A morning at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, worth a visit. You can go in without paying going through the gate opposite The White Hart pub

Inevitably it is necessary to give a historical perspective of this yearly festival that takes place in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in the first week of June. The celebration transforms and stimulates the social life of La Paz every year, emanating from a particular way of understanding and living Andean Catholicism. The Parade begins with a procession through the western part of the city. This procession is central to the event, involving 40,000 devotees who dance and sing in an offering to the patron saint. The dance has a sacred significance for the sixty-nine fraternities involved, which are greeted in the streets in a euphoric atmosphere where the music of 7,000 musicians resonates. It is so owe inspiring that it is rightfully a UNESCO Wold Heritage event (Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). The image venerated with dance and music is believed to have arrived in the city at the founding of the convent of the Mothers of the Sacred Conception on the 8th of December 1663.

Somewhere in the Bolivian Andean valleys, Cairoma

Continuing with my on going Still Life collections. These horse chestnuts were on my table but could get my head around how to go about photographing them. I decided to throw them away and add I was gathering them they seem to form a neat pile. Bingo!

Autumn... Kent... A contribution to the panoply of autumnal photography.

Thinking about the many celebrations at this time of year: harvest, Day of the Dead, All Saints, autumn...

Taken with the iPhone, adding some Creative Photography

Continuing with my Still Life project....

When the night comes And you lay your weary head to rest No more trials, no tests When the night comes Don't be afraid You're only dreaming Don't be afraid You're only dreaming