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#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...
#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...
#343
Day 343
A Trowie and Parasols
A rare photograph of a Trowie. Trowies are malignant or mischievous fairies or spirits in the folklore of Scotland, particularly...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#342
Day 342
Nature's Garden
Rosebay willow herb and meadow sweet on the slacks between the coastal sand dunes #outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #color #wedn...
#200
Day 200
Vulcan over a strange landscape
#october #afternoon #monday #landsape #vulcan #bomber
#197
Day 197
Wild geese
#thursday #october #afternoon #wild-geese
#300
Day 300
Hot air
It's looking a bit wild in the south. I think it must be due to all the hot air being generated in Westminster, with a bit extra from Edinburg...
#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...
#352
Day 352
The Jewish quarter Budapest
#afternoon #old #vintage #house #road #monday #color #street #city #urban #graffiti #wall #architecture #building #novembe...
#261
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...
#337
Day 337
Early morning chemistry
This morning the youngest Talpid had a great time exploring the thixotropic properties of a mixture of cornflower and water. G...
#209
Day 209
Now! Now!
The Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the third and last time... so many evils shall be committed by the means of Satan, the...
#215
Day 215
Mellow Fruitfulness
#autumn #afternoon #saturday #november #mellow #season
#207
Day 207
Stones and a living stone
#friday #afternoon #november #stone #lithops
#251
Day 251
Myrrh
Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breathes of life of gathering gloom Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying Sealed in the stone-cold tomb From the...
#278
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...
#279
Day 279
The tetrapylon of Palmyra
More bad news from Palmyra, the ancient Roman city in the Syrian desert. Militants from the Islamic State group have destroy...
#310
Day 310
Hazel flowers The flowers of the hazel tree appear very early in spring, before the leaves. Each tree produces both male flowers and female flowers. T...
#322
Day 322
It's a bit grim today!
#afternoon #monday #clouds #spring #castle #storm #april
#191
Day 191
Dead tractor, Westray, Orkney
#october #afternoon #tuesday #tractor-orkney-westray