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Following the late-night news last night of the preferred buyer of this site, I’ve had plenty to say today on blip-related themes – much of it negative. I don’t want to rehash all that here though – I’ve just come … Continued

A crowded bunch of alstroemerias and blue and yellow freesias, shot with a 13mm extension tube on a 50mm lens. I ‘m happy that the febrile emotions of the last few days seem to be calming now that we have … Continued

This chess set is a family heirloom belonging to CH. As well as being nicely supplied with corners, it seemed to me to make an appropriate image on a day when many of us have been thinking about how much … Continued

CH and I have a slightly strained relationship with Mothers’ Day: it reminds us both of our orphan status. He, though, is in the difficult position of being married to a mother as well as being descended from one, so … Continued

You haven’t seen Roley for a few weeks, so here he is guarding a small part of the National Guitar Collection this morning. I almost blipped this one, in which he demonstrates how beautifully clean his feet are today, but … Continued

I planted one of these at our last house, and it rapidly made a sizeable shrub; the perfume of the blooms in the late winter and early spring was so strong and enticing that people regularly asked me what it … Continued

I was working in Alcester this afternoon, and when I finished I walked confidently into the town looking for a Derelict Thursday blip. But dereliction was there none (she said, trying hard not to sound disappointed) – it’s a bustling … Continued

Our house is built around an old tower. When we bought the house, the previous owner told us that it was originally the bell tower for a flax farm – which is interesting, and so specific that I think he … Continued

I did another long session in the front garden today; I think I’ve probably tidied about 40% of it so far (I daren’t begin to calculate how small a percentage of the total garden this represents – it would be … Continued

Two birds with one stone: mono and wide-angle. Now I’ve got started with the wide-angle zoom, I just don’t seem able to stop….