Leaving Newcastle!
Last Thursday evening our ferry left Newcastle at 6.30 pm.
It was an overnight crossing and I took lots of photographs.
As I was taking the photographs of the sky I thought of all you skywatchers...as I was looking out onto the ocean and "picturing" everybody posting their contributions.
I have quite a few sky photographs and have sorted them into various categories which I will share over the next few Fridays.
This first set then, is called Leaving Newcastle!
It was an overnight crossing and I took lots of photographs.
As I was taking the photographs of the sky I thought of all you skywatchers...as I was looking out onto the ocean and "picturing" everybody posting their contributions.
I have quite a few sky photographs and have sorted them into various categories which I will share over the next few Fridays.
This first set then, is called Leaving Newcastle!
Aboard at a Ship’s Helm
Walt Whitman
Aboard, at a ship’s helm,
A young steersman, steering with care.
A bell through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing,
An ocean-bell—O a warning bell, rock’d by the waves.
O you give good notice indeed, you bell by the sea-reefs ringing,
Ringing, ringing, to warn the ship from its wreck-place.
For, as on the alert, O steersman, you mind the bell’s admonition,
The bows turn,—the freighted ship, tacking, speeds away under her gray sails,
The beautiful and noble ship, with all her precious wealth, speeds away gaily and safe.
But O the ship, the immortal ship! O ship aboard the ship!
O ship of the body—ship of the soul—voyaging, voyaging, voyaging.
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46 comments:
That's a swf! Pretty impressive!
Good one!
Cheers, Klaus
lovely seascape and sky!
My Sky Watch Friday posts
It is well known that we Portuguese once sailed the seven seas searching for new lands, wealth and adventures.
We were brave in those days and gave the world new worlds!
Luckily I don’t have to sail the big oceans on a small ship to sea the wonders of our world …
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And on each stop I come to see a little marvel of our world under a great sky!
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gorgeous shot for no. 2
Mine in here. Thanks
lovely shots from boot..
Please visit mine also in here Thanks
nice shoots have good weekend
That sure is a dramtic sky--I love them like this.
Those are cool. They make me think a cloud volcano erupted into night!
Love that ominous looking cloud formation you captured. I love your adventures.
Leaving the estuary at Newcastle in nice weather is a treat, though not when the North Sea gets going!
Nice and well done SWF post, Denise!
Petunia's SWF
What a great post this is.. I thank you for all the time and effort you have gone to and thank you for continuing to support Sky Watch..
Just great to watch !! So strange cloud !! Loved seeing it. Thank you for posting.
Nice weekend wish to you from Norway.
Oh, Denise, I did not realise that Mrs Nesbitt was a poetry buff. I love your second image: the framing just draws me off the back of the ferry into the tumbling wash. And then to read Walt Whitman: you have warmed the cockles of my heart!
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Oh yes. Those grey skies. Just England huh? But there are some good skies Denise. I've joined Sky Watch and got some up of a better Northern English sky (colour wise). Please come and see.
I love this shot from the back of the boat. The idea of moving away from that sky fills you with anticipation for the holiday ahead.
Excellent post! As always! Have a great 4th!
I love taking pictures when I travel on a ferry, you can get some quite spectacular ones :-)
Thanks to think about us. That's true that these views offer inspiration, love these silver shades. And the trails of foam create a perfect effect.
I like your banner photo. These make me feel cold. Brr!
Beautiful sky watch!!
Lovely. I felt I was standing there myself!
In leaving Newcastle, did you also leave the coal?
Inquiring minds want to know...
(Editor to "Louis": 'You weren't invited here to leave smart-aleck comments. The fact of the matter is you weren't invited at all.'
"Louis" to Editor: 'Why don't you assume the aeronautical position and take a flying leap?'
Editor to "Louis": 'I'm about to be Truman and you're about to be MacArthur'.
"Louis" to all: 'Old cows never die. They just fade away.')
What lovely photos of sky over water. It's such a great combination! I look forward to seeing more skies from your trip.
The cloud in the last one is very cool.
Great shots - going away, Denise! I liked that verse from Whitman too. Thanks for sharing!
Nice shots of the sky. I really like the setting sun in the photos.
Your pictures are wonderful. And Walt Whitman's word...wonderful too!
Lovely shots, especially the last two.
Yes, that's what leaving Newcastle is all about - watching cloudy skies disappear in your wake!
Great shots Mrs N.
Gary
Bodge's Bulletin
I'm sure you were very happy to be leaving that impressive looking black cloud behind you!
And the voyage is bound for ????
See you at Nordkapp
Me again: As I suspected - only two from the UK got that one!
That's a clever little compendium from sea to sky. Such a dramatic one too. As always fine words to accopmany the images.
Perfect entry for skywatch… all I can say is that “you’ll be the sun in somebody else’s sky”…LoL! Mine’s up too hope you can drop by…
That final shot is particularly good.
Great sky watch post!!
Have a nice weekend!!
When I saw this picture on Wednesday, I immediately thought about skywatch! And a wonderful poem to boot! Have a wonderful weekend.
Lovely words and photographs
:-Daryl
Unique perspective! Wonderful pictures and poem for SWF!
Very dramatic. I like the new header, too--but Wilma is not in it!
Those coulors in the horizon are really beautiful!
Wow Denise,
I am really impressed by this trip you made/make, New castle looks great a bit dark s
ky but beatifull for SWF. Enjoy your trip and: Bon Voyage!!! Travel safe!
JoAnn from Holland
Have a good weekend and SWF
(visit my SWF, I made shots from Naarden/HOLLAND where I live)
Thank you for being so faithful in visiting my blog! Yours is one of my top five. All the comments you get must keep you busy! I wish we had had a chance to visit the continent when we lived there, but there was no such thing as ferries back in 'the olden days'
P.S. Glad to see Wilma again!
Those are shots you don't get every day of the week! Excellent.
I especially like the bottom one of these.
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