We bought this bench from a local hardware store to replace the previous one which was getting a little rickety. It used to sit under the kitchen window and David liked to sit there and read when it was sunny. In the first photo it is up on bricks to make it a little easier for him to get out of. We didn’t have much of a garden at the time but if he had a book he was quite happy.
I moved the bench to the bottom of the garden after the path to the shed was built and like to sit there sometimes with a book. It is cool and shady there so I don’t use it as much as the seats under the pergola but it is a good place to watch and listen to the birds in the apple tree.
This bench was where David liked to sit.
The bench relocated to the bottom of the garden.
Country Benches
A bench with a view.
This bench is beside the Huon River at Franklin. A lovely place to sit.
A bench with an unusual occupant.
The occupant of this bench was an entry in the Scarecrow Competition run in conjunction with the Middleton Fair in 2012.
City Benches
A bench in the city.
A bench in a little lane that runs off Collins Street, Hobart.
One of the benches at the bus stop on Murray Street Hobart where I often have to wait.
This is where I wait to catch the bus home from Hobart.
Benches in the Elizabeth Street Mall, Hobart, at dusk.
It looks much later but it was only about 5:40 pm on an autumn evening in 2015 when I took this photo after visiting David in hospital.
Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008.
We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company.
I currently co-write two Wordpress blogswith my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and a "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.
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2 thoughts on “Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Benches”
Very cool pictures. Love the stuffed guy and his “pet” 🙂
Very cool pictures. Love the stuffed guy and his “pet” 🙂
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We used to go for a drive to see the scarecrow competition entries every year for about five years and there were some terrific creations.
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