Author Archives: JDO

All today’s photos are of my aquilegias. The main image and second extra are extension tube shots, and the first extra was an attempt at one of the directional light shots that Miranda1008 does so wonderfully well – it didn’t … Continued

When life gives you lemons….. Preserve some of them for using in tagines and such, and make the rest into marmalade. Job sorted. Oh blimey – I’m late, as ever. Where did half term disappear to??

Firstly, thank you so much for all the lovely comments, stars and hearts on yesterday’s silliness – it really did feel like my birthday! Early this morning R called upstairs to me “Where’s your camera? There’s a woodpecker on the … Continued

Who’d have thought?? When I started this journey a year ago, all I was trying to do was to make myself use the camera every day, in the hope that I would thereby become a better photographer. When I look … Continued

This is number three in my series of Wednesday evening, post-choir, “I’ll just have to hope there’s an interesting sky on the drive home” blips. The village is called Aston-sub-Edge – cunningly named for the fact that it’s the eastern … Continued

I blipped my grandmother’s peony as a bud a few weeks ago, and I thought you might like to see it again in all its blowsy glory, catching the last of this evening’s sunshine. I think it probably qualifies for … Continued

“No, don’t move….. you’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.” “What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?” “You ask a glass of water.” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (1952-2001) As soon … Continued

Wait a minute… is that right? It doesn’t sound quite right somehow. Oh well, never mind – he’s here now. I can’t even claim that this is the only photo I got today – when I uploaded to the computer … Continued