Talpa

Jan 16th, 2016

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Day 15 Jan 16th, 2016

The North Sea: Newburgh Beach

Why go to Bali when you could go to Newburgh beach? Well, for a starter, the food is better in Bali and the wind doesn't...

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Jul 4th, 2016

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Day 176 Jul 4th, 2016

Old Dyce War Cemetery

The Old Dyce Commonwealth war cemetery lies in the grounds of the tranquil and ancient Church of St Fergus, overlooking the Rive...

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May 26th, 2016

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Day 142 May 26th, 2016

Blue, yellow and green

Mix the blue of the sky with the yellow of the rape-seed and you get the green of the grass. The Universe works in such interes...

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Mar 18th, 2016

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Day 75 Mar 18th, 2016

Weighing in the pre-digital age.

In this increasingly digital age there is probably an app for all conceivable tasks. How things have changed in my li...

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Jan 26th, 2016

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Day 24 Jan 26th, 2016

At the seaside

#afternoon #tuesday #sea #storm #january #collieston

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May 30th, 2016

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Day 146 May 30th, 2016

Recycling

We bought our old slow cooker 37 years ago. Recently it has started to overheat and so we we have just taken delivery of a new one; I doubt...

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Feb 29th, 2016

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Day 57 Feb 29th, 2016

The bridge over Britain's shortest canal

This morning I headed to Peterhead harbour, always a source of something interesting. It was as cold as Hell...

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Feb 28th, 2016

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Day 56 Feb 28th, 2016

Sex and the alder

The Alder Alnus glutinosa is monoecious, that is to say that it produces both male and female flowers on the same the same tree. The...

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May 31st, 2016

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Day 147 May 31st, 2016

Dr Auzoux's Cockchafer

It being the month of May, photographs of May bugs Melolontha melolontha (a beetle a.k.a. the cockchafer, billy witch, and span...

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Jun 5th, 2016

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Day 152 Jun 5th, 2016

The cormorant maternity ward

Another beautiful day here today, just the day for a dander along the sea cliffs. The cormorants are still sitting on the...

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Mar 11th, 2016

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Day 68 Mar 11th, 2016

Hazel's sex life

The Hazels are well into flower, spring must be here. Hazel trees are monoecious, with both male and female flowers on the same tree....

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Jan 11th, 2016

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Day 10 Jan 11th, 2016

Commuting

I do believe that it has stopped raining! A lone helicopter en-route from a North Sea oil rig to Aberdeen International Airport. The passeng...

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Mar 3rd, 2016

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Day 60 Mar 3rd, 2016

Our local wreck

Number 1, I distinctly said hard a PORT! #thursday #afternoon #error #march #estuary #shipwreck #navigation #ythan

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May 9th, 2016

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Day 125 May 9th, 2016

The transit of Mercury

By far the most interesting thing in my life today was the transit of Mercury. How fortunate we are to live at a time when it i...

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May 28th, 2016

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Day 144 May 28th, 2016

This way to the seals.

If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of a big surprise.- you won't see any seals! Over the last few years a large hau...

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Feb 8th, 2016

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Day 36 Feb 8th, 2016

Skull of a Sumatran rhinoceros

The smallest of all rhinos, the Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis currently competes with the Javan rhino for the...

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Apr 18th, 2016

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Day 104 Apr 18th, 2016

A piece of the true cross

One of the many reliquaries in The Cathedral at Seville. This one is said to contain a piece of the cross on which Christ wa...

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Jul 1st, 2016

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Day 175 Jul 1st, 2016

Lame ducks

The American politician George C. Wallace once stated that "I am the lamest lame duck there could be". Well George, be warned that at the m...

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Jun 23rd, 2016

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Day 170 Jun 23rd, 2016

Our resident pollster

We have the grandchildren in residence today as their school is shut, it being a polling station. Our younger granddaughter has...

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Jan 14th, 2016

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Day 13 Jan 14th, 2016

Defending the beaches

An echo of war among the sand dunes behind Newburgh beach. This brick and concrete pillbox was built in 1941 to help hinder any...

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Mar 6th, 2016

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Day 63 Mar 6th, 2016

An old puff

As I may have mentioned before, I am a hoarder, descended from a long line of hoarders. Yesterday, Mrs Talpa decided to clean out the bath...

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Jun 21st, 2016

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Day 168 Jun 21st, 2016

Reality

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. A quote from the Irish author Iris Murdoch (1919-1...

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May 18th, 2016

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Day 134 May 18th, 2016

A wide expanse of Gorse

At the moment the links are covered in acres of glowing golden gorse. In 1736 the great Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl L...

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May 29th, 2016

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Day 145 May 29th, 2016

Jutland

A poppy for the 2551 German and 6094 British seamen who died in the North Sea at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. #morning #sunday #germany #may...

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