Author Archives: JDO

I love this rose – but it seems to be on a mission to take over the world. The books state that its height and spread is about 1.2m x 1m, but I struggle to keep mine to 2m x … Continued

An Emergency Houseplant Blip, taken when we got back (later than originally intended) from our trip to Leeds, and back-blipped when I finally got round to processing it. I’m getting so far behind! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

This afternoon I travelled up to Leeds with R and Child One. You might assume if you read yesterday’s journal entry that we were making a genealogical pilgrimage to the last resting place of my ancestor Samuel Keeble, but in … Continued

Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the Battles of Quatre-Bras and Ligny. Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. My 3x great-grandfather Samuel Keeble was a trooper in the 2nd Royal North Regiment of Dragoons – colloquially … Continued

After work today I spent about fifteen minutes taking photos of some of the many bees that were feeding on my geraniums. I spotted at least six different types, and here are two of them: the main image is a … Continued

This is the final call for entries for this week’s Mono Monday challenge, which I will judge tomorrow. The theme is Angle. This is a shot of the angle between the tower (to the left) and the the rear gable … Continued

When I conceived this shot, it was all about the angles within the five-bar gate. The arrival of a fat elderly terrier fierce guard dog as I was taking it was serendipitous.

Last night and this morning we finally got the rain we needed – in fact, at one stage it was so wet outside that I thought I might have to take an indoor shot today. Eventually though the downpour eased … Continued

I only knew the blipper AMC through the writing of her daughter BikerBear, but since Alma died last weekend the tributes I’ve read in other people’s journals have made it clear that she was a much-loved member of this community. … Continued

Some of you have probably been wondering what would happen if you were to drive a large farm vehicle into the parapet of a mediaeval bridge. To save you the time and trouble of conducting your own experiment, allow me … Continued