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Day 261
Darkness
Here in the Northern hemisphere the days are getting longer by the day. Up at Pond Inlet in Baffin Island the Inuit people are eagerly lookin...
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Day 263
A new hobby
A new year and I feel the need for a new hobby. I'm seriously considering Bonsai cattle. #afternoon #food #sunday #january #vegetable #bon...
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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...
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Day 266
Wire, shrapnel and shell splinters
The Last Laugh. Wilfred Own 'O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died. Whether he vainly cursed or prayed indeed...
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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 267
A very close look at a dogfish.
Feeling somewhat under the weather I have spent the day indoors peering down my microscope and taking photographs of s...
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Day 268
The saliva machine
Another peek down the microscope. This is a section of a mammalian salivary gland. Salivary glands are made up of secretory acini (...
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Day 270
Spume
Spume - Foam, froth, frothy matter. From the Old French spume or the Middle English Spome. For example: 1440 Gesta Romanorum. For all thing that...
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Day 271
Just a pussy cat!
This is the skull of the sabrecat Hoplophoneus primaevus. This cat-like carnivore lived in what is now South Dakota in the Oligocene...
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Day 272
An inhabitant of the glass aquarium
This is a hand-made glass model of a colonial Hydroid. It is the work of father and son Leopold Blaschka (1822-189...
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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...
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Day 275
A silken cocoon
I first photographed this little bundle of silk attached to a dwarf willow in the late summer of 2015. I then brought it home to see w...
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Day 276
Requiem for a dead Geranium
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light sh...
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Day 278
My friend Gulli
Lovely day, cool, sunny and blue skies. On my way to the beach I had a chat with my black-headed friend. He tells me that he is much m...
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Day 281
Concentration
#indoors #afternoon #sunday #people #furniture #child #childhood #learning #january #housing #puzzle-pieces #minor
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Day 282
Waves of existence
Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Chief...
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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 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...
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Day 290
Another look down the microscope
Another day of foul weather, another session peering down the microscope. The photograph shows the tip of the "tongue...
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Day 291
Diamonds
Another fairly miserable day, the rain has stooped, the wind has dropped but the fog is as thick as fog. Another day with the microscope. The...
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Day 292
It's all a matter of scale
Rock and sand have the most wonderful fractal properties. Are we looking into a fledging cave in a cliff at the top of the...
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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...
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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 #...
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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...
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