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PappasBland are photographers based in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
I’m back in Massachusetts after ten days in England. The aftermath of our daughter’s art and crafting and constant experiments continues to provide visual inspiration.
-Tom
While in England last month I made a visit to Errington Reay in Bardon Mill, Northumberland, a historic pottery founded in 1878 and now the last commercial producer of traditional salt-glazed pottery in the UK. Some photographs →
-Tom
Last month in England I visited the stunning gardens and grounds at Raby Castle in County Durham, by award-winning garden designer Luciano Giubbilei in creative collaboration with Lady Barnard.
-Tom
The first photograph here shows the view from my parents’ upstairs windows. That view looks north towards the Cheviot Hills, and Scotland beyond. While standing here looking out of this window I heard what I thought was possibly an animal in distress at the bottom of the field. I went off to learn more and it turned out to be…… just a gray squirrel making one of those weird sounds gray squirrels can make. So I circled the whole field, disturbed a deer in the long bracken, and then tagged on a walk in the woods. I ended up having a relentless sneezing attack. Something environmental was definitely bothering me – airborne weed pollens most likely. Anyway, I ended up walking many familiar paths and once I got home I had a big cup of tea because that’s what you do.
-Tom
Photographs from Slaley, Northumberland.
Some photographs from a walk at a frequent spot for us, along the Northumberland side of Derwent Reservoir (County Durham on the other side).
-Tom
Some photographs from Bamburgh, famous for Bamburgh Castle (aka Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom). Bamburgh and Seahouses are basically intertwined for us – you don’t go to one town and not also go to the other. It’s an essential beach to walk on if you ever visit Northumberland.
-Tom
Diffused Goldenrod from Art Drop #17 has now completed its 1-year embargo and can be ordered from the Permanent Collection on our website.
I was back in England recently on a short 10-day visit, some of which was spent on the Northumberland coast. Here are some photographs from Seahouses, a town we’d always go to as a family – either on our way to Bamburgh, to grab some fish and chips, or to catch a boat ride to the Farne Islands.
-Tom