Goodrich Castle

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I spent the morning doing boring things: the washing machine door lock broke last week, and having had it replaced a couple of days ago I was still working through a backlog of washing; and then I reconciled some accounts, … Continued

Find your own!

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If I were the size of a goldfinch, I don’t think I’d choose to argue with a greenfinch – not only are they bigger, but they always look to be scowling ferociously. But goldfinches are feisty little things, and this … Continued

Rosemary

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That’s the name of the shrub, of course, not the bee – though now I’ve thought of it I rather like Rosemary as a name for a bee. I had originally written that this idea wouldn’t work because this isn’t … Continued

Mono Monday: Ancestors

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These are not my ancestors: if they were, I would probably have a dedicated lens room, which would only be smaller than R’s dedicated guitar room by virtue of the fact that lenses are (mostly) smaller than guitars. But they … Continued

Great spotted woodpecker

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I’ve been pretty unwell today, so I gave myself a quiet day; but because the light was good I thought I should be able to get some nice shots in the garden. I took a few with the macro lens, … Continued

Risk assessment

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“What a morning I have had. No, really. So there’s this yooman, right? Dunno his name cos he wasn’t ringed, but that doesn’t matter – he had, like, a crusty baguette – honestly, it was like, this big – and he … Continued

Lily

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I’m really not sure about this – it has been focus stacked, edited to within an inch of its life, taken back to its origins, edited again, almost discarded, reset again, edited some more, converted to mono, reset again, brightened, … Continued

Where’s Wally?

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It was sunny this morning, but the chap on the weather forecast said that if you were thinking of doing anything outdoorsy over the next few days, this was the day to do it, so I decided take a trip … Continued

Euphorbia

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I’d had half a plan to go up to Chipping Campden this morning to take some more photos in and around the church, but our spell of chilly sunshine seems to have ended and the weather today has been vile. … Continued

Fire and ice

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After a late night yesterday I would have liked a relaxed start this morning, but unfortunately R and I were being interviewed by a builder at 9am, so I had to peel myself off the pillow and make myself respectable. … Continued