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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...
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Day 319
Down to the basics
This is an extreme close-up of a spurge flower. The tiny flowers, 3-4 mm in size, contain just the essential parts needed for sexua...
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Day 220
Autumn colours
It's not just dying leaves that provide the wonderful warm colours of Autumn. #thursday #autumn #nature #afternoon #landscape #red #lea...
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Day 233
For whom the bell tolls
Nunc Lento Sonitu Dicunt, Morieris (Now this bell, tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die.) From Devotions upon...
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Day 244
Betwixt Heaven and Earth
#nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #blue #moon #sky #sunrise #cloud #sunset #heaven #december #earth #dusk #light-effect
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Day 245
Meet the ancestors
I spent the afternoon in the old alma mater. Pottering around the Zoology Museum I bumped into one of the ancestors, admittedly a r...
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Day 264
A career in mud?
"They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies." Orson Welles #nature #afternoon #landscape #tuesday #water #s...
#265
Day 265
Rattling
The ultimate treat, getting to rattle Grandpa's rattlesnake rattle! #portrait #afternoon #wednesday #people #photography #hair #happiness #wo...
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Day 350
That time of the year ....
Halloween is almost upon us and the Grim Reaper is on the prowl. Best keep a low profile! #october #outdoors #afternoon #ev...
#205
Day 205
Twisted
#morning #wednesday #november
#194
Day 194
Dingwall war memorial WW1
#october #afternoon #sunday #memorial #ww1 #dingwall
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Day 184
Wild geese
#thursday #afternoon #sky #september #geese #skein #wild-geese
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Day 219
Little known religions
High in the sand dunes the local coven of lichen worshippers have erected a shrine to one of their many goddesses. #afternoon #...
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Day 227
A different kind of mushroom.
I picked up this dead coral over 40 years ago on the Astrolabe reef in the Fijis. Measuring about 10 inches across it is...
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Day 296
Not on speaking terms?
The pair of collared doves Streptopelia decaocto who share their garden with us don't seem to be on speaking terms this morning...
#301
Day 301
Stacking elephants
Today, I started to dabble with focus stacking, with three small ivory elephants. In the photograph, a stack of 20 images, I have t...
#347
Day 347
A box of Precious Promises.
My wife is a great hoarder, from a line of great hoarders, and an unfailing source of intriguing objects. Today, I bring y...
#247
Day 247
The alma mater
Founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, the University of Aberdeen is Scotland's third o...
#327
Day 327
Yesterday I mentioned the electronic gizmo built into some cameras which allows us some idea of what the world would look like if we could see only on...
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Day 345
Dracula country
This afternoon we walked along the cliffs to the eery ruins of Slains Castle, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Some say that...
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Day 289
The Constant Gardener
Nicer Newburgh is a small group of people who maintain our village's flower tubs and troughs and communal planting areas. This i...
#302
Day 302
The Texas bluebell
Still enjoying myself with focus stacking. This is a front and back view of Lisianthus flowers. Eustoma russellianum grows naturall...
#316
Day 316
Eider ducks, grey seals and a ship
#afternoon #wednesday #april #seals #ythan #sandpiper #wading-bird #ruddy-turnstone #turnstone #shorebird #red-back...
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Day 331
A pot from the land of the rising sun
#afternoon #food #sunday #breakfast #sun #cup #tea #plate #meal #healthy #bowl #japan #pot #may #porcelain