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#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...
#294
Day 294
The end of the world ...?
Mrs. Bundy: I hardly think a few birds are going to bring about the end of the world. Melanie Daniels: These weren't a few b...
#297
Day 297
Elephant skin
I have a face like the behind of an elephant. Charles Laughton. English actor. 1899-1962 It might look like elephant skin but in reality...
#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...
#200
Day 200
Vulcan over a strange landscape
#october #afternoon #monday #landsape #vulcan #bomber
#185
Day 185
Gilded by the sun
#friday #evening #sun #container #september #gilded
#271
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...
#274
Day 274
Global trade
Spanish lemon. South African orange. Italian alabaster. British black velvet. As seen through a Japanese Camera, processed on an American...
#275
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...
#345
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...
#202
Day 202
Moss and mushrooms
#october #forest #afternoon #wednesday #moss #fungi
#211
Day 211
Meadow waxcaps
#afternoon #tuesday #november #fungi #waxcaps
#215
Day 215
Mellow Fruitfulness
#autumn #afternoon #saturday #november #mellow #season
#214
Day 214
Remembrance
Today is the day that we remember the war dead, the dead of all wars, from all nations. On such a day we can do no better than to reflect...
#229
Day 229
Let sleeping cats lie
When a chap gets to the age of15 he needs his sleep! #portrait #afternoon #saturday #cat #animal #november #child #sleep #fur #p...
#270
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...
#282
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...
#291
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...
#321
Day 321
St George's day 2017
Here is St George dispatching his dragon on the back of a silver Victorian crown coin. Made in 1893 from an ounce of silver it wa...
#348
Day 348
An indoor rock-pool
It is horribly wet today and so I have resorted to creating an indoor rock-pool, based on a ceramic dish made by Lotte Glob, and 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...
#350
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...
#240
Day 240
What is life?
"Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave." Quentin Crisp. English writer and raconteur extraordinaire. 1908-1...