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Jun 21st, 2016

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Day 168 Jun 21st, 2016

Reality

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. A quote from the Irish author Iris Murdoch (1919-1...

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Feb 3rd, 2016

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Day 31 Feb 3rd, 2016

The land meets the sea

A lone ship passes the mouth of the Ythan river whilst en route to Aberdeen. #afternoon #wednesday #ship #february #ythan #nort...

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Jun 15th, 2016

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Day 162 Jun 15th, 2016

Wet, wet, wet

A photograph, taken through the kitchen window, which sums up today pretty well. It has poured down all night and shows no sign of abati...

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Jan 4th, 2016

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Day 3 Jan 4th, 2016

Storm Force 10

The shipping forecast CROMARTY Gale Warning: Gale warning issued 3 January 21:53 UTC Southeasterly storm force 10 continuing, decreasin...

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May 16th, 2016

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Day 132 May 16th, 2016

I've seen the light - and it's yellow!

Out for a ride on my push-bike this morning; the landscape is very yellow at the moment! The rank smell of the...

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May 10th, 2016

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Day 126 May 10th, 2016

Seabird city.

Another glorious day here in the North pf Scotland. The sea birds are busy nesting on the local cliffs and this was the scene at Hackley...

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Dec 4th, 2016

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Day 237 Dec 4th, 2016

A little Christmas cheer

In these days so full of bad news it is good to be reminded of the inherent kindness of most people. The account that follows...

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Apr 23rd, 2016

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Day 109 Apr 23rd, 2016

The Bard and the Saint.

We are newly returned from Spain (back blips to follow) on the day that sees the happy coincidence of St George's day and the...

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Jun 6th, 2016

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Day 153 Jun 6th, 2016

The leaning monument of Foveran

This monument in the Foveran graveyard is looking very precarious, to my mind dangerously so. Many older monuments, of...

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Mar 5th, 2016

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Day 62 Mar 5th, 2016

The water works

A wet, wet day; just the day for a spot more microscopy. This is a photograph of a small part of a very thin slice of kidney, stained...

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Mar 22nd, 2016

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Day 79 Mar 22nd, 2016

The Harkand Da Vinci

There were some impressive ships in Peterhead this morning including this, the Harkand Da Vinci. Built in 2011 in South Korea and...

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May 7th, 2016

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Day 123 May 7th, 2016

An old book

This is probably the oldest thing that I possess, apart from some seriously old rocks and fossils. Printed in Edinburgh in 1666 it is a sm...

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Jun 2nd, 2016

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Day 149 Jun 2nd, 2016

The Quincunx

A good friend and colleague, now sadly departed this earth, used to much enjoy an after-dinner search for obscure words in the Oxford Eng...

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Jan 13th, 2016

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Day 12 Jan 13th, 2016

Sun and ice

'tis a miracle, the sun has been in view all day, from sunrise to sunset! At last it has turned cold and the new lochs on the golf course,...

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May 14th, 2016

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Day 130 May 14th, 2016

Our Saturday adventure

We spent the afternoon admiring the 5 miles of box hedging that are to be found in the Great Garden of Pitmedden. When the grou...

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Jun 13th, 2016

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Day 160 Jun 13th, 2016

A Scottish Lake.

Scotland has lots of lochs, but very few lakes; this is one of them, the Lake of Keithfield, which sits in the policies of Haddo Hous...

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Jan 2nd, 2016

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Day 1 Jan 2nd, 2016

Waves

heavy seas at Collieston harbour #afternoon #saturday #january #waves #collieston

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Mar 4th, 2016

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Day 61 Mar 4th, 2016

The 19th hole

The village golf course was totally deserted today, unsurprisingly given the threatening sky looming over the clubhouse. It's a big sky,...

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Jul 12th, 2016

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Day 177 Jul 12th, 2016

The E-Ship 1

I spent the morning around the harbour in Peterhead and was rewarded by seeing one of the most interesting ships that I have ever come ac...

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Mar 12th, 2016

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Day 69 Mar 12th, 2016

Marram grass under the microscope

The photograph shows a stained, thin cross section of the leaf of marram grass Ammophila arenaria. #afternoon #satur...

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Jan 5th, 2016

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Day 4 Jan 5th, 2016

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, the night before Epiphany, the day when the wise men visited the infant Jesus. It is also the night on which the Christma...

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May 20th, 2016

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Day 136 May 20th, 2016

Scurvy

The April showers continue to fall well past their allotted time. The scurvy grass is in full bloom at the moment and the air is heavy with its...

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Jun 24th, 2016

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Day 171 Jun 24th, 2016

A dark, dark day.

Just before 6 o'clock this morning I was awoken by a loud roll of thunder and rain of biblical proportions. I switched on the televi...

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May 25th, 2016

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Day 141 May 25th, 2016

The Rhacoma root

This flowering plant is an alien to Britain, its natural distribution being along the banks of the river Volga. In the past it was th...

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