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Day 55
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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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 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 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...
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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...
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Day 165
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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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...
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#71
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Day 40
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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#102
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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...
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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...
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#137
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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,...
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#161
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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...
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Day 7
One I prepared earlier
We humans are not the only ones suffering the results of the current inclement weather. Hundreds of little auks Alle alle, a se...
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#43
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Day 33
The Newburgh Venus
Picked up among the sand dunes this morning. #friday #afternoon #february #figurine #dunes #venus #newburgh #archaeology
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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...
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Day 119
New life
A happy family of Canada geese. enjoying the warm sunshine. #afternoon #tuesday #canada #may #scotland #geese #goslings
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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...
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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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