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#329
Day 329
Serenity
Our family Buddha has returned to his summer residence following his winter holiday in the garden shed. I live in daily hope that some of his...
#98
Day 98
A happy accident
This morning I was at Haddo House, our local stately home. The photograph shows part of the newly gilded gates that lead into the Had...
#192
Day 192
Texel sheep in Orkney
#october #afternoon #wednesday
#228
Day 228
Strange clouds!
#nature #friday #afternoon #landscape #sky #clouds #sunrise #cloud #sunset #november #dusk #atmosphere #newburgh #light-effect
#210
Day 210
A Winter Sky
#afternoon #monday #sky #clouds #winter #november #cloudscape #ythan
#217
Day 217
The day of the super moon
It looks as if the super moon is going to be well hidden behind the clouds tonight. So, all I can give you is a view of the...
#222
Day 222
Pea brained?
Biologists have devoted untold thousands of hours of effort in the field and in the lab. and have used powerful computers to show that an...
#249
Day 249
A Merry Christmas from way up north.
Christmas greetings to you all from my favourite Inuk. The hard black steatite carving of an Inuk (man) is the wo...
#277
Day 277
Water
Reflections, colours and interference patterns in the water at Peterhead Harbour. The complex waves were the result of a grey seal having moment...
#293
Day 293
The bow of the Lunar Bow
Another visit to Peterhead harbour on a lovely sunny afternoon. This is the bow of the Lunar Bow, a large pelagic fishing ves...
#295
Day 295
In the dunes and on the beach
The mouth of the Ythan estuary with its surrounding sand dunes is a pretty idyllic place. #outdoors #nature #afternoon #...
#333
Day 333
Rheum
The impressive flower spike of Rheum palmatum 'Atrosanguineum', a relative of our old friend rhubarb. #afternoon #monday #garden #leaf #flower #...
#254
Day 254
Barbara arrives in time for Christmas.
Therfor whanne Jhesus was borun in Bethleem of Juda, in the daies of king Eroude, lo! astromyenes camen fro the...
#273
Day 273
My first mango
Mangoes and most other tropical fruits are now available in a supermarket near to you, but I well remember seeing, and eating, my very...
#314
Day 314
Another lone bait digger
Following on from my recent "lone bait digger", here is another one. This time a real professional, the oyster catcher. There...
#349
Day 349
The Shiprow, Aberdeen
This street art is near the docks in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the work of Alice Pasquini who, according to Prof. Google is a mu...
#221
Day 221
Shaggy parasol mushroom
#nature #friday #afternoon #food #november #close #vegetation #mushroom #shaggy #fungus #parasol #mould
#284
Day 284
Life at the harbour
When photographic inspiration is seriously lacking I tend to gravitate to Peterhead harbour where I can always find something of i...
#309
Day 309
The Tamarind
“Then there is the tamarind. I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea. I ate several, and it seemed to me...
#193
Day 193
Kirbuster Farm, Orkney
#thursday #october #afternoon #far #orkney #hoyse
#232
Day 232
Memento Mori
Skulls (and crossed-femurs) are common symbols on old Scottish gravestones. Some would have it that they mark the graves of pirates but i...
#288
Day 288
Gulls on the scrounge
My good friend Gulli was on guard duty on the bridge this afternoon, ably assisted by his alter ego. #nature #afternoon #bird #l...
#326
Day 326
Yellow
We humans have eyes that can detect just a portion of the wavelengths of radiation that illuminate our world. Thanks to the gizmos that are bui...
#334
Day 334
My, that is a whopper!
From this morning's Aberdeen Press and Journal: "A £50million project to develop a north-east harbour to boost the town’s econo...