annanotbob's diary

annanotbob's Diaryland Diary

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Blimey what a picture, what a photograph

I borrowed Millie, took her out on the downs and walked and walked and walked until we just had to lie down on the grass and look at the sky:

As we walked I thought about why I love the downs so much. Partly I think it's because I was born and grew up in Wiltshire in a similar landscape, so on some level I experience it as the basic shape of the world, from which everything else is a variation.

Then there's the Tess Durbeyfield factor - something about these paths, forged over centuries, that makes me feel connected to a long line of weary women:

I think Millie feels the same:

I find the shapes and textures infinitely fascinating (Really, Anna? But you only post pictures two or three times a month - how would we have guessed?)

and there's often a good feather to be found:

I feel as if I'm moving towards making some big representation of the downs. Not sure what. I find myself compelled to take all these photos (and believe me I only post a fraction of them), but they seem to be a staging post on the way to something else. I am still thrilled to have a digital camera. I love setting myself little missions, like the one I'm undertaking to post a pic every week taken on my way to art class. This was taken right in the city centre, standing at the pedestrian crossing, aiming high on full zoom: