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Day 273
My first mango
Mangoes and most other tropical fruits are now available in a supermarket near to you, but I well remember seeing, and eating, my very...
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Day 332
Wet wort
The haar (sea fog) came in overnight and is still with us, creating attractive droplets on the plants in the garden, including this St John's...
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Day 259
A fusion of cultures.
My Christmas gift to Mrs T, a cushion, arrived this morning. It took only 2 days to get from America to London Heathrow but then...
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Day 206
Let the conker games beginAve, Imperator, morituri te salutant
#thursday #afternoon #november
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Day 312
The lone bait digger
The beach was empty this afternoon apart from this one sea angler digging up lugworms for use as bait. #afternoon #landscape #wat...
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Day 204
Autumn
#afternoon #tuesday #november
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Day 256
Safely delivered
And sche bare hir first borun sone, and wlappide hym in clothis, and leide hym in a cratche, for ther was no place to hym in no chaum...
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Day 218
Autumn on Royal Deeside
The policies of Crathes Castle on Royal Deeside are at their Autumn best. #autumn #afternoon #tuesday #november #colours #cast...
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Day 314
Another lone bait digger
Following on from my recent "lone bait digger", here is another one. This time a real professional, the oyster catcher. There...
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Day 203
Fractal geometry
#october #trees #afternoon #saturday #clouds #fractals
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Day 290
Another look down the microscope
Another day of foul weather, another session peering down the microscope. The photograph shows the tip of the "tongue...
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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 188
Lion's mane jelly fish
#thursday #october #afternoon #jellyfish #jelly
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Day 223
A host of sulphur tufts
Sulphur tuft Hypholoma fasciculare mushrooms make a living by breaking down wood. They aren't fussy eaters and enjoy the stump...
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Day 250
The gull on the bridge on the river Ythan
This is the black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus. It is only black-headed in the breeding season and...
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Day 255
ils ne passeront pas!
They shall not pass, well not without first offering up a mince pie. More seriously, "ils ne passeront pas" were the final words...
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Day 333
Rheum
The impressive flower spike of Rheum palmatum 'Atrosanguineum', a relative of our old friend rhubarb. #afternoon #monday #garden #leaf #flower #...
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Day 195
Whisky Barrels
#october #afternoon #monday #whisky #scotland #barrels #cooperage
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Day 276
Requiem for a dead Geranium
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light sh...
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Day 305
The old Peterhead town house
Peterhead's town house was erected in 1788 replacing two earlier tollbooths, the first of which had been used as an infir...
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Day 228
Strange clouds!
#nature #friday #afternoon #landscape #sky #clouds #sunrise #cloud #sunset #november #dusk #atmosphere #newburgh #light-effect
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Day 231
A bargain!
Do you fancy owning a castle? If so, then this might well be what you are looking for. Knockhall, our village castle, is up for sale at the...
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Day 277
Water
Reflections, colours and interference patterns in the water at Peterhead Harbour. The complex waves were the result of a grey seal having moment...
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Day 299
The woman who was buried twice!
This morning I took Mrs Talpa and her friend to the nearby market town of Inverurie where they were to receive their a...
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