In the round

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You’ve probably seen this already, but there’s a new fad taking hold on Blipfoto: walking around something and photographing it from a range of angles, and then layering the files and blending them together into a single image. Depending how … Continued

Mono Monday: Animal

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It has been a somewhat trying day, for one reason and another. The grand finale took place when R and I were sitting on the sofa this evening watching television: I reached for my wine, which was on side table … Continued

Timmy Tiptoes

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I was wandering down the garden on my way to photograph autumn leaves for today’s blip, when I surprised this squirrel. I was almost equally surprised and stopped in my tracks, at which point the squirrel set off quite slowly … Continued

Stylish

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R had an appointment with a guitar this morning in Stratford, and asked for my ears to go with him. I confess to finding it flattering that he thinks of me as someone with a good ear – especially as … Continued

Canons Ashby

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R and I drove over to Northamptonshire today, and spent the first half of the afternoon wandering around Canons Ashby, which is charming in a shambolic and slightly mad kind of way. I couldn’t bring myself to take the Big … Continued

Powerful

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You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I was wittering about trading in the Big Lens for a 100-400mm; I had a quote from mpb offering me a surprisingly good price for my prime against an “as new” … Continued

Hanbury Wood Blipmeet

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This morning I took a very enjoyable walk around Hanbury Wood, in the company of Technophobe, hildasrose and Mr hildasrose, tedwin, and redilady – we had a very pleasant time strolling and chatting, and as ever, it’s interesting to see … Continued

Glasswing

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Today dawned so dull and dreary that I would have been tempted to go back to bed if I hadn’t had an appointment with my hairdresser in Stow-on-the-Wold. Even zooming through the Cotswolds listening to Bruce only provided a temporary … Continued

Mono Monday: Music

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Tewkesbury Abbey has two pipe organs, of which the bigger and more photogenic lives in the choir (which it amuses them to spell Quire). Unfortunately, the Quire was closed today because something or other had been done to the tiled … Continued

Bracing

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I woke up in a vile mood this morning, after an inexplicably bad night. My temper wasn’t helped by the fact that the sleep monitoring app I’ve just started using (as part of a vague gesture towards improving various aspects … Continued