Many hours of my life have been spent tramping the streets of London. These consequently appear on many of my blog posts, although one series has been particularly dedicated to them From 2004 to 2008 inclusive I made hundreds of photographs with the constraint that the road name must be included in the picture. They featured from Streets Of London posted 21st May 2015 to Tyburnia And Other Parts Of West London on 30th January 2021.
Having recently been alerted to the reader-friendly possibility of creating new categories, such as that of “A Knight’s Tale” I spent much of today converting the above-mentioned series from “Uncategorised” to “Streets of London”.
Towards the later part of this afternoon we took a forest drive.
Driving down Furzey Lane to Ran’s Wood Jackie was able to stop the car and photograph a plethora of pheasants through her window.
She parked up and I wandered the woodland, with its soggy terrain; its browsing ponies; its lichen covered trees; its burnished bracken; and just one pair of walkers.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s spicy pork paprika and savoury vegetable rice. She drank Carlsberg and I drank Patrick Chodot Fleurie 2019.
I enjoy seeing these pheasants 🙂
Thank you very much, Anne
Love seeing sun burnish the rump of the pony. Wish I could paint a scene like capturing that lovely glow. The pheasants are gorgeous birds. Great group of photos and dinner sounds delicious too.
Thanks a lot from us both, Pat.
The pheasants are beautiful. Love their colour
Thanks very much from us both, Aletta
The pheasants are beautiful, well done, Jackie! The woodlands are beautiful too. Your dinner again sounds so delicious, I’d love to try the rice. ❤️🇬🇧
Thanks very much from us both, John
Ah yes, the categories. They come in very handy.
Love the pheasant photos and the trees. Trees are such interesting objects. I’ve never seen two alike.
Thank you very much from us both, Chrissy
I especially enjoyed the ferns and trees in that middle section. The light makes them all especially attractive — autumnal rather than wintery.
Thank you very much, Linda
Number 2 & 3 shots of the pheasant s are tre bien. The walkers seem very determined to reach their goal, whatever it is! A wonderful gallery of the forest, Derrick.
Thank you very much from us both, Maj.
Lovely photos of pheasants and ponies in late afternoon light.
Thank you very much from us both, Dolly
My pleasure, Derrick.
Lovely animals and looks like it was a lovely day.
Yes. Thanks very much, Sherry
I love the pheasants, but the landscapes are beautiful, too.
Thank you very much, Merril, from us both.
Jackie did well Derrick, I found her plethora of pheasant photos acquiescently pleasant
Thanks very much from us both, Ivor
You’re welcome guys ..
Oh, Jackie and Derrick! Beautiful photos!
Pleasant pheasants!
Pretty ponies!
Wonderful walkers!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…YAY for spicy and savoury!
Thank you so much from us both, Carolyn XX
We’re fortunate to have the wonder of animals to enjoy.
We are, indeed. Thanks very much, Rose
I love the textures on photograph no 15. You could almost reach out and touch them.
Thanks very much, John
I have tried on umpteen occasions to get closeups of the pheasants, but the moment they hear a slight sound from my direction, they hurry off and hide. I have managed the occasional shot but usually when there’s been other noise going on.
As always, you chose great photos today.
Thank you so much, Sue
Pheasants are so smart – I always think they remind me of country gents, all togged up and surveying ‘their estate’!
The phonies look as though they’re basking in golden sunshine; are we really in January?!
Sorry – ponies!!
It certainly didn’t seem like winter, Emma. Thanks very much
You’ve captured some lovely light again. And kudos to Jackie for the pheasants.
Thank you very much from us both, Lisa
Another beautiful low-angled sun day over t here. I loved all the forest photos. The pheasants are such beautiful birds We have them here, too.
Thanks very much, Lavinia
We have a lot of pheasants in Saskatchewan. Cool birds!
Thanks very much, AnneMarie. I bet they are cool at the moment 🙂
The pheasants are beautiful. What a treat to see them in the wild. So many great shots today. Thanks for sharing, Derrick!
Much appreciated by us both, Jill
I particularly like no 13/19 among a plethora of pleasant photographs.
Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal
The photos of the pheasants are stunning.
Thanks very much from us both, Gary.
This peasant found the photographs of a plethora of pheasants most pleasant. 🙂
Pretty pleasing, Yvonne. Thanks a lot.
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I enjoyed the gently rolling landscape, the burnished bracken (and pony rump) and the enthusiastic walkers, looking up at what?
Thanks very much, JoAnna. I think there was a race to their car further up the slope
Beautiful pheasant pictures.
Thank you very much from us both, Mrs W
Your welcome.
Pheasants, so yummy if you know how to cook them. (Sorry, I should not read blogs hungry.)
Thanks very much, Bridget
The pheasants have been caught red handed in whatever they were up to, as has been the resolute couple traversing the lichen laded woods.
Thank you so much from us both, Uma
A good idea to catagorize your series. Then if someone is interested in reading more, there is a pathway.
Thanks very much, Laurie
I love the pheasants. Thank you for sharing them.
Thanks very much from us both, Nicki
Categories are a good idea, even though I think I have too many, or too many sub-categories. However, I “think” they should be included in the post theme so followers can click on them. e.g. take a look at the top of my posts. I’m not sure whether that means choose a different theme for your blog, or whether it is simply a matter of clicking on a widget under APPEARANCE – MENUS
Thanks a lot, Gwen. I’ll have a look
I see what you have done, Gwen, but am at a bit of a loss as to how to do it. It certainly looks useful. I’ll seek a tutorial from Becky.
Yes, much better to have someone on hand to coach through it. But on a scale of one to ten in importance, I’d rate reading Dickens higher.
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I haven’t seen pheasants in a mighty long time! I love the ponies. And don’t those two walkers appear to be trying to get to one point in the woods? Do you know what they were looking at?
Probably their car at the top of the slope, GP. Thanks very much
The pheasants are very handsome fellows. My favorite photo out of today’s group is #3 in the group of 19. Yesterday, my husband and I were driving on the highway when I saw three spotted pigs trotting down a side road by themselves. I immediately thought of you, but we went by too fast for me to get a photo.
Thanks very much, Liz 🙂
You’re welcome, Derrick. 🙂
Hansome creatures and woodlands–always feel as if I have slid right into a lovely story. 🙂
Much appreciated comment, Cynthia.
Oops–spelling–typos–“handsome”, all.
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What a delight to see these pheasants. Wonderful addition to your collection from woods.
Thank you very much from us both, Rupali
Another beautiful day! Those pheasants are so beautiful!
Thank you very much from us both, Ribana
Oh the pheasants are gorgeous. Did Jackie take all those photos? Well done! The forest and ponies are beautiful as always.
She did. Thank you very much from us both, Crystal
Beautiful pheasants, Derrick. And, of course, the countryside is so attractive. Nice to see the country away from the city. My wife has picked up a British series on NETFLIX, I believe. Called ‘Escape To The Country’ (something along that line). Excellent show.
Thanks very much from us both, Steve. That programme is a favourite of ours
We enjoy the British shows, buying country homes, the long boats on the ‘Cut’ (is that the right word?), traveling through all the small towns. I keep looking for your place. For the third time, what’s your town? By the way, i wanted your email address (had it once but can’t find it) so I can send you a modification if a picture you took. I screen snapped it and then played with it. All my best to you and the ‘culinary queen’. Stay well.
Thanks very much, Steve. Are you thinking of narrowboats on the canal? We live in Downton near Milford on Sea. e-mail derrickjknight@btinternet.com
I look forward to your picture.
Yes, ‘Cruising the Cut’. We enjoyed watching the young gentleman who quit his job, bought a boat and went on the canals. Fascinating. Dull at times but we’re rather boring, ourselves, so…