Category: Travel
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The Lake District
“… the Lake District of northwest England-the misty, rainy, mystic assemblage of cloud-capped mountains and silver “meres” that makes the area from Kendal through Windermere, Ambleside, Rydal Water, Grasmere, Derwentwater, and Keswick to Cockermouth one of the fairest regions of our planet. Not toweringly majestic-the tallest mountain reaches only to three thousand feet; not congenial…
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St. Lawrence Church
Next door to the Morland House is St. Lawrence Church. The tower dates from the 11th century. It was raised in height in 1588. The nave dates from the 12th century.
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Eden Gardens State Park
The focal point of this park is a beautifully renovated two-story house with elegant white columns and wrap-around porch. In a setting of moss-draped live oaks, the 1897 mansion recalls a prosperous era before the virgin forests of longleaf pine and cypress were exhausted in this part of the state. There are also extensive gardens surrounding the…
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Ireland
I am a member of the Twin Cities Camera Club in St. Joseph, Michigan. Each month there is a photographic theme. Members present photos which represent that theme at the monthly meeting. The theme for December 2024 is Rural Landscape. I found myself without many photos of the rural landscape in the upper midwest so…
