Great shot AnnaLois ☺️👍🏼 and he is giving me sassy side eye lol 😂
“You call that a knife?…Nooo, THAT’S a knife”
Where's Mick Dundee?
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #crocodile #taxidermy #KiplinHall #Yorkshire
Cheeky shot AnnaLois 😳😂👍🏼
About to completely lower the tone of today's #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
Let's call this:
Forty Year Throwback
It was in a grand house!
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Louis XIV statue is dwarfed by two giant, rusty metal sculptures that frame it and the grand entrance to Versailles. This view is looking out from the palace gates toward trees and the town.
One of the things I love about France is their love of art and supporting artists. You never know what modern installations will be showcased in old places.
Versailles, France
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#UnexpectedEncounters
A girl looks up from a well lit hiding space, known as a 'priest hole', that has been created by cutting a square hole in floorboards.
There's someone in the priest hole at Boscobel House! #PalacesandGardens #UnexpectedEncounters #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #history
I expected some Torii gates along the trail to the top of the mountain at the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shinto Shrine in #Kyoto, #Japan, but not the many thousands of them! For #PalacesAndGardens #UnexpectedEncounters.
#EastCoastKin #trail #hiking #shrines #mountains
Colours, detail and textures, this has it all June!! 🤩💛🧡🖤👍🏼
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#UnexpectedEncounters
#UnusualEncounters
#YellowThu
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#PhotographersofBlueSky
Beautifully taken June my friend 🤩👌🏼
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#UnusualEncounters
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For #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters. A black cat roaming the white marble ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Ephesus in Turkey (2023). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #Türkiye #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #RomanRuins #cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #EastCoastKin
License plate from Alaska on a blue car spotted in Long Island, NY.
Was not expecting to see this license plate in Long Island, NY all the way from Alaska 🤷🏼♂️
#Unexpectedencounters
#ECK
Meet Cedric. Can't remember what it was actually called but it had a very distinguished name! Stumbled across this scaly beast sitting on top of a cupboard at the end of the long gallery next to the doorway out at Kiplin Hall. Photograph shows a stuffed crocodile sitting above a cabinet with the edge of a cream decorative door frame to the left. The crocodile's mouth is a tiny bit open to show off its sharp teeth. Its beady eye follows the viewer. Its back foot is slightly raised as if it's about to start walking.
Where's Mick Dundee?
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #crocodile #taxidermy #KiplinHall #Yorkshire
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Photograph taken of a 1940s green-grey loo roll holder against a well worn wall, with a roll of Izal medicated loo roll in place. Two of the rooms at Kiplin Hall were kept in the state they were in, when the beautiful property was requisitioned for military rehab for soldiers in the 1940s. Remember this pointless excuse for loo roll from primary school days! Dreadful stuff 😂
About to completely lower the tone of today's #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
Let's call this:
Forty Year Throwback
It was in a grand house!
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #primaryschool #1940s #KiplinHall #Yorkshire #memories
(iPhone camera)
A thistle placed on the yellow floral-patterned velvet of an antique chair to prevent visitors from sitting on it
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#UnexpectedEncounters
#UnusualEncounters
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#PalacesandGardens #UnexpectedEncounters #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #photographer #blueskyphotography #PhotographersUnited
We visited a number of excellent museums when on holiday in Venice back in January. The Palazzo Fortuny was my absolute favourite. We did the tour of the house with the audio guide. Towards the end of the tour you seem to retrace your steps but then get taken through a door you have not ventured through before, stepping through was a ‘wow’ moment for me as you feel as though you’ve gone out into a garden but you’re still inside. It is Fortuny Winter Garden room, planned and created by him. In the words of the museum “the creation gives the space a great luminosity. An ideal “enchanted garden” animated by allegorical figures, satyrs and exotic animals: all set in a “Veronese-style” Corinthian loggia, embellished by luxuriant plant motifs, verdant garlands and sophisticated drapes”. In the photo we are looking at a wall that has been beautifully painted and adorned with trompe l’œil, and in the foreground are comfortable sofas, chairs and a table. A fabulous place to relax if only it were allowed.
Indoor Garden
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Figure of King John sitting on a medieval toilet set in the castle walls
I did not expect to see King John on the toilet in Carrickfergus Castle 😳
#PalacesandGardens #UnexpectedEncounters
#PalacesAndGardens #UnexpectedEncounters
"Brücken Affe" in Heidelberg
#photography #classicmono #eastcoastkin
Morning Marjo my friend & this a great shot!! Although l’d run if real lol 😂 Have a fabulous day ☺️🤍👌🏼
I hope this wall spiders on a house in Monschau Germany will fit the theme #UnexpectedEncounters from #PalacesAndGardens from @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social 😅
#ECK #vacation #mobilephonephotography
Great shot AnnaLois 🤩 and it’s almost like there’s been some sort of time slip and you’ve managed to catch it 😳☺️👌🏼
Looking for Mr Darcy
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #JaneAusten #costume #LymePark #Cheshire
Love this shot AnnaLois and l wonder what secrets & mysteries are behind this hidden door? 🤔🤫☺️👌🏼
Portal to Another Realm
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #RipleyCastle #door #overgrown #garden #spring
That’s such a cool shot AnnaLois 😎👌🏼👌🏼
Vimes Boots
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #RipleyCastle #hothouse #plants #boot #gardening
Great shot AnnaLois!! 😳👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Off With His Head!!
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
A very random discovery! Further info in the alt text
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Jump in my friends!! 🤩👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Photograph taken on the way down a grand staircase at Lyme Park looking at three people in dressed up in Jane Austen era costume. It was all quite bizarre seeing the mixture of visitors in everyday outfits and those in historical costume...then I walked past the 'dressing up room' and all made sense! Spent the day trying to get photos of this strange time travel. Most were loving every second of their make believe. Image shows a hallway with red walls, huge paintings and three huge pillars supporting the landing above. There is a tall, ornate doorway through to the next room at the far end. The floor is polished wood with long red patterned runners leading to the doorway. An illuminated lantern hangs overhead. Three figures in empire-line dresses and bonnets are moving along the hallway. The person at the back is lifting her blue dress slightly to reveal jeans and trainers underneath. Quite the juxtaposition!
Looking for Mr Darcy
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #JaneAusten #costume #LymePark #Cheshire
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A vertical, eye-level shot of a weathered bronze fountain in the center of a Gothic cloister garden. The fountain features a statue of a robed figure reading a book at the top, supported by a pedestal decorated with small gargoyles and a large basin with ornate lettering around the rim. In the background, the grey stone arches and intricate tracery of a cathedral’s cloister are visible, alongside lush green bushes and stone pathways. A single small, pink rubber duck floats in the murky green water of the stone fountain base.
Pretty in 🩷
Hope it fits the bill😉
Pandhof of the Dom
This medieval monastery garden is hidden between the Cathedral (Domkerk) and the University Hall of Utrecht University. It dates back to the period 1390–1440 and is surrounded by a Gothic cloister.
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Not wrong, I managed to avoid weekend and school holidays so it was a great day. To note: the tags are different from the promo sheet versus the weekly cheat sheet. #unexpectedencounters vs #unusualencounters just in case you’re keeping an eye on things. Enjoy the day 😎
Peeping through a window of an antiques shop in Honfleur/France. The room is stuffed with 18/19thc Fünftürer, pictures, etc. The photo focuses on a dress in 18thc style, complete with a fichu, a necklace and a tirara. On the right side of the dress, there is a figurine of a goose, looking rather smug.
Spot the goose
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#UnexpectedEncounters.
Hinton Ampner is an elegant English country mansion with beautiful grounds. Why was this at the house when I visited there one Christmas?🤷🏼♀️
Punch and Judy booth in Hinton Ampner.
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#UnexpectedEncounters
#HistoricHouses
#Photography
Photograph taken in the gardens of Ripley Castle in Yorkshire. Didn't spot this initially but so glad when I did. Wonder how many people walk past and never see it. Image shows an old white door within a warm-toned stone wall in a garden. The door is well hidden by the huge, old wisteria that twists its way over the door and along the wall. Once flowering, the door may vanish completely! In the bottom right hand corner is a small clump of beautiful yellow narcissus.
Portal to Another Realm
for #PalacesandGardens theme of #UnexpectedEncounters
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#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #RipleyCastle #door #overgrown #garden #spring
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You see here a white wall from a house in Monschau a lovely town in Germany. On the wall are crawling 3 gigantic metal black spiders.
I hope this wall spiders on a house in Monschau Germany will fit the theme #UnexpectedEncounters from #PalacesAndGardens from @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social 😅
#ECK #vacation #mobilephonephotography
