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Day 73
The blue button
Commonly known as the blue button, Porpita porpita is a marine organism. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific,...
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Day 74
St Patrick's Day, 2016
This is the best I can do to celebrate St Patrick's Day, the handle of my blackthorn shillelagh set against a background of fal...
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Day 75
Weighing in the pre-digital age.
In this increasingly digital age there is probably an app for all conceivable tasks. How things have changed in my li...
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Day 76
A flower called testicle
It doesn't seem very long ago that to see a tropical orchid was a rare privilege; now, of course, the garden centres and supe...
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Day 77
Satanic toenail clippings.
If the Devil really must trim his toenails in our kitchen then all that I ask is that he sweep up the clippings before he l...
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Day 78
The Cloud
Apparently all of our photographs are stored somewhere in a cloud. I wonder if this is the one? #afternoon #monday #cloud #march #storage #p...
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Day 79
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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Day 80
A guiding light
A view of Robert Stevenson's magnificent 1827 lighthouse at Buchan Ness, the most north easterly point on the British Mainland #aftern...
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Day 81
We are surely doomed!
I popped out very early this morning to attempt to photograph the Moon and Jupiter with my pocket camera. Just as I pressed the...
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Day 82
To any dead officer
A cross for Good Friday and a reminder that we are in the middle of commemorating the centenary of the Great War. ........... "Goo...
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Day 83
A crucifix from far away.
And it was about the sixt houre, and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth, vntill the ninth houre. And the Sunne was da...
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Day 84
The Zenith
This small, very small, boat although registered in Peterhead is currently hauled out at the harbour of Port Errol at Cruden Bay. The verti...
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Day 85
A colonial animal
Another photograph of a marine Bryozoan, possibly Flustra foliacea although I'm not sure. Bryozoans are tiny animals that belong to...
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Day 86
The red spot
The red spot on a herring gull's beak has played an important, but controversial role in the study of animal behaviour. John Whitfield wr...
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Day 87
Weathercock opportunity
Quite some time ago the Weathercock on the village church fell off his perch. Early this morning we held auditions for his rep...
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Day 88
An old bird
It is extremely cold today, despite it being Summer time! Just the day for a photograph of one of my Inuit stone carvings. This one of a s...
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Day 89
A sinister little flower
A couple of years ago we planted a few bulbs of the snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, a lily which is native to...
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Day 90
Enjoy them whilst you can!
These are the black winter buds of the ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Sadly these magnificent trees are in great danger of...
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Day 91
A smelly yet beautiful plant.
The flowering currant Ribes sanguineum, which is native to North America, was introduced into cultivation by the 19th ce...
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Day 92
Baking day
The grandchildren are in residence - time to do some baking! #morning #tuesday #baking #april #cakes #granddaughter #grandchildren
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Day 93
The Dahlia Anemone
We spent much of the day at the splendid marine aquarium at Macduff. This is the colourful Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina. We think...
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Day 94
Genetic Modification made easy.
When I was but a lad all that I wanted was a chemistry set. Time has moved on and we have recently bought a "Beginners...
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Day 95
The art of scything
Nicer Newburgh is a small group of people who maintain our village's flower tubs and troughs and communal planting areas. This is...
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Day 96
The blue narcissus
A couple of days ago my grandson was asking about how plants suck up water from the soil. To try to answer the question, at least i...
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