning
A misty morning in early March, taken from our bedroom window.
Square
A square made up of four cubes of marble bought as souvenirs of our visit, along with two others and a small vase, to a Carrara Marble Quarry and workshop in Tuscany, Italy in 1990. I was going to photograph one of the cubes until it was pointed out to me that a cube isn't a square as it has a back and front!
Street name
Dig Street in Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Apparently Dig Street was called Loveditch as it was used by young courting couples until under Puritan influence the word 'love' was done away with and Ditch eventually became corrupted into Dig. (Source BBC Radio Derby)
Theatre
I didn't photograph the actual theatre building in Chester as there was plenty of theatrical entertainment on the streets. The very tall (presumably standing on a box) animator beckoned me over, shook my hand and gave me a heart shaped lollipop!
Words
'I see you standing there as if on a distant horizon'
Around the island on the lake in Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Dig Street in Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Apparently Dig Street was called Loveditch as it was used by young courting couples until under Puritan influence the word 'love' was done away with and Ditch eventually became corrupted into Dig. (Source BBC Radio Derby)
Theatre
I didn't photograph the actual theatre building in Chester as there was plenty of theatrical entertainment on the streets. The very tall (presumably standing on a box) animator beckoned me over, shook my hand and gave me a heart shaped lollipop!
Words
'I see you standing there as if on a distant horizon'
Around the island on the lake in Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire