| Photographs l have taken capturing moments and beautiful scenery alike around the medieval town of Sandwich and surrounding areas in Kent and added to nature and inspiration quotes and accompanied with music. Sandwich, Kent I live in the beautiful and historic town of Sandwich in Kent in the southeast of England. The River Stour lies on the edge of the town. Originally, Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports, and we have many medieval buildings here from the original construction time. Sandwich is two miles from the coast, and although once it was a major port in its own right, this is no longer the case due to the silting up of the River Stour. Gazen Salts Nature Reserve The woodlands are home to many species of flora also such as primroses, celandine, dog rose, oak, ash, wild cherry, elm, field maple, wild privet, marsh marigold, marshmallow, meadowsweet, black bush, yellow iris and many other exciting plants of interest. The lake and the waterways in the Reserve are sustained by a sluice gate connected to the River Stour. The waters further feed and play host to a diverse range of wildlife, including species such as sticklebacks, pond skaters, diving beetles, frogs and toads, newts, kingfishers, moorhens, bats, rats, shrews, weasels, stoats, foxes, hedgehogs, moles, water voles, grass snakes, mallard, tufted, pochard and shoveler ducks, warblers, woodpeckers, blackcaps, sparrowhawks, grey squirrels, parakeets and others including many butterfly species too. For more photograph galleries see Directory below … |
| For more photographs please feel free to check out The Gallery |
| Images taken between 08th March – 13th March |
| Musical Backdrop for this Gallery – Stardust |
| March Blossoms |
| Brewers Shoe shop, The Corner House, Sandwich |
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
| Church Street, Sandwich |
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller
| The Bell Hotel, The Quay, Sandwich |
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
Audrey Hepburn
| Quay Lane Archway, The Drill Hall, Sandwich |
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
| Guildcount Lane, Sandwich |
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi
| Short Street, Sandwich |
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman
| St Mary’s Street, Sandwich |
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
| St Clement’s Church, Sandwich |
“We become what we think about”
Earl Nightingale
| St Peter’s Church, Sandwich |
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Kobe Bryant
| The Ropewalk – Tree Lined Avenue, Sandwich |
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. Johnson
| River Stour Marina, Sandwich |
| Ducks and Moorhens, Sandwich |
Earthly Comforts 
Yet another inspiring stroll! Thank you, Rory, it’s been a pleasure! 😊
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Hey Betty you are most welcome, keep smiling 🙂
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Nice music, and gorgeous photos!! You used the Helen Keller quote twice. I don’t know if that was intentional, but here I am with my Editor’s cap😉
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There is a glitch in the quote system in WordPress, l was discussing it with Suzanne a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for the heads up.
I am going to marginally alter the way the quotes appear in this series.
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Thank you for taking us along with you on your stroll, Rory! And, I enjoyed the lovely music, as well. Regarding WP.com and their quote feature, I had to change every one of them in Eclectic Brew! Fortunately, I am not having the same issue in my .org blog.
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Hey Eugenia, thank you 🙂
I think l have ironed it out, but occasionally a small glitch now and then changes things again. I will be looking at a newer way of addressing this soon.
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It must be frustrating for you, Rory, because your Business blog is multi-faceted. My WP.com blog is still simplistic and I still get annoyed when my content looks wacky because of WP’s crazy ideas.
I am getting Eclectic Brew ready to switch to the new FSE, which has proven to be a confusing experience.
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Is FSE = Full Sight Editing? This is the same as Gutenberg editing anyway isn’t it? Or is it something different?
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Yes, FSE is Full Site Editing and is different than Gutenberg editing. I will have a lot more options if I apply FSE to my WP.com blog. I won’t need it on my self-hosted blog because my theme is loaded with options.
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Oh right. So why is it proving so complex?
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Because the FSE themes don’t offer sidebars, etc. for widgets, which I want. One of my fellow bloggers was able to migrate her existing blog into an FSE theme in order to retain sidebars, footers and headers, etc. It’s a process I am trying to learn.
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Got you – mm, that does seem like a lot of extra hard work. Good if you can acquire the knowledge to make it easy though.
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WP offers a class on it, which is how she learned about it. She sent instructions to me but I can’t seem to master it yet but I will figure it out.
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I am sure you will Eugenia, this is where your background in underwriting must come into play also as in understanding the complexing and the confusing 🙂
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Have you watched the class WP offers?
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