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February

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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.

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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…

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Travels

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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
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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…

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Cold & Icy

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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
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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…

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Third week of Advent

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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.

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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.…

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Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December Ice

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

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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…

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Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

December Flight

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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!

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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…

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Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush

Nunnington in October

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In the last week of October, I visited Nunnington Hall. As always it was beautifully decorated with all things Autumn. I even came home with a few windfall apples to make into a lovely crumble for tea.

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Happy Halloween

Hope you all have a good Halloween. I’ll be sitting in front of a roaring…

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All Hallows Eve

so as it’s Halloween tomorrow here’s a bit of info about the day. Halloween has…

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Busy, Busy, Busy

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Well October flew past very quick, didn’t it? I’ve been so busy that I have lots of images to process and share with you.

I visited York Minster and its sound and light projection – Platinum and Light.

The new installation was created by award winning artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid, who created the spectacular Northern Lights projection and sound artwork, which ran at the Minster in October 2019.

The new show takes inspiration from Her Late Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It uses precious metals through the ages, including gold, silver and platinum, to journey through key moments in York’s and the Minster’s history and their royal connections.

The events will help raise funds for the Minster’s current project to conserve the medieval St Cuthbert Window, which is one of the largest surviving narrative windows in Europe, and the stonework of the surrounding South Quire Transept.

I have a few short videos to put on here at some point, keep checking back to see if I’ve added them!


York Minster – images by SJ Butler

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Busy July

What a most beautiful start to the start of the UK Summer holidays. A more…

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Weekend in Autumn

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Another fabulous Autumn Day this sunny Sunday. York is so busy today; we have the Yorkshire Marathon, Wire Ghosts in the City, York unlocked & York Textile Artists at the Cemetry with the theme of ‘Spiral’ which I visited today.

York Cemetery Chapel – SJ Butler Photography

The first…..

 “The first “open buildings” weekend – La Journée Portes Ouvertes – was held in France by the Ministry of Culture in 1984.  The following year the French Minister of Culture proposed that the project be internationalised under the Council of Europe.  The Netherlands held their first Open Monumentendag in 1987. Sweden and the Republic of Ireland joined in 1989, and Belgium in 1990.  London Open House started in 1991 and there are now 60 Open House cities around the world that attract visitors from far & wide. In 2022, York joins the Open Door and Open House cities in showcasing our urban landscape, buildings old and new and also open spaces. 

Just at the right time – SJ Butler Photography

The light flooded through leaves and onto the floor beneath, lighting up the grass and ground below.

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April

Throughout the year at the beginning of each month I will created a short video…

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Busy July

What a most beautiful start to the start of the UK Summer holidays. A more…

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September

It’s September yet again, (I know it’s already been nearly a week into it) but…

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Autumn in North Yorkshire

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I haven’t been to the White Horse at Kilburn for quite a few years, so I decided to pay it a visit.

As I arrived the sun disappeared and got decidedly windy! But as I climbed the steps and arrived at the top the sun peered through the thick clouds across North Yorkshire.

I will have another visit soon as I have a few days off next week!

Kilburn White Horse is the most northerly turf-cut figure in Britain and one of the most famous landmarks in North Yorkshire. It’s easily visible from the south, below Sutton Bank, and while it’s difficult to get a sense of its scale from the path on the escarpment edge above, there are steps down the side which give a closer view.

The horse dates from 1857, when the outline of the horse was marked out by the Kilburn village schoolmaster and his pupils. The horse was then cut into the limestone underneath – to make it more visible today, chalk chippings are added at intervals.

The White Horse of Kilburn – taken a few years ago – SJ Butler

The White Horse is 314 feet (96 metres) long and 228 feet (70 metres) high. In fact, 24 people could sit on the patch of grass which forms the horse’s eye (though please don’t)

North Yorkshire – SJ Butler Photography
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Dawn Chorus

I was having a sort out of my hard drive and I came across this…

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Autumn Chill

Today is so cold that I dragged my big coat and boots from the loft…

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Autumnal Equinox

While the county may be enjoying a patch of warm weather, today marks the end of summer…

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