A glimpse of sun

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It was a lovely morning in our little valley, so after walking Arthur and doing a few chores at home I went off with the camera, looking for landscape shots. To my surprise, as soon as I made it up … Continued

Sempervivum

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I’ve had another busy day – I managed to take several very tedious things off my to-do list by treating them like a finger-food buffet and nibbling a little from each in turn, repeatedly through the day – but it … Continued

Mono Monday: Beginning

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This shot depicts the beginning of taking down the Christmas decorations this morning – a job I hate so much that it invariably brings on a rash of displacement activity. Today for example I found that I had a sudden … Continued

One day, twelve pics

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I know that a number of blippers have already signed up for the photography course run by the photographer Emma Davies, A Year With My Camera, which promises to provide inspiration and challenges through 2016. If you haven’t already taken … Continued

Dog day morning

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This is Rupert – I think. It might be Rufus…. but I think it’s Rupert. R and I were walking along Henley Street in Stratford this morning, between a cup of coffee and the cinema (where R had reminded me … Continued

The road to 2016

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I stood at the window for about ten minutes this morning, trying to convince myself that there wasn’t going to be a decent dawn so there was no point getting dressed and going out. Then I decided that the developing … Continued

Guarding

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R and I went for lunch in Stratford today, as is our wont on New Year’s Eve – we really don’t care for it as a celebration, and like to be safely back at home with the door locked and … Continued

Clematis

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I’m glad that R and I went for a walk along the Avon while it was sunny yesterday, because today has been vile: Storm Frank is blowing through, bearing horizontal rain. I spent the morning on one of my end-of-year … Continued

Catkins

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I read an article today about choosing photographic gear, which pointed out that good equipment doesn’t necessarily make a good photographer. This is true of course – but it certainly doesn’t hurt. I’m absolutely loving my new lens: I took … Continued

Dawn

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There was a spectacular streaky dawn this morning – this was in the latter stages, just as the sun was coming up, but I’ve put some of my earlier shots on Flickr, starting here. Having been out before 8am to … Continued