Lush
20 Mar 2025

Lush

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This was supposed to have been a no-gardening day – partly because I’m already bored to tears with it, the novelty of (relative) tidiness having worn off before it’s even been fully achieved, but mainly because I’ve been pushing myself … Continued

Possessive
27 Feb 2025

Possessive

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R and I did some more quite heavy gardening this morning, working on a rather tragic old greengage tree in the secret garden, which was blown apart in last month’s storms and has been leaning on other structures or lying … Continued

Diffuse
10 Feb 2025

Diffuse

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Over the past few years I’ve worked with both ring and twin flashes, but they’re difficult to diffuse and tend to produce harsh highlights and shadows, so late last year I made the decision to go back to a traditional … Continued

Late
5 Oct 2024

Late

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I was pretty tired today after all the gadding about of the past three days, but it was warm and the light was good, and not knowing how many days like that we might have left to us this year, … Continued

Rare
14 Sep 2024

Rare

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After a morning practising Domestic Goddesshood (shopping taken in and put away, next week’s breakfast yogurt fermenting, and an aubergine loaf made for dinner tonight), I decided that I’d earned a trip over to Trench Wood in search of insects. … Continued