Mono Monday: Link

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I photographed some far more obvious links today: a couple of bridges, and the Chain Ferry which links Waterside in Stratford with the Recreation Ground. But I just like this photo of Chesterton Windmill more, so I’ll have to come … Continued

Forest bug

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It was much cooler today, and rather overcast, and I assumed that all the bugs which have been laying low through the mini-heatwave would come rushing out to fuel up – but I was wrong. My photo walk this afternoon … Continued

Green-veined White

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When I walked Arthur early this morning we passed a sunny bramble hedge which was covered with butterflies, including a Comma; but by the time I’d dropped him home and picked up the camera the heat had increased and most … Continued

Yarrow

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Today began with a bit of a bump: I was slonking around on Facebook, drinking my third mug of tea of the morning, when my PC and phone simultaneously bonged a 15-minute warning. I was so zoned out that it … Continued

Here be Dragons

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I had a sudden compulsion today to find a dragonfly, after seeing some wonderful ones among this week’s Tiny Tuesday shots, so I took a chance and went to NT Croome, near Pershore, where I knew there to be a … Continued

Hidcote

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You’ve got to give it to hildasrose and BlackTulip – they love a party. They organised a blipmeet today at Hidcote, to which about a gazillion blippers turned up, and after I left at lunch time (being a bit offish … Continued

Not again, surely?

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If you’re bored with tiny Skippers by now, I can only apologise. Today has been an almost overwhelmingly hot day (Pershore, a few miles down the road from here, recorded the hottest temperature in the entire United Kingdom this afternoon), … Continued

Mono Monday: Communication

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My mind turned today to Shakespeare, surely one of the greatest communicators in history, whose works have been performed in more places around the globe and translated into more languages than anyone else’s; and whose fame brings thousands of tourists … Continued

Nessun dorma

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You get a better class of busker in Stratford-upon-Avon: this is Karl Loxley (ex of The Voice, apparently, though as I’d rather stick pins in my eyes than watch reality television, I only know this because I’d seen his photo … Continued

Photobomb

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So there I was, trying to live up to the reputation laid on me the other day by Ms Bifulco of being one of the Bug Pornographers in Chief around here, when my shoot was photobombed by this Small Tortoiseshell … Continued