Welcome to brimfields.com, thank you for visiting.
This is my new blog covering two interests in The Life of Brian, photography and gardening.
I recently started to develop a blog about my photography alongside my other blog Our Garden@19, which I first published two years ago. These two have now been merged into brimfields.com
The pages, Photography and Gardening, explain more about these interests and my level of “Expertise”.
Photography has always interested me (I think it was the lifestyle of Patrick Lichfield that appealed to me!) I beg
an to develop my interest in visiting gardens as a member of the Black Pear Gardening Club and privately. These visits provide pictures I can use on the club website, my original blog Our Garden@19 and in my gardening presentations.
In this I have received great encouragement from the gardening club’s Webmaster, Douglas Gregor, who is an excellent wildlife photograph. Please visit his website Here
This is one of my favourite photographs, posted in Raindrops under Plant life.
I have always gardened to some extent. When growing up, my parents and Grandparents, who lived next door, both had a large traditional garden with vegetables, flowers, orchard, chickens and bees. From an early age my brother and I were given a small plot to look after and I still remember my pleasure when my nasturtiums, covered with flowers, spread every where.
My family are the most important feature in The Life of Brian. Irene and I have two daughters and two granddaughters. You can read more about them in the Garden page under The Garden Team.
The birds that visit our garden provide an extra source of pleasure and if you are lucky a photographic opportunity. This is my favourite wildlife picture so far, posted in feeding time under wildlife.
I hope you enjoy reading brimfields.com please leave comments, one of the joys of blogging is the communication with fellow bloggers. I will reply as soon as I can.
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I shall always think of you living a Patrick Lichfield lifestyle from now on!
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An old man can dream!
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A very brave move, Brian and here am I organising just changing the name of my blog. What will you do about all your previous posts just leave them as an archive?
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Yes I think that is what I shall do Sue. I think it would have been more difficult if the blog had been going a lot longer.
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Hi Brian, your move to WordPress will make it easier for me to both read your blog and comment too. Your raindrops photo is really lovely, I can see why its one of your favourites.
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Thank you Julie, it is good to be aboard.
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I agree with Julie both about WP and the beauty of your raindrop photo. Congratulations on the move, Brian.
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Thank you Kate.
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Same as Kate and Julie, glad to have your site in the WP Reader. 🙂
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Thank you Eliza, it’s good to there.
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Big decision to move/merge the blogs, but hope you have had a trouble free start on Brimfields.com .I noticed you had an NGS logo on the side bar of @19 – how did you get that?
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It was Cathy, I have been working on the photography one for nearly a year, when I had time. I liked the appearance and reader side of WP, so took a deep breath and went for it! I copied and pasted the NGS logo from their website. I understand they are introducing new ones in February.
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Lovely new layout Brian – the photos are much easier to view and I shall be able to comment more easily in future too. Thumbs up! 🙂
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Thank you Cathy, that seems to be the general consensus.
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Brilliant! I hadn’t known this side of your character existed. Having had a quick look, I love your images of spider webs and bark. I am now following.
I always did believe in a one-stop blog, as all a person’s interests are somehow related.
Best of luck for 2017 🙂
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Thank you Pat, hidden depths! I thought the tree bark would appeal to you because of the tree following meme.
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New Year, New Blog layout, way to go. I enjoyed your photographs on this dark cold morning and I hope they’ll inspire me with my photography. Amelia
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Thank you Amelia, I hope I can continue to do so.
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Lovely photos, I particularly love the woodpecker. Great to start the New Year with a newly designed blog. I am happy with WordPress apart from the fact that adverts may appear sometimes.
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Thank you Chloris, it is all part of the plan to persuade you to pay for it.
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