Straight after lunch on another dimly lit unseasonably warm day we revisited
a largely lifeless Lyndhurst High Street where we shopped once more in Down to the Wood and this time in the Antiques Centre; and Jackie managed to resist entering Tasty Pastries.
On our return through Boldrewood one of the pottering ponies produced pool patterns blended with knobbly branches.
Enticed by a pink streak slashing the distant sky we diverted to Barton on Sea for a look at it.
This evening we dined on slow roasted boned and rolled breast of lamb; small new boiled potatoes, crunchy carrots, cauliflower and broccoli; and tender runner beans, with which I drank more of the Pomerol while Jackie abstained.
I can so imagine the ponies pottering on what really was such an unseasonably warm day!
I do enjoy the images you create with your words as well as those with your camera.
A day for end of year reflections as they pottered, I think 🙂
Absolutely, Emma. Than you so much
The pool patterns are beautiful!
Thank you very much, Anne
To me, those old roots and branches typify as Nature’s abstract art. Terrific!
Jackie, it’s the Holidays!! If you get to the Antiques Centre again – walk right into that pastry shop!!
Tank you so much from us both, GP
You know what GP, you’re right! I will go in, it did look so good!
Good for you!
Fun shops!
Such beautiful pony AND sky photos!
I love your p- alliteration! 🙂
Hmm…
Pretty pony pondering pose, perhaps pondering pastries…possibly physiognomy! 😉 😀
(((HUGS))) 🙂
Thanks a lot for joining in the fun, Carolyn X
You’re welcome! Your great alliterations always get my brain thinking that way and I gotta’ give it a go. 😀
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Lovely photos as always, Derrick! I like to see the village areas and shops.
Thanks very much, John
What a wonderfully “knobbly” set of photogenic branches. And please tell Jackie that Sher and I admire her self restraint. There is no way we would have been able to resist Tasty Pastries, especially after a jaunt in the Antiques store.
Thank you so much from us both to both of you, Maj and Sher
Well, at least you didn’t have to fight the crowds. Why are the streets so empty, do you think? Christmas isn’t far away.
People are very wary about Omicron and the possibility of further restrictions. Thanks very much, Laurie
That’s what I thought. Damned virus!
The pool patterns are very good. I might not have been able to resist the temptations of Tasty Pastries.
🙂 I can certainly appreciate that, Tootlepedal
I love the pony reflection series!!
Thanks very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Jackie’s abstention is to be admired
🙂 Thanks very much from us both, Sheree
You’re both welcome
Wonderful pony reflections this time, Derrick!
Thank you very much, Janet
The pony reflections are beautiful, Derrick. Thanks for sharing!
Much appreciated, Jill
Oh, I would have loved to see more of the antique store, it looks interesting.
It is a good one, Bridget. My sister Elizabeth has a cabinet there. Thanks very much
Enchanting words Derrick … “Enticed by a pink streak slashing the distant sky”
Thanks very much, Ivor
There’s an Ivor poem with your photos that I’m posting in about 5 hours
I look forward to it 🙂
Stunning photography sir. Did I see someone in shorts there 🤣🤣🤣 wow.
It was about 11C. Thanks very much, Gary
I enjoyed all the photos from your day. The pony and tree reflecting in the pool make an interesting composition. The tree’s reflection looks a bit other-worldly under a moody grey sky.
Tank you very much, Lavinia
I especially like the first pony pool pattern where the pony reflection appears to be bridging the trees.
Thanks very much, JoAnna
Resisting pastries can be tough —it’s a mental game one has to win over one’s impulses. Jackie’s restraint is commendable. The reflections in still water have produced sterling images. The landscape looks great.
Thank you very much, Uma
Love the bare tree with pony.
Thanks very much, Sherry
Great spot Derrick, there is some wonderful detail in those reflections.
Thanks very much, Andrew
Nice reflection shots.
Thanks very much, Rupali
The pool pony reflections are quite stunning.
Thank you very much, Sue
A lovely variety of town and country. I love the pony reflections, and the bright holiday windows. I don’t know why I think Jackie’s mouth was watering behind her mask!
🙂 Thank you so much, Merril
You’re welcome!
Captivating pool pony reflections!
Thank you very much, Sofia
That pink streak is lovely although the structure to the right doesn’t enhance it too much!
Thanks a lot, John
I admire Jackie’s iron will; I wouldn’t be able to resist.
Intriguing reflections of branches and a fabulous photo of a horizontal pink line across the sky, Derrick.
Thank you very much from us both, Dolly.
You are very welcome, both of you.
What a lovely photo of the quaint shops. Also, the pink streak is an amazing shot.
Thank you very much, Eugi
I like the idea of you being enticed by the sky and going to have a better look–and the resulting photo shows why.
Thank you so much, Lisa. We guessed where this one would be, but it was not visible en route, so we thought it would be gone when we got there 🙂
beautiful pool patterns! i have been successfully evading pastry and chocolate shops thus far! lol
Thanks very much, Lola 🙂
What is that pink streak? I can’t work it out. Loved the reflection in the pond. The reflection was so still it looked better than the real tree above it.
Nicely observed, Amanda. The pink was a glimpse of the oncoming sunset as it tinted the clouds. Thanks very much
Ah. Of course. How silly of me not to think that was the source.
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Lyndhurst High Street: now that is something you’d never see in Australia. How wonderfully evocative. And in regard to Boldrewood I imagine Thomas Browne (Robbery Under Arms) took that name for some connection he had?
Thanks very much, John. Your question about Boldrewood got me researching, as although I had heard of Robbery Under Arms I had not known Browne. Here is a paragraph from the Australian National Biography entry: ‘His first book, printed in 1878 as Ups and Downs, was a realistic description of his squatting experiences in fictional form, and originally published as the serial ‘The Squatter’s Dream’, 1875. For the serial he first adopted his pen-name, taking the ‘Boldrewood’ from Scott’s Marmion and prefacing it with the Norse ‘Rolf’. His 1879 diary reveals that he was the author of the anonymous S. W. Silver’s Australian Grazier’s Guide (1879-81), a comprehensive two-volume manual on sheep and cattle.
I read some of that but I still can’t link the name ‘Boldrewood’ with a place Boldrewood that you referred to.
Not having read Marmion I assumed it featured in there.
Those pastries look really nice 😋 I don’t know if I could resist to not go inside ☺️
🙂 Thanks very much, Ribana
What a magnificent photo of the “pottering ponies [who] produced pool patterns” … and I love your prose as much as your photography!
Thank you so much, Jan