The other week I posted some benches I had seen in a garden – this month I have some in Black and White or monochrome as others like to say. I’m not too good at spotting situations where they show up more easily in B/W so here are some I like – even tho’ they might not be the best examples.
This little wooden one was at the foot of the escalators right by a car park exit door – just in the right spot for a weary shopper to collect their bags and thoughts together before leaving.
The rotunda in the big park at Mooroolbark has long benches – just right for families to shelter from the heat – or the drizzle that was coming down this day.
A little covered area near the pond in Kilsyth – a favourite spot for family gatherings at the weekends. A good spot for picnics – Cool in the summer with shelter on rainy days.
This is ‘My’ bench, the one featured in the header picture above – the nearby shrubs have grown and the bench now has a more mature look about it. Sitting on it makes you feel as though you really are in the bush and not in a suburban park.
If you pop over to Jude’s blog (Travel Words) you might just see some more in the Bench Series – February Black and White/Monochrome
And if you want to join in the Bench Series she has a list of monthly themes here.
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I love the shopping centre photo. Very professional.
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I’ve never seen anyone sitting there Andrew – not sure why
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A good spot to rest your bags!
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I like the last bench! Would like to sit there.
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It’s just at the right spot for a little rest when I walk round thepark
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Your bench is lovely. Really, really lovely.
The one in the shopping centre is in a good vantage point to see whether your lift has arrived…
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I always think that EC as I come down the travelator but I’ve never ever seen anyone there.
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Wow – you have loads of great photos for this month’s series.
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This was a labour of love because I didn’t really know how they photos would turn out. Not good with photo enhancing so used the monochrome setting on my little point and shoot cannon then did just a smidgeon of lighting
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Love the little secluded bench in the park, it does invite you to sit a while.
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I’ll show it to you next week in it’s ‘green coloured’ state.
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Will look out for it… 🙂
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All very crisp.
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I enjoyed looking at your photos of benches.
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Thanks Gigi – glad you liked them Sometimes we aren’t aware of how things look in a different form until we try looking (hoping you understand what I mean :))
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I’m trying to figure out what’s under the bench you call “my bench.”? Is that grass? Love the benches. Always a place to sit. And “Sometimes I sits, and sometime I thinks, and sometimes I sits and thinks.”
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Not grass Dianne but tan bark. A topping put on the ground around the base to stop the ground getting all messy and worn, it acts as a mulch on the nearby shrubs. I’ll do a post next week showing the bench as it is in it’s ‘green’ state
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now you’re getting me to like those welcoming benches.
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I have fallen in love with the bench in your header – looks like a lovely spot to chill for a while. But the ones in Mooroolbark are pretty fancy! Lots of lines and patterns going on in the first image. Good benches Cathy 🙂
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