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Day 112
Bonsai horse chestnut
My Bonsai horse chestnut is now in its third year. Perhaps this summer it will flower and set fruit and then my new sport of Bon...
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Day 111
A very big bull!
Our visit to the Spanish bull-rings last week got me thinking about the ancestors of our domestic cow Bos taurus. This is a 250,000 y...
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Day 110
Back to reality
Back in Scotland I have spent the morning sorting out the photographs from our few days in Spain. Today's photograph is of bitter Sevi...
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Day 109
The Bard and the Saint.
We are newly returned from Spain (back blips to follow) on the day that sees the happy coincidence of St George's day and the...
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Day 108
Homeward bound
All too soon we are back on the aeroplane, heading back to to a cold Scotland. I couldn't help but think of all those poor bulls that s...
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Day 107
The Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper was busily conducting his business outside the Cathedral in Granada. Luckily, he didn't spot us! #morning #thursday #d...
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Day 106
A Moorish door
I do so like a good door and this one, in the old Mosque at Cordoba, was particularly impressive. #afternoon #wednesday #door #april #m...
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Day 105
The bull-ring Seville
When in Spain. visit the bull-ring! A very impressive structure, but I'm glad that there was no fighting that day. How this utte...
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Day 104
A piece of the true cross
One of the many reliquaries in The Cathedral at Seville. This one is said to contain a piece of the cross on which Christ wa...
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Day 103
The photographer
On our way to Seville we spent a few hours in Ronda where I spotted a proper photographer snapping the tourists. #afternoon #sunday #...
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Day 102
A Spanish Donkey
We are in Spain, for the first time in our lives. Our first stop was at Mijas with its fleet of donkey taxis. I must say that donkeys...
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Day 101
A Kelpie
On our way to Spain, via Glasgow Airport, we called in to see the Kelpies at Falkirk.To say that we were impressed would be an understatement...
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Day 100
Quietly rusting away.
I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. William Shakespeare. Henry I...
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Day 99
A very small halibut
This is a small, 2 inch long carving of a a halibut fish (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) made by an Inuit craftsman. The interest lie...
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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...
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Day 97
Two old rocks
It is cold and it has been raining for much of the last 24 hours. A day to think of warmer times! When on holiday I always bring back a...
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Day 96
The blue narcissus
A couple of days ago my grandson was asking about how plants suck up water from the soil. To try to answer the question, at least i...
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Day 95
The art of scything
Nicer Newburgh is a small group of people who maintain our village's flower tubs and troughs and communal planting areas. This is...
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Day 94
Genetic Modification made easy.
When I was but a lad all that I wanted was a chemistry set. Time has moved on and we have recently bought a "Beginners...
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Day 93
The Dahlia Anemone
We spent much of the day at the splendid marine aquarium at Macduff. This is the colourful Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina. We think...
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Day 92
Baking day
The grandchildren are in residence - time to do some baking! #morning #tuesday #baking #april #cakes #granddaughter #grandchildren
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Day 91
A smelly yet beautiful plant.
The flowering currant Ribes sanguineum, which is native to North America, was introduced into cultivation by the 19th ce...
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Day 90
Enjoy them whilst you can!
These are the black winter buds of the ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Sadly these magnificent trees are in great danger of...
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Day 89
A sinister little flower
A couple of years ago we planted a few bulbs of the snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, a lily which is native to...
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