Category: travels

February

Posted on Posted in travels, winterTagged , , , , , 2 Comments
Name, png

Oh my goodness! This is my first post of 2023!
A very belated Happy New Year – well I have been super busy these past four weeks, I know for a lot of people January seems to have 586 days but it has honestly flown by for myself.

What have I been up to? Well lots! From visited Castle Howard, Beningbrough Hall to visiting art galleries, museums and historic places.

In the coming months I am going to an Ice Trail, a short break in the Lake District and more drone videos & images to take.

The local duck pond iced over with -7 degrees – SJ Butler Photography

Spellbound

Emily Brontë

The night is darkening round me,

The wild winds coldly blow;

But a tyrant spell has bound me

And I cannot, cannot go.

The giant trees are bending

Their bare boughs weighed with snow.

And the storm is fast descending,

And yet I cannot go.

Clouds beyond clouds above me,

Wastes beyond wastes below;

But nothing drear can move me;

I will not, cannot go.

Name, png

Sun Rise January

Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to…

February Reflections

My portfolio from February 2022, hope you like seeing my work from this month, looking…

Name, png

Advertisement

Happy New Year

Posted on Posted in travels, winterTagged , , , , , , 7 Comments
Name, png

Happy new Year! Thank you for all your interactions, purchases and donations it is much appreciated. Here’s to 2023 and more travels and photography.

Name, png

Name, png

Spring 2018

Well another weekend (nearly) already! As there has not been any gorgeous sunrises or sunsets…

Happy New Year

Happy 2022 to you all. I hope that this year is going to be happy…

Name, png

Travels

Posted on Posted in travels, winterTagged , , , , , , , , 2 Comments
Name, png

Back from a visit to Derbyshire and Leicestershire with lovely weather for the most of it! I’ve just got back so not had time to sort all the images I took out but this one I wanted to show you. A beautiful stag in Bradgate Park on 21/12/22. I didn’t see Father Christmas but I’m guessing he was in the cafe with a hot chocolate before the big day!

“I’ll overcome
Silent songs I’ll be humming on
‘Til you sing along
Come as you are, ignited
Some lights are a different kind
Never burning out Darkness and dust
Quiet shadows are dancing now
Asking for my hand
I’m hanging on fine
I’m trying to make sense of it all
Trying to understand
Do you ever wonder what it’s like
Losing what you cannot be without
I will keep running
I try I’ll overcome
Fading stars echo
Reminding us they know
We’ve come too far to let go
Don’t let go.”

Skott
Name, png

December

A big thank you to all who have purchased andy cards or prints from me…

December Ice

A very cold start to the week with freezing fog and temperatures only just rising…

Name, png

Cold & Icy

Posted on Posted in travels, Videos, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , Leave a comment
Name, png

Another absolute freezing week! There has been some really sharp frost recently but no snow here in North Yorkshire. Hoping for a bit of the white stuff for Christmas day but we’ll see. Have a good week and keep yourself warm.

SJ Butler Photography

“Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry.

Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more ammunition.

Now it can build castles and cities and whole ice continents with your breath’s vapor.

In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in . . .

But first, you hear the crackle of their wings.”

Vera Nazarian
Name, png

June Sunset

Sunsets, sunsets and more sunsets! Hope you like these montages of sunsets over the past…

Summer Solstice

The summer solstice, otherwise known as the longest day of the year, is on the…

Name, png

Third week of Advent

Posted on Posted in travels, Videos, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , , 4 Comments
Name, png

An absolute freezing week! I’ve managed again to get another nasty cold/chest infection, I’ve had it 5 days and been struggling at work so decided to stay in bed for 2 days. Feel so much better now thank goodness.

So, sorry no new icy weather pictures yet, instead another bit of drone flying from a few weeks ago.

Name, png

December Flight

A lovely but very cold second week of Advent. I visited Hovingham in the Howardian…

New July Images

New Images Hot off the press (or camera) a few new edits done this weekend.…

Name, png

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December Ice

Posted on Posted in travels, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , , 2 Comments
Name, png

A very cold start to the week with freezing fog and temperatures only just rising above freezing!

Name, png

Springtime 🌸

Oh my goodness sorry for not posting for a while! I don’t know where time…

Please help Limpy

Hi, I don’t normally do this but I wonder if you could spare any spare…

Please help Limpy

Hi, I don’t normally do this but I wonder if you could spare any spare…

Name, png

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December Flight

Posted on Posted in travels, Videos, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , , Leave a comment
Name, png

A lovely but very cold second week of Advent. I visited Hovingham in the Howardian Hills on the way to the National Trust Property of Nunnington Hall.


On the way I decided to stop to take the drone up for a quick flight but it was a bitterly cold day and I don’t think my drone liked it either!

Name, png

Crocus

Oh my goodness my first Crocus are flowering! I haven’t been in my garden for…

February

Oh my goodness! This is my first post of 2023!A very belated Happy New Year…

Happy New Year

Happy new Year! Thank you for all your interactions, purchases and donations it is much…

Name, png

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December – Second week of Advent

Posted on Posted in travels, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , 1 Comment
Name, png

A lovely but very cold second week of Advent. I visited Hovingham in the Howardian Hills on the way to the National Trust Property of Nunnington Hall.

Hovingham is situated within the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, approximately 19 miles north of the city of York and midway between the market towns of Helmsley and Malton.

I decided to stop to take a few pictures as I’d never had a walk round before. A beautiful village but a bitterly cold day.

Name, png

Nunnington in October

In the last week of October, I visited Nunnington Hall. As always it was beautifully…

Nunnington Hall

I had a visit to Nunnington Hall & Gardens which is owned by the National…

Name, png

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December

Posted on Posted in travels, winter, YorkshireTagged , , , , 3 Comments
Name, png

A lovely first week of Advent. I visited the National Trust Property of the Treasurer’s House in the middle of York. An oasis of peace and calm amid a very busy Christmas Market Day.

This picturesque townhouse nestling in the centre of York has many tales to tell, including celebrity parties, workmen who wore slippers to keep the noise down, and a promise by its former owner to return to haunt the building if anything was changed after his death.

“…Promise…to return to haunt the building if anything was changed after his death”

National Trust – Frank Green
Name, png

Treasurer’s House

The history of the garden When Frank Green bought the three houses that he used…

Beningbrough Hall

Over the weekend I visited the National Trust property, Beningbrough Hall. Beningbrough Hall is a…

Name, png

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December

Posted on Posted in memories, travels, VideosTagged , , , , 2 Comments
Name, png

You probably know that throughout the year at the beginning of each month I have been creating a short video of photographs, from that month 2016-2021. Here’s the last of this year’s videos, I hope that you have enjoyed watching them.

Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

Name, png
travels

Travels

Back from a visit to Derbyshire and Leicestershire with lovely weather for the most of…

travels

Cold & Icy

Another absolute freezing week! There has been some really sharp frost recently but no snow…

Name, png