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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 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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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
#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...
#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...
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Day 318
Protecting the nation's fish.
Under the new Immigration Act (2017) all gulls born in the UK now have to be individually tagged so as to protect our fi...
#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...
#202
Day 202
Moss and mushrooms
#october #forest #afternoon #wednesday #moss #fungi
#286
Day 286
The Doomsday Clock
From this morning's BBC website: "Scientists say the world has edged closer to apocalypse in the past year amid a darkening securit...
#289
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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#344
Day 344
A pebble
"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting mysel...
#262
Day 262
Hogmanay 2016
When I was born it was a truly rich man who could have tropical orchids growing in his house. Now the country is awash with them - some...
#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...
#185
Day 185
Gilded by the sun
#friday #evening #sun #container #september #gilded
#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...
#216
Day 216
Death smiles at us all.
Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Roman emperor from 161 to 180 This grav...
#235
Day 235
What big teeth you have!
Two views of a tooth of Megalodon meaning "big tooth", from the Ancient Greek megas "big, mighty" and odous, "tooth". Megalod...
#242
Day 242
Darkness
"The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed." Bill Bryson #nature #friday #afternoon #landscape #sky #clouds #clou...
#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...
#324
Day 324
Super trawlers
Another wander around the ever-interesting harbour at Peterhead. This morning the place was packed with fishing boats presumably taking...
#215
Day 215
Mellow Fruitfulness
#autumn #afternoon #saturday #november #mellow #season