5 in 5 - March 2017 - A day with Joy

Welcome to '5 in 5' where on the 5th of

each month I post 5 photos that I have

taken in 5 minutes.

The other week I was lucky enough to meet up with my blog friend, Joy. Her mother lives about an hours drive away and as she was staying with her for a few days Joy invited me to meet up. Of course I said yes!

We arranged to meet at Greensted Church, which is the oldest wooden church in the world. Excavations undertaken in  1960 revealed the two earlier timber structures dating from the 6th, and 7^th centuries and the church's history includes the work of Saxon, Norman, Tudor and Victorian builders.  As you can imagine, it is an interesting place to visit. Unfortunately we couldn't venture inside as the church was locked, but there was enough in the grounds to appreciate and photograph:

I was interested to find a 12th century Crusaders grave...

And a lepers hole...

 Can you see it in the wall here?

And finally, the wonderful craftsmanship.  I took lots of photos of the textures and grain of the wood.  I used to use textures as a layer beneath a photograph, to add detail and interest. Perhaps I will get round to doing this again one day.

But for now I am sneaking an extra photo in of Joy. We had a lovely day, visiting the steam railway and enjoying lunch in a pub that Joy used to know back in the days when she lived locally. Come back again soon Joy!

If you fancy picking up your camera to join in with 5in5 it could be lovely to have your company!   

Here's what you do and there are more details here. 

1.  Choose a location.

2.  Have your camera ready.

3.  Set a timer for 5 minutes (I use my mobile phone).

4.  Take as many photos you can (or wish to) until the time is up.

5.  Choose 5 photos to download and share by using the link tool below.

                              You have until the 25th of the month to add your photos.

I seem to have a bit of a history theme going on as my post last month was about my family tree. And I always look forward to seeing what others share, so thank you to Melanie, Paula, Mary-Lou, Melissa, Karen, Susan, Alexa and Borqna for joining in last month and linking up. I am often inspired by others ideas and photos, so please link below if you would like to take part. I'll be back next month - enjoy the weeks in between... 

5 in 5 - Melanie - February 2017

Melanie is my friend who lives in Australia and she loves photography.  Every month since the start of this challenge Melanie has taken part in this monthly meme and as she doesn't have her own blog I post here. I love that we have found a way for her to take part, so over to you Melanie:

"Once again just down the road from where I live The Brighton Jetty Classic Sculpture Exhibition is on with sculptures exhibited both indoors and outdoors. I have walked around looking at the sculptures twice already but today being the 5^th  I took my camera with me as I went to look at them again.  My plan was to take a walk early when I had hoped the sun would be up and there would not be too many people around. Today is the final day that the sculptures are on display and the annual Brighton Jetty swim is being held. The action begins around 8am when market stalls and food carts start trading then races start at 9am.  I arrived at the Jetty about 7am and already the area was coming to life but unfortunately there was no sun poking its head out from the clouds. 

I took lots of photos and in my collage you can see five that I took around the same time.  I have always loved the pelican and there were actually three pelican sculptures in this year’s exhibition all made from steel by the same artist.  Many of the exhibits were made from steel.  The sculpture in the top right hand corner is called ‘bloom’ and was one which received a Highly Commended ticket. The sculpture on the bottom right hand corner is called ‘Ecotone’ and was winner of the Young Artist award. I did not stay to watch any races but headed home after taking photos.  I was pleased to get home as shortly after arriving indoors it began to rain and the rain set in for the morning.  Hopefully it will not have put too much of a dampener on the day for those people participating and watching the swimming".

Thank you for sharing these photos, Melanie, and as always, for taking part. I love the shape and textures of these sculptures and wish I could have seen them myself, but I think you will agree, we have done this through Melanie's photo and description, and this looks like a wonderful annual event.

Hopefully Melanie will be back next month and I look forward to you joining us. Thank you for popping by, it is great to have your company.

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If this has inspired you to pick up your camera and join in please go to the original post where you will also find out how to link in.

And to find out more about this monthly photo challenge, and how this started, please go to this post.