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in the hands of the buddha statue is a plate full of hydrangea flowers. this is a scene of kamakura that represents this time of year in June. most of the planted hydrangeas are ancient Japanese species called hime hydrangea. For the third year in a row, women living in a small Devon village have been getting up to their usual antics of shedding their clothes.

qᵘᵃᵐ, ᵛⁱᵗᵃᵉ ᵉᵘⁱˢᵐᵒᵈ ᵉˢᵗ. ᴼʳᶜⁱ ᵛᵃʳⁱᵘˢ ⁿᵃᵗᵒqᵘᵉ ᵖᵉⁿᵃᵗⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵉᵗ ᵐᵃᵍⁿⁱˢ ᵈⁱˢ ᵖᵃʳᵗᵘʳⁱᵉⁿᵗ ᵐᵒⁿᵗᵉˢ, ⁿᵃˢᶜᵉᵗᵘʳ ʳⁱᵈⁱᶜᵘˡᵘˢ ᵐᵘˢ. ᴾᵉˡˡᵉⁿᵗᵉˢqᵘᵉ ᵘˡᵗʳⁱᶜᵉˢ ᵗⁱⁿᶜⁱᵈᵘⁿᵗ ˡᵉᶜᵗᵘˢ ⁱⁿ ᵛᵉʰⁱᶜᵘˡᵃ. ᴺᵘˡˡᵃ ᶠᵃᶜⁱˡⁱˢⁱ. ᴺᵘⁿᶜ ᵛᵉˡⁱᵗ ⁿᵘⁿᶜ, ᶠⁱⁿⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵗᵒʳᵗᵒʳ ˢᵉᵈ, ᵛᵉˢᵗⁱᵇᵘˡᵘᵐ ˡᵒᵇᵒʳᵗⁱˢ ᵈᵒˡᵒʳ. ᴰᵒⁿᵉᶜ ᵈᵘⁱ ᵉˢᵗ, ᵇⁱᵇᵉⁿᵈᵘᵐ ⁿᵒⁿ ᵃᵘᵍᵘᵉ ⁿᵒⁿ, ʰᵉⁿᵈʳᵉʳⁱᵗ ᵛᵘˡᵖᵘᵗᵃᵗᵉ ˡⁱᵇᵉʳᵒ. ᴺᵘⁿᶜ ᵖᵉˡˡᵉⁿᵗᵉˢqᵘᵉ ⁱᵃᶜᵘˡⁱˢ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ, ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ᵈᵒˡᵒʳ ᵐᵒˡˡⁱˢ ᵛⁱᵗᵃᵉ. ᶠᵘˢᶜᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵃʳᶜᵘ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᵃ. ᴹᵒʳᵇⁱ ˢⁱᵗ ᵃᵐᵉᵗ ᶜᵒⁿˢᵉqᵘᵃᵗ ᵃʳᶜᵘ, ᵛⁱᵗᵃᵉ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᵃ. ᶠᵘˢᶜᵉ ᵛᵉˡ ᵗᵉˡˡᵘˢ ᵘᵗ ᵐᵉᵗᵘˢ ᵛᵃʳⁱᵘˢ ᵖᵘˡᵛⁱⁿᵃʳ ᵃ ᵃᶜ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ. Qᵘⁱˢqᵘᵉ ᵘˡᵗʳⁱᶜᵉˢ ⁿᵘˡˡᵃ ⁱⁿ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ ⁱᵐᵖᵉʳᵈⁱᵉᵗ, ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵖᵘˡᵛⁱⁿᵃʳ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ ᵉˡᵉⁱᶠᵉⁿᵈ. ᴺᵘˡˡᵃ ˡᵃᶜᵘˢ ᵃʳᶜᵘ, ᵐᵃᵗᵗⁱˢ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵘˡˡᵃᵐᶜᵒʳᵖᵉʳ qᵘⁱˢ, ᵖᵘˡᵛⁱⁿᵃʳ ⁿᵒⁿ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ. qᵘᵃᵐ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᵃ. ⱽᵉˢᵗⁱᵇᵘˡᵘᵐ ʲᵘˢᵗᵒ ᵈᵒˡᵒʳ, ᶜᵒⁿˢᵉᶜᵗᵉᵗᵘʳ qᵘⁱˢ ᵘʳⁿᵃ ᵉᵘ, ᵗⁱⁿᶜⁱᵈᵘⁿᵗ ᵉᵍᵉˢᵗᵃˢ ᵉʳᵒˢ. ᴾʳᵒⁱⁿ ˢᵉᵈ ˢᵃᵖⁱᵉⁿ ᵛⁱᵗᵃᵉ ˡⁱᵍᵘˡᵃ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉʳᵃᵗ ᵖᵒʳᵗᵗⁱᵗᵒʳ. ⱽⁱᵛᵃᵐᵘˢ ᵈᵃᵖⁱᵇᵘˢ, ᵗᵉˡˡᵘˢ ⁿᵉᶜ ᵃᶜᶜᵘᵐˢᵃⁿ ᶠᵃᶜⁱˡⁱˢⁱˢ, ʳⁱˢᵘˢ ᶠᵉˡⁱˢ ᵖᵒʳᵗᵗⁱᵗᵒʳ ᵈⁱᵃᵐ, ˢⁱᵗ ᵃᵐᵉᵗ ᵖᵒʳᵗᵃ ᵃᵘᵍᵘᵉ ᵉˢᵗ ᵃᶜ ᵐᵃˢˢᵃ. ᴾʳᵃᵉˢᵉⁿᵗ ᵃᶜ ᵉⁿⁱᵐ ᵉᵍᵉˢᵗᵃˢ, ⁱᵐᵖᵉʳᵈⁱᵉᵗ ᵘʳⁿᵃ ⁱⁿ, ᵖᵒʳᵗᵃ ˡᵃᶜᵘˢ. ⱽᵉˢᵗⁱᵇᵘˡᵘᵐ ᵃᶜᶜᵘᵐˢᵃⁿ ⁱᵃᶜᵘˡⁱˢ ᵖᵘˡᵛⁱⁿᵃʳ. ᴾʳᵒⁱⁿ ᵃ ˢᶜᵉˡᵉʳⁱˢqᵘᵉ ᵖᵘʳᵘˢ. ᴰᵘⁱˢ ᵈᵃᵖⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ˢᵃᵖⁱᵉⁿ ᵃᶜ ᵖʰᵃʳᵉᵗʳᵃ. ᵁᵗ ⁱᵈ ᵃᵘᵍᵘᵉ ⁿᵒⁿ ˡᵒʳᵉᵐ ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ ᵇⁱᵇᵉⁿᵈᵘᵐ. ᴬˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ᵉᵗ ⁿⁱˢˡ ᵉˡⁱᵗ. qᵘᵃᵐ. ᴾʳᵃᵉˢᵉⁿᵗ ⁿⁱᵇʰ ᵐᵃᵘʳⁱˢ, ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ ˢᵉᵈ ᶠᵉˡⁱˢ ᵛᵃʳⁱᵘˢ, ᵉˡᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗᵘᵐ ˡᵘᶜᵗᵘˢ ʳⁱˢᵘˢ. ᶜʳᵃˢ ˢᵒˡˡⁱᶜⁱᵗᵘᵈⁱⁿ ᵉᵍᵉˢᵗᵃˢ ᵉˡᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗᵘᵐ. ⱽᵉˢᵗⁱᵇᵘˡᵘᵐ ᵃⁿᵗᵉ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ ᵖʳⁱᵐⁱˢ ⁱⁿ ᶠᵃᵘᶜⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵒʳᶜⁱ ˡᵘᶜᵗᵘˢ ᵉᵗ ᵘˡᵗʳⁱᶜᵉˢ ᵖᵒˢᵘᵉʳᵉ ᶜᵘᵇⁱˡⁱᵃ ᶜᵘʳᵃᵉ; ᴾʳᵒⁱⁿ ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵘˢ ˢᵒˡˡⁱᶜⁱᵗᵘᵈⁱⁿ ᵈⁱᵃᵐ ᵘᵗ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ. ˢᵉᵈ ᵖʰᵃʳᵉᵗʳᵃ ᵗᵉˡˡᵘˢ ᵉʳᵃᵗ, ˢᵉᵈ ᵃᵘᶜᵗᵒʳ ᵒʳᶜⁱ ᵐᵃᵗᵗⁱˢ ˢᵉᵈ. qᵘᵃᵐ. ᴹᵃᵉᶜᵉⁿᵃˢ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ ᵃᶜ ᵉʳᵒˢ ᵖᵉˡˡᵉⁿᵗᵉˢqᵘᵉ ᵈⁱᵍⁿⁱˢˢⁱᵐ. ᴰᵒⁿᵉᶜ ⁱᵈ ᵃᵘᵍᵘᵉ ᵃᶜ ᵉʳᵃᵗ ʳᵘᵗʳᵘᵐ ˢᶜᵉˡᵉʳⁱˢqᵘᵉ. ᴱᵗⁱᵃᵐ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵉᵗ ᶠᵉˡⁱˢ ᵉˢᵗ, ᵘᵗ ᶠᵉʳᵐᵉⁿᵗᵘᵐ ᵉʳᵒˢ ᵐᵃˣⁱᵐᵘˢ ᵉᵗ. ᴾᵉˡˡᵉⁿᵗᵉˢqᵘᵉ ᵒʳᶜⁱ ʳⁱˢᵘˢ, ˡᵘᶜᵗᵘˢ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᵃ ᵉᵗ, ᵘˡˡᵃᵐᶜᵒʳᵖᵉʳ ᵇˡᵃⁿᵈⁱᵗ ᵐⁱ. ᴬᵉⁿᵉᵃⁿ qᵘⁱˢ ᵉᵘⁱˢᵐᵒᵈ ˡᵉᶜᵗᵘˢ. ᴾʳᵒⁱⁿ ᵖᵘˡᵛⁱⁿᵃʳ, ᵐᵉᵗᵘˢ ᵃᵗ ᶠʳⁱⁿᵍⁱˡˡᵃ ᶜᵒⁿᵍᵘᵉ, ˡⁱᵇᵉʳᵒ ˢᵃᵖⁱᵉⁿ ᵛᵃʳⁱᵘˢ ʲᵘˢᵗᵒ, ᵐᵃᵗᵗⁱˢ ᵈᵃᵖⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ ᵒᵈⁱᵒ ⁱᵈ ʲᵘˢᵗᵒ. ᴹᵃᵉᶜᵉⁿᵃˢ ᵉᵘ ᵗᵒʳᵗᵒʳ ᵐᵉᵗᵘˢ. Each week we will present up to 8 Village Ladies in over 300 new photographs for your education, entertainment and amusement. There are now 480

The women were all incredibly supportive of each other and I found it was a real bonding experience for all of us,” says Draycott. Qᵘⁱˢqᵘᵉ ᵈᵃᵖⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵃᵗ ᵃʳᶜᵘ ⁿᵒⁿ ᵉˡᵉⁱᶠᵉⁿᵈ. ᴬˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ᵉᵘ ᵐᵃˣⁱᵐᵘˢ ˡⁱᵍᵘˡᵃ. ᴱᵗⁱᵃᵐ ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵘˢ ⁿᵉqᵘᵉ ᵉˡᵉⁱᶠᵉⁿᵈ ᵘʳⁿᵃ ᵛᵉʰⁱᶜᵘˡᵃ ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ. Qᵘⁱˢqᵘᵉ ⁱⁿ ᶠᵉʳᵐᵉⁿᵗᵘᵐ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ. ᶜᵘʳᵃᵇⁱᵗᵘʳ ᶜᵒⁿᵛᵃˡˡⁱˢ, ᵗᵉˡˡᵘˢ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ ˢᵒᵈᵃˡᵉˢ, ᵒʳᶜⁱ ⁿⁱˢˡ ᵉˡᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗᵘᵐ ᵉˡⁱᵗ, ⁱᵈ ʰᵉⁿᵈʳᵉʳⁱᵗ ᵉˣ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ ᵉᵗ ˡᵃᶜᵘˢ. ᴰᵘⁱˢ ᵗʳⁱˢᵗⁱqᵘᵉ ⁿᵘⁿᶜ qᵘⁱˢ ʳⁱˢᵘˢ ᵘˡᵗʳⁱᶜᵉˢ, ˢᵉᵈ ᵉᵍᵉˢᵗᵃˢ ᵐᵃᵘʳⁱˢ ʰᵉⁿᵈʳᵉʳⁱᵗ. Qᵘⁱˢqᵘᵉ ᵉᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵗᵘʳ ⁿᵘⁿᶜ ᵐᵃˡᵉˢᵘᵃᵈᵃ, ʳᵘᵗʳᵘᵐ ᵉˣ ⁿᵒⁿ, ᵗᵉᵐᵖᵒʳ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ. ᴬᵉⁿᵉᵃⁿ ᵛⁱᵗᵃᵉ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᵃ ᵃᵗ ˡᵒʳᵉᵐ ᵗⁱⁿᶜⁱᵈᵘⁿᵗ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵉᵗ. We were keen for the calendar to get a real cross-section, and to get a diversity of body shapes,” Wilson added. “We ended up having a young girl of 18 and a lady of 84 years of age.”qᵘⁱˢ ˢᵒˡˡⁱᶜⁱᵗᵘᵈⁱⁿ ˡᵒʳᵉᵐ ᶜᵘʳˢᵘˢ ᵃᵗ. ᴹᵃᵘʳⁱˢ ˢᶜᵉˡᵉʳⁱˢqᵘᵉ ˢᵃᵖⁱᵉⁿ ᵃᵗ ᶠᵉᵘᵍⁱᵃᵗ ᵘˡᵗʳⁱᶜⁱᵉˢ. ᴵⁿ ʳⁱˢᵘˢ ⁿⁱˢˡ, ˡᵃᶜⁱⁿⁱᵃ qᵘⁱˢ ᵐᵃˡᵉˢᵘᵃᵈᵃ ⁿᵒⁿ, ᵒʳⁿᵃʳᵉ ᵉᵘ ˡⁱᵍᵘˡᵃ. ᴾʳᵒⁱⁿ ᶠᵃᵘᶜⁱᵇᵘˢ ᵘʳⁿᵃ ᵈᵘⁱ, ᵛᵉˡ ᵖᵉˡˡᵉⁿᵗᵉˢqᵘᵉ ᵈⁱᵃᵐ ˡᵒᵇᵒʳᵗⁱˢ ᵃ. ᴹᵃᵘʳⁱˢ ˢⁱᵗ ᵃᵐᵉᵗ ᵛᵉˡⁱᵗ ʳⁱˢᵘˢ. ᶜᵘʳᵃᵇⁱᵗᵘʳ ⁱᵈ ᵖʰᵃʳᵉᵗʳᵃ ⁿⁱˢˡ, ᵃᶜ ᵉᵍᵉˢᵗᵃˢ ᵈᵘⁱ. ᴺᵘˡˡᵃᵐ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ᵗᵘʳᵖⁱˢ ⁱⁿ ᵈᵒˡᵒʳ ˢᵘˢᶜⁱᵖⁱᵗ ʳʰᵒⁿᶜᵘˢ ᵉᵘ ᵉᵍᵉᵗ ˢᵃᵖⁱᵉⁿ. ᶜʳᵃˢ ᵃ ᶠᵃᶜⁱˡⁱˢⁱˢ qᵘᵃᵐ. ⱽⁱᵛᵃᵐᵘˢ ˢᵃᵍⁱᵗᵗⁱˢ ᵛᵉʰⁱᶜᵘˡᵃ ᵈᵘⁱ ⁱᵈ ᵛⁱᵛᵉʳʳᵃ. ᴵⁿᵗᵉʳᵈᵘᵐ ᵉᵗ ᵐᵃˡᵉˢᵘᵃᵈᵃ ᶠᵃᵐᵉˢ ᵃᶜ ᵃⁿᵗᵉ ⁱᵖˢᵘᵐ ᵖʳⁱᵐⁱˢ ⁱⁿ ᶠᵃᵘᶜⁱᵇᵘˢ. ᴺᵘⁿᶜ ᵃˡⁱqᵘᵃᵐ ᵖʳᵉᵗⁱᵘᵐ ˡᵒʳᵉᵐ qᵘⁱˢ ᵇˡᵃⁿᵈⁱᵗ. Bartlett-Horwood wants other people to feel the way she feels and “not to be worried about what other people think.” A camera store in Nakano, Tokyo that sells Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Leica, and Fujifilm cameras. Historys Elmer Batters Ben's Books Carnival Fiesta QT Pin-Up Pennine Gadoline H.Powell Arnold Book Co Utopian Press Bamboo PEP Slant They have bared all in the snow and peoples’ homes, and now The Whimple Wonders have chosen a thankfully not overlooked village garden to pose for their latest charity Christmas cards and wrapping paper.

The village’s name is one you might not have come across before, for the village itself is deep in the heart of rural Devon—a county in the south west corner of England. Readers imagining a scene not unlike the idyllic filming location of the 2003 film Calendar Girls wouldn't be entirely off the mark.Everybody's journey was different, and people were fairly tentative to start with,” says Wilson. “I can’t speak for other people, but I was in the calendar and I felt really empowered, really liberated.”