Roger Bennion's photos

Explored! Thank you very much :-) I previously uploaded a mono version of this scene. Now 'tis the turn of the colour version, taken on New Year's Day :-) There is a bird flying high and I'm sure it is thinking "Why Walk When You Can Fly". Which, of course, leads to "Why Walk When You Can Fly" by Mary Chapin Carpenter :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Why Walk When You Can Fly ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL. I am also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound'. I think this is the nearest I'll get to a photo of a 'Silver Stallion'. And, I reckon a link to "Silver Stallion" by The Highwaymen is okay :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Silver Stallion ~ The Highwaymen

Explored! Thank you very much :-) A candid that should be okay for 'Happy Fence Friday' and 'Sight and Sound' methinks :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL 'cos there is part of a fence here :-) The two peeps are holding hands and my 'Sight and Sound' link is "Hold My Hand" by Brandy Clark :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Hold My Hand (Live) ~ Brandy Clark Or, ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here Hold My Hand ~ Brandy Clark & Dwight Yoakam

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Another photo from the Archives :-) There are some peeps here at Stowe Landscape Gardens with their backs turned looking down the path. Of course this immediately makes me think of "Backs Turned Looking Down the Path" by Warren Zevon :-) This track is on the 1976 album simply titled "Warren Zevon". Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Backs Turned Looking Down the Path ~ Warren Zevon

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Back to Autumn. I had to look twice and, yes, there is a fence in the background :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I am also adding this photo to: Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Remembrance (Autumn Song) ~ Ernesto Cortazar Please view on black.

Explored! Thank you very much :-) "Colours" by Donovan is a popular choice in 'Sight and Sound'. 'Tis my turn now :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Colours ~ Donovan

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I am also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound'. The narrowboat on the right hand side of my photo is named "Echoes". This, of course, makes it very easy to have a musical link to "Echoes" by Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers :-) Another of my all-time faves :-) This track is from the 1967 album "Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers". Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Echoes ~ Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers Extract from Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Clark_with_the_Gosdin_Brothers "Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers is the debut solo album of Gene Clark, released in February 1967 on Columbia Records, catalogue CS 9418. It was his first effort after his departure from folk-rock group the Byrds in 1966. Though the album was a critical success and it established Clark as a talented singer-songwriter, it appeared very close to the scheduled release date for the Byrds' album Younger Than Yesterday in both the United States and the United Kingdom, hampering its possibilities for commercial success. The musicians on the album include: former bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke; Wrecking Crew session musicians Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Jim Gordon, and Leon Russell; future Byrd Clarence White; and Clark's future collaborator Doug Dillard. The folk/country vocal duo the Gosdin Brothers added backing vocals, and subsequently received co-billing." Indigo Mariana uploaded the music/video and Indigo is working really, really hard to get Gene Clark inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame. If you wish to sign the petition just let me know and I will provide details. Thank you :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is kinda on the side of the Waddesdon Manor roof. So, "Out On The Side" by Dillard & Clark comes to mind :-) This track comes from their 1968 album "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark". One of my all-time fave albums :-) Doug Dillard was one of the founding members of The Dillards and Gene Clark was one of the founding members of The Byrds. Extract from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Expedition_of_Dillard_%26_Clark - Music critic Matthew Greenwald, writing for Allmusic, called the album "perhaps [Clark's] most brilliant recording... Graceful, spellbinding, and tasteful all at the same time. Absolutely essential." But, we musn't forget Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon, David Jackson, Donald Beck, Andy Belling, Chris Hillman & Joel Larson. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ "Out On The Side" ~ Dillard & Clark Possibly view on black, please :-)

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) Magdalen Tower, completed in 1509, is a bell tower that forms part of Magdalen College. I am also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound'. I'm sure this is a 'Tower of Strength' and Gene McDaniels recorded "Tower of Strength" in 1961 :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Tower of Strength ~ Gene McDaniels

I will, likely, upload the colour version of this at a later date :-) In the meantime, for 'Sight and Sound' I am linking this to "Black & White" by Sarah McLachlan :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Black & White ~ Sarah Mclachlan Maybe view on black, please :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) If you look closely there is a fence in the background here, honest :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) And, I have previously said I will find any excuse to use a Gene Clark track in 'Sight and Sound' :-) Also, Karen has previously encouraged me to use pretzel logic :-) So, here goes - If you take some of the letters out of the surnames Clark and Olson you get - CLAROLS Re-arranging these letters gives 'COLLARS'. There are quite a few 'collars' in my photo :-) Gene Clark and Carla Olson recorded the album "So Rebellious A Lover" back in 1987. I have chosen "Del Gato" from this album :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Del Gato ~ Gene Clark & Carla Olson

Explored! Thank you very much :-) There is at least one man walking here so I figure my 'Sight and Sound' link can be "Walking Man" by James Taylor :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Walking Man ~ James Taylor Please view on black :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Happy Fence Friday. All :-) The building in the background is The Radcliffe Obsevatory. An observatory is used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Celestial events can be phases of the Moon. So, I am also using this photo in 'Sight and Sound' 'cos it can be linked to "The Moon's A Harsh Mistress" written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Linda Ronstadt. Good logic here methinks :-))) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Moon's A Harsh Mistress ~ Linda Ronstadt Please view on black :-)

"Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh has been popular in 'Sight and Sound' but I don't think I have used the original version. So, 'tis my turn now :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Lady in Red ~ Chris de Burgh

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) One from the Archives and I can't believe it was taken more than 11 years ago :-) Added to ~ Happy Fence Friday I am also adding this to 'Sight and Sound'. This is part of the Bathing Pools in Guernsey that are fed from the sea. I imagine the owner of the bicycle is, maybe, swimming below the surface :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Bicycle Song ~ Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt

Explored! Thank you very much :-) We saw the sun for a very, very short time at New Year on the Isle of Wight so I grabbed a few shots :-) This one was taken in Shanklin and I'm wondering if this is 'Hope Beach' :-) Anyway, I am linking this to "On The Beach" by Cliff Richard & The Shadows :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ On The Beach ~ Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Went to a damp and soggy Isle of White for New Year :-) On New Year's Eve, before the 8-course Gala Dinner, we wanted to go out for a walk but it was much too soggy :-) So, we used the buses to visit a few places. The final 'port of call' was Yarmouth and the rain actually stopped long enough for me to grab a few shots of Yarmouth Pier, that dates from 1876, whilst the rest of the group were finishing their snacks :-) I didn't think I was goin' to find a song about Piers but then I came across "Love At The Pier" by Blondie :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Love At The Pier ~ Blondie

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Wishing everyone A Happy Christmas & A Peaceful New Year. Thank you very much for all the comments, faves and encouragement :-) My fave Christmas album is "Have Yourself A Tractors Christmas". Every track on the album is my fave. So, as Santa will soon be here I have chosen two tracks and they are "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" & "Jingle My Bells" :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ~ The Tractors ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Jingle My Bells ~ The Tractors **********THE ABOVE LINKS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN*********** ****************HOPEFULLY, FOLLOWING LINKS WILL WORK :-) ******************** ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ~ The Tractors ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Jingle My Bells ~ The Tractors