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Jan 28th, 2016

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Day 26 Jan 28th, 2016

Flowers for the dead.

Scattering flowers on the grave of the newly buried is an ancient tradition. This Victorian statue in Inverurie graveyard shows...

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May 1st, 2016

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Day 117 May 1st, 2016

The Fox and Box

When all inspiration has deserted me, what better than a still life of the skull of a red fox, sitting on a Shaker maple-wood box? The...

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May 24th, 2016

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Day 140 May 24th, 2016

A day out on Royal Deeside

We had a castle day today. First to Drum Castle, only to find that it was closed! Then, another 4 miles up the Dee valley t...

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Jul 16th, 2016

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Day 178 Jul 16th, 2016

Meet the torturer.

Today we spent a happy few hours at Castle Fraser where the National Trust for Scotland had organised a session of Mediaeval Madnes...

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Mar 16th, 2016

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Day 73 Mar 16th, 2016

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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May 6th, 2016

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Day 122 May 6th, 2016

The mean streets

As I was enjoying my morning porridge I became aware of a commotion developing in the garden. A gang of nine male mallards had manage...

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Jun 20th, 2016

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Day 167 Jun 20th, 2016

In the temple

Today I present you with a persimmon sitting on a rather special Fijian wooden dish, known as a daveniyaqona vakaga. The Wesleyan missio...

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Jan 7th, 2016

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Day 6 Jan 7th, 2016

Wild skies and wild seas

The winter storms continue unabated #thursday #afternoon #storm #january #collieston

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May 5th, 2016

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Day 121 May 5th, 2016

Election fever

Today is election day. Here, in the People's Republic of North Alba, citizens are able to vote at the age of 8. The grandchildren are e...

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Feb 10th, 2016

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Day 38 Feb 10th, 2016

Bonsai maple

My bonsai maple has survived its 10th winter and is in bud once again. #afternoon #wednesday #winter #spring #february #bonsai #maple

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Feb 24th, 2016

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Day 52 Feb 24th, 2016

Animal, vegetable, or mineral?

Well, the pebbles and sand are clearly mineral. But what of the branching object that has been cast up on the beach? At...

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Mar 1st, 2016

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Day 58 Mar 1st, 2016

How we all started off ...

Another view down the microscope, this time looking at a thin slice through an ovary. The small round structure in the cent...

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Mar 15th, 2016

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Day 72 Mar 15th, 2016

In a country kirkyard

Part of the glebe behind Foveran Parish Church The slopes leading down to the Foveran Burn are currently carpeted with an ancien...

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Jun 11th, 2016

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Day 158 Jun 11th, 2016

Pine cones, apples and pineapples

In Late Middle English pineapple denoted a pine cone. For example in the 13th century De Proprietatibus Rerum by Bar...

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Apr 4th, 2016

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Day 91 Apr 4th, 2016

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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Jun 7th, 2016

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Day 154 Jun 7th, 2016

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Jun 18th, 2016

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Day 165 Jun 18th, 2016

Strutting your stuff.

I always enjoy a visit to our local plant centre , not least because it boasts a fine collection of domestic fowl. #afternoon #s...

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Nov 21st, 2016

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Day 224 Nov 21st, 2016

Strange Clouds

#nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #sky #clouds #sunset #frost #november

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Feb 12th, 2016

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Day 40 Feb 12th, 2016

Tough little flowers!

The wind is howling and the rain is lashing down but the newly emerged female Hazel flowers are hanging on for grim death. Not a...

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Feb 27th, 2016

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Day 55 Feb 27th, 2016

Scum

According to the Oxford English Dictionary scum is: A film or layer of floating matter formed upon the surface of a liquid in a state of fermenta...

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Mar 24th, 2016

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Day 81 Mar 24th, 2016

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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Mar 23rd, 2016

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Day 80 Mar 23rd, 2016

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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Apr 5th, 2016

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Day 92 Apr 5th, 2016

Baking day

The grandchildren are in residence - time to do some baking! #morning #tuesday #baking #april #cakes #granddaughter #grandchildren

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Apr 22nd, 2016

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Day 108 Apr 22nd, 2016

Homeward bound

All too soon we are back on the aeroplane, heading back to to a cold Scotland. I couldn't help but think of all those poor bulls that s...

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