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Gallery: a November (and October) selection

December 1, 2022 / 39 Comments

No sun — no moon!

No morn — no noon —

No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day.

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,

No comfortable feel in any member —

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,

No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! —

November!

Thomas Hood

With a description like that of the past month, is it any wonder we often choose to go away at this time of year? To be fair, that was written in the early 19th century and our Novembers (perhaps thanks in part at least to global warning tend not to be so bad these days. While recently it has been very grey and dull, we still have some leaves on the trees and flowers still bravely hanging on in the garden. And it has been so mild for much of the past two months that some trees have got confused and blossomed again. They include a horse chestnut in our local park that is flowering while its neighbours have lost all their leaves and are completely bare. Most bizarre!

Still, as I said, we like to go away and this year was no exception. At the end of October and through the first part of this month we were travelling in Nepal. So I missed last month’s Changing Seasons challenge and am bundling the two past months together.

Inevitably Nepal will dominate, but I’ve tried on the whole to pick shots that haven’t already made it into (or were differently edited) for other posts. A couple you may recognise from monochrome versions in an earlier post. And I suspect that you will see some of the others again in the future!

Of course there are some photos from earlier in October, but since we got back from our holiday my camera has stayed at home and my phone mainly in my handbag. I had so many photos to sort from Nepal that adding to them seemed to be just a bit too much to take on! Inevitably as I’m covering two months here (and with an amazing trip to document!) there are more images than usual. Feel free to skim or even to stop halfway!

Technical notes

The local shots were taken with my phone or with my compact point and shoot Lumix, which is easy to slip into a handbag. But for all my Nepal photography I used my new Panasonic Lumix FZ330. It’s a bridge camera, ideal for travel photography in my opinion as it combines ease of carrying with a great lens and flexibility of settings.

As always I am linking my selection to Ju-Lyn’s and Brian’s Changing Seasons challenge.

  • Headlamp on an old pink van
    Parked in Spitalfields Market, London 2022-10-16
  • Large mural of woman and two identical small girls
    Street art in Spitalfields, London 2022-10-16
  • Cluster of small fungi
    Tiny fungi at the foot of a street tree, Ealing 2022-10-18
  • Statue of a winged archer against an orange sky
    Piccadilly Circus at sunset, London 2022-10-20
  • Mountain range seen from the air
    First sight of the Himalayas from our flight into Kathmandu 2022-10-26
  • Cushion with quote from the Buddha and marigold garlands
    In our hotel room in Thamel, Kathmandu 2022-10-27
  • Man wading across a river with buffalos
    Buffalos crossing the Narayani River, Chitwan NP 2022-10-29
  • Two elephants in a river with sun setting behind
    Elephants bathing in the Narayani River at sunset, Chitwan NP 2022-10-29
  • Small boat silhouetted on a river at sunset
    The Narayani River at sunset, Chitwan NP 2022-10-30
  • Distant mountains with dawn light
    Himalayas at sunrise from our hotel, Bandipur 2022-11-01
  • Pink flowers and blurred outline of temple roof
    Bougainvillea photographed from our hotel room, Bandipur 2022-11-01
  • Single large red flower on a long stem
    Hibiscus in Bandipur 2022-11-01
  • Small Buddha carving on a wall draped in marigold garlands
    In the Old Inn, our hotel in Bandipur 2022-11-02
  • Part of a red flower with sun shining through
    Backlit hibiscus at the Temple Tree Resort, Pokhara 2022-11-04
  • Mural of monk looking at large blue Buddha face
    In a café near the Peace Pagoda, Pokhara 2022-11-04
  • Bush with pink flowers and distant mountains
    Hibiscus at the Peace Pagoda, Pokhara 2022-11-04
  • Lake with reflected trees, houses and mountains
    Fewa Lake, Pokhara 2022-11-04
  • Abstract green reflection patterns
    Leaves reflected in Fewa Lake, Pokhara 2022-11-04
  • Mountain view with blue roofed houses
    Rural homes near Pokhara 2022-11-05
  • Branches with pink flowers against a blurred distant mountain
    Wild Himalayan cherry near Pokhara 2022-11-05
  • Neon sign saying I have mixed drinks about feelings
    In a bar in Thamel 2022-11-07
  • Tree silhouetted against a hazy red sun
    Sunset in Bardia NP 2022-11-08
  • Brown dragonfly on a twig
    Neurothemis fulvia dragonfly (I think), Tiger Tops Karnali Lodge, Bardia NP 2022-11-10
  • Two young women in traditional red dresses
    At the Buddhist Golden Temple, Patan 2022-11-11
  • Men in traditional hats taking photos on their phones
    At the Buddhist Golden Temple, Patan 2022-11-11
  • Black and white photo of a flower
    White camellia in a local garden, Ealing 2022-11-28

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