| Welcome to Theme Life Walking around Sandwich and the surrounding countryside as l do daily, weekly and monthly, I take several thousand photographs. More authentic reflections of quantity might be closer to 3500 assorted photos digitally taken monthly once all the poorer quality ‘click images’ are extracted. Of this figure, ten to fifteen per cent, are held back in folders and will be used in the blog’s gallery features, prompts, or published articles. My main focus is wildlife, so flora and fauna mostly, but also l have a hankering sometimes for unusual shots, or things of a quirky nature. It appeals to my sense of humour, and sometimes these ‘strange’ shots are edited and kept for a ‘rainy day’ gallery or a prompt in the future or because l just like them, and they might make for an interesting themed gallery, pretty much like this series. Not all the galleries here will be specifically themed all the time. They might focus on specific events or moments that were happen chanced upon or simply hold a fascination for me. Hope you enjoy the series |
| Main Image – Bench on The Butts circular Town walk opposite Cricket Grounds |
| Music – Fun and Upbeat |
| The Stories They Could Tell! |
| Photographs l have taken around Sandwich of benches and the Life around and on them taken between August to October. A bench, as opposed to a pew, is usually a longish freestanding seat and can be found in gardens and parks, whilst a pew is generally found in churches but also happens to be an extended seating area. Benches can be fixed or stand-alone. Old benches were usually crafted out of either wood or stone. They are ideal in parks and recreational grounds as well as churchyards as they provide a seating area for those who may be looking at the scenery or in reflective thought. However, they do attract quite a bit of life of their own when not being sat upon by humans and provide for some wonderful imagery. [Check out first Bench Life] |
| “There is only one way to understand a lonely bench in a park: Sit on it; watch whatever it is watching; listen whatever it is listening to! Sit in spring, sit in winter, sit in summer! To understand something deeply, you need to live its life!” Mehmet Murat ildan |
| I have a passion for benches and oft think ‘Oh the stories they could tell if they could talk!” |
| Benches of Colour! |
| Benching in Black and White … |
| Thanks for reading – see you next time. |
Earthly Comforts 
Great shots Rory. I’d like to sit on one of them and see people/ life go by.
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Hey Sadje, with the amount of water falling, we can’t even do that currently 🙂
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Perhaps on a dry day.
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So next spring sometime …. hahaha 🙂
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That’s the plan 👍🏼
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I love benches too. I have one in my front yard, two in my backyard. IMHO the only thing better than a bench is one that swings.
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A swinging bench, like those you see on por ches 🙂
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Yes
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How nice to think of sitting in such beautiful surroundings enjoying Nature. Thank you for the stimulating the thought of the experience, Rory! 😊
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Hey Betty, hope you and Bud, Oliver and Rosemary are all keeping well – you are most welcome 🙂
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Thank you, Rory! Wishing you and Suze all the best. 😊
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We are getting through Betty, if this rain would stop that would be a blessing 🙂
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Oh dear, are they still at it? Will have to reopen the discussion with the rain Gods, I presume! Enough is enough, right? 🙂
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Well we have flooding now, waterlogged gardens, hindered work and whilst l am not depressed like some, l am starting to walk around like a bear with a sore head 🙂
Mebbee a leetle whisper eh ? 🙂
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The old Gods don’t seem to be paying attention to business, Rory. Hmm…wonder if we could put an order in to Amazon Prime? (They’ve got everything else.) Clear skies, coming soon! 🙂
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Hahaha, worry not Betty it is as it is 🙂
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Sending you visions of sunshine just the same, Rory. 😊
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Thanks Betty 🙂
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