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Another macro from the garden – plenty going on out there at the moment.
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Another macro from the garden – plenty going on out there at the moment.

When I was a kid, the arrival of the fair was something of great excitement and anticipated for weeks…today…apparently, not so much. I wandered down to the fair in Dunmow this evening…the posters said it would be running until 10.00pm…I arrived around 9.00pm to find everything deserted and in the

Keeping with the macro theme of the last couple of days, I spotted this green fly glinting in the sun this afternoon in the garden. I love the red of the eyes that stand out so well.

We had our first walk in Rowney Woods this afternoon for the first time in 2 or 3 weeks…the growth is amazing. We went, amongst other things, to find some dragonflies to photograph, but they had all cleared off…leaving a whole host of butterflies and moths dashing about…but my favourite

Some of you who know me, and indeed, who follow this blog, will know that I was made redundant from my previous job a couple of months ago – I announced it to the world with a photograph of the redundancy letter here. Well, this time some positive news –

Popped out between showers this evening to catch some of the bugs that were flitting around. This fly was having a paddle on a leaf.

I took a stroll around Dunmow this evening – down to the church and then back around the recreation ground, but it was my Doctors Pond photo from right at the beginning of the walk that immediately caught my eye…it will be interesting how the other, later shots come out.

This is the old Gatehouse that gave access to Easton Lodge, the home of the Duchess of Warwick and later the USAF during the second world war. Quite why it is being allowed to completely fall apart is anyones guess.

There’s been a second batch of ducklings appear in Dunmow over the last couple of weeks. This little fella was out on his own this evening stuffing his face on the bugs buzzing around the surface. I’ve no idea where the rest of the family was, but he was perfectly
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