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Autumn in our area...

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I got a new band for my Apple Watch, and was writing the review for Amazon, so I took a picture of the watch with the new band and the pretty iridescent watch face that i am using right now. The watch face is called “Reflections”, and can be in any variety of colors.

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Headed north, past lots of harvested cotton fields…. In case you’re not familiar with how cotton is stored after it’s harvested here’s a pic of the round ‘bales’. Some of the bigger farms will actually make a rectangular block that’s the right size to fit in the back of a 18 wheeler trailer.

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Back story: stopped in Louisville (GA) to have lunch on the way north. Cute downtown but many empty buildings, including this bank. Was trying to just capture the architectural features inside but could not avoid the reflection on the glass door no matter where I stood. So I ended up with this:

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But I guess it’s a blessing in disguise b/c it feels like an intentional double exposure — or as my daughter said, “it looks like a memory superimposed on reality”
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Really interesting brick work on the tower, @hollydolly Is that a more recent addition (like victorian era?)
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The church has been standing since before 969..exactly how long before no-one is certain but in AD 969 the land with the parish was gifted by King Edgar to Westminster Abbey

The tower was constructed in two stages. The lower two storeys were built in AD 1380 along with the archway that separates the tower from the nave.

The third storey was added in the 17th century.


At the same time the spire was added. When erected it was described as having 16,000 oak shingles.

Nowadays the shingles are made from cedar that unfortunately has a special attraction for woodpeckers inevitably leading to the need for increased maintenance.
 
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hollydolly said:
The church has been standing since before 969..exactly how long before no-one is certin ut in AD 969 the land with the parish was gifted by King Edgar to Westminster Abbey

The tower was constructed in two stages. The lower two storeys were built in AD 1380 along with the archway that separates the tower from the nave.

The third storey was added in the 17th century.


At the same time the spire was added. When erected it was described as having 16,000 oak shingles.

Nowadays the shingles are made from cedar that unfortunately has a special attraction for woodpeckers inevitably leading to the need for increased maintenance.
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Fascinating history!
 
CinnamonSugar said:
Fascinating history!
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It's pretty much the same in all the villages and market towns... so much of it dates way back to the middle ages and earlier... another church not anywhere nearly as attactive.. but still in good condition just a few minutes drive is dated AD 11th century, ..and still very much in daily use...


A lot of our pubs have been open from those same times....
 

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