Author Archives: JDO

Well, this is odd. On reading that the topic for Wide Angle Wednesday this week was Floral, my first thought was, “Well, that is going to be a challenge.” I wouldn’t normally ever use a wide angle lens to photograph … Continued

It’s a mystery to me how this poor bee was managing to function at all, covered in pollen as she was and with her pollen baskets so huge and heavy. But she carried on gamely buzzing the peony flowers to … Continued

This shallow dof shot of some lavender is the last call for entries for this week’s Mono Monday challenge, whose theme is Soft. The extra is for Cesani, who requested more squirrel blips. This little chap was quite nervous, as … Continued

This is your pre-Mono Monday reminder: a soft-focus shot of a soft dog. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the theme this week is Soft. I’m still trying to catch up on a load of chores that have built up over the past few … Continued

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