Wild Daffodil hosts a monthly photographic challenge, this months theme is patina which to me is the sheen of age, that lovely smooth, worn feel of wood or metal, even old stone steps that gives a hint of the history an object has witnessed.

In the summer I visited Blackwell, an Arts & Crafts style house near Windermere with my Embroiderers Guild. Every window had an individually designed handle and they all had that lovely worn look.

The beautiful oak features in Blackwell were wonderful to touch.

This is Piece Hall in Halifax, the original cloth market, it was re-opened last year after being restored. They’ve managed to keep that patina of age whilst updating it for modern use.

Well I had to squeeze in a Lake District photo if I could! This is Derwentwater, the launches run a regular service around the Lake which walkers use like buses. The boats were built in the 1920’s and 30’s and have a wonderful feel about them, layers of varnish polished by thousands of bottoms!

Launch on Derwentwater

This is Beverley Minster, it’s a stunning place, in these old church buildings you can see where people have walked or have touched things over hundreds of years.

Now that’s what you call patina! This is the kitchen at Harewood House. I wouldn’t like the job of polishing all that copper though!

New things can have a nice feel to them too particularly if they are craftsman made. This is a ‘bobbin’ I had turned for an embroidery about Catbells. I love the feel of it. To see more infor about this project, please follow the link to the original post

This is Pearl, my vintage Singer sewing machine, one day I will make a quilt on her…

For more patina photos follow the link to Wild Daffodil, she’s got some lovely photos of a fascinating house called Nuffield Place.