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#164
Day 164
An Inuit carving of a walrus.
'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and ki...
#51
Day 51
Striated muscle
Our skeletal muscles, those over which we have conscious control, are made up of fine fibres. Under the microscope the fibres have a d...
#115
Day 115
The Universe.
To keep myself fruitfully occupied over these last few wet, windy and cold days I have been developing a new theoretical model of the Un...
#135
Day 135
Requiem for a tangerine
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. Henry Miller. Author. 189...
#150
Day 150
A late arrival.
Hippeastrum is a genus of South American bulbs whose cultivars are commonly sold by florists and garden centres as Amaryllis. ProperAm...
#156
Day 156
Fox and cubs
This is an uprooted plant called Pilosella aurantiaca. Commonly known as fox-and-cubs, orange hawkweed, tawny hawkweed, devil's paintbrus...
#30
Day 30
The Radiance and the cherub
Old Scottish gravestones are often carved with symbols of our certain mortality and possible immortality. The reminders of...
#37
Day 37
The Brewdog brewery
#afternoon #tuesday #beer #brewery #february #brewdog
#45
Day 45
Magnifying the past
A view down the microscope of a fragment of woven linen cloth used to wrap the mummy of a hawk in Ancient Egypt, probably around 1...
#102
Day 102
A Spanish Donkey
We are in Spain, for the first time in our lives. Our first stop was at Mijas with its fleet of donkey taxis. I must say that donkeys...
#180
Day 180
Castle Dracula
".... Suddenly I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined...
#14
Day 14
The golden ball
The recent gales and floods have cast many strange objects onto the beach. Is this a rarely seen denizen of the deep? #friday #afterno...
#33
Day 33
The Newburgh Venus
Picked up among the sand dunes this morning. #friday #afternoon #february #figurine #dunes #venus #newburgh #archaeology
#43
Day 43
An antique diamond beetle
Another day, another peek down the microscope. This is a close up view of the iridescent surface of the elytra (wing case) o...
#8
Day 8
The swede and tree
Following the recent floods on the Ythan river Newburgh beach is covered in debris, including uprooted trees and swedes washed out...
#71
Day 71
The crocus
Three winters ago our village gardening group spent several very muddy days planting 1000s of crocus bulbs. We are now reaping the benefits...
#107
Day 107
The Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper was busily conducting his business outside the Cathedral in Granada. Luckily, he didn't spot us! #morning #thursday #d...
#90
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...
#119
Day 119
New life
A happy family of Canada geese. enjoying the warm sunshine. #afternoon #tuesday #canada #may #scotland #geese #goslings
#161
Day 161
A good father
Our resident blackbird is an exemplary father, spending every minute of daylight collecting food for his demanding family in the nest. B...
#28
Day 28
The Sea of Tranquility
The River Ythan meets the North Sea #afternoon #sunday #january
#46
Day 46
Jelly lugs
These "ears", or lugs as we call them in these parts, are the fruiting bodies of the fungus Auricularia auricula-judae, commonly known as j...
#131
Day 131
The good old days
Will this be our lot if we opt for BRexit? Who knows? I certainly don't! #afternoon #sunday #europe #future #may #lavatory #cludgie...
#137
Day 137
Lion dancing in Newburgh
Big day today - the village gala. All the usual events, a tent with cakes and teas, a bouncy castle, singing, violin playing,...