Monthly Archives: January 2016

Although I don’t think the birds see it in quite that light. The nearest bird feeders to the house are a good ten or twelve metres from the back door, and I don’t have a lens long enough to do … Continued

The freezing fog returned last night, and was much thicker – when it finally got light this morning, the garden looked like this. Arthur went out straight after breakfast and hunted scents noisily for quite a while, but it was … Continued

I woke this morning to freezing fog, and though it didn’t last long enough for a proper hoar frost to develop, there was still plenty to photograph in the garden when the sun began to break through. I’ve been rather … Continued

When I read the theme for this week’s Mono Monday it was an easy decision to photograph some of the traditional buildings in Stratford-upon-Avon – a town which trades enthusiastically on its traditions, and where, to be fair, a Georgian … Continued

The weather was miserable today, so I was looking for something to do for Wet Play, and I thought it would be a good idea to tackle the second half of this week’s challenge in A Year With My Camera: photographing … Continued

I spent about half an hour this morning tracking last night’s light dusting of frost around the village, only to have R tell me that his favourite photo of the day was the thistle I’ve put in as an extra. … Continued

I didn’t achieve much that was actually useful today, but I did have a go at the first part of this week’s challenge in A Year With My Camera, which as I mentioned yesterday is to shoot something white on … Continued

I have spent quite a lot of today reading tributes to Alan Rickman, who has died of cancer at 69 – one of the nicest being from a friend of mine who used to work at the RSC and knew … Continued

I had to go to the doctor’s surgery this morning, for a steroid injection in my troublesome shoulder. I’ve been a little concerned about it, having heard various unpleasant stories, but the procedure went very smoothly – the most difficult … Continued

Whoa! Back up a moment…. it’s 12th January! When I went looking for a macro shot today, almost the first thing I found was a tree in the hedgerow across the road from our house which definitely shouldn’t be in … Continued