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#259
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...
#206
Day 206
Let the conker games beginAve, Imperator, morituri te salutant
#thursday #afternoon #november
#332
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...
#218
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...
#273
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...
#312
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...
#204
Day 204
Autumn
#afternoon #tuesday #november
#203
Day 203
Fractal geometry
#october #trees #afternoon #saturday #clouds #fractals
#223
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...
#276
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...
#188
Day 188
Lion's mane jelly fish
#thursday #october #afternoon #jellyfish #jelly
#256
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...
#290
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...
#195
Day 195
Whisky Barrels
#october #afternoon #monday #whisky #scotland #barrels #cooperage
#255
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...
#308
Day 308
Golfers be afraid, be very, very afraid!
Our village has a fine, traditional links golf course. This is an area of rough; as rough as rough gets. #aft...
#190
Day 190
Marwick Head, Orkney
#october #afternoon #monday #orkney #kitchener #marwick
#250
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...
#314
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...
#95
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...
#97
Day 97
Two old rocks
It is cold and it has been raining for much of the last 24 hours. A day to think of warmer times! When on holiday I always bring back a...
#192
Day 192
Texel sheep in Orkney
#october #afternoon #wednesday
#231
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...
#277
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...