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When in doubt I have recently been rummaging around in the hanging baskets in the garden. It’s been a day of sunshine and showers today and I noticed the first flower (on the left) with the 3 droplets of water perfectly placed – this was natural and not me adding
I had a job interview in Suffolk today so took advantage and drove up the coast to Sizewell to have a look at the Nuclear Power Station there. I spent a lot of my youth listening to various punk bands rail against nuclear power and, particularly Sizewell B, which was
This Alyssum Purple lives in one of our hanging baskets in the garden – the flowers are tiny but abundant and colourful.
I took a very similar photograph to this earlier this year when there were no leaves on the trees. Interesting how there is a very defined gap around the middle tree. This was taken in West Wood just outside Thaxted. If you want to see common spotted orchids there are literally
Rats with good PR, as someone once described them to me. I actually like squirrels and there are plenty in Hatfield Forest at the moment. There are more shots of some of the wildlife in Hatfield Forest below.
So, yesterday I had a new bug (to me) to photograph, and today I have another one. Who knew there was such a thing as a “Tiger Crane Fly” (Nephrotoma flavescens)? Certainly not me, but here was one flapping around Dunmow this afternoon. He’s behind bars now like too many
I always enjoy finding strange bugs wherever I go. These are strange to me – probably people who pay attention to their surroundings won’t find these particularly strange…so today – the relatively commonplace and the definitely new (to me). New to me is this Rusty Tussock Moth Caterpillar ( Orgyia antiqua)…at least,
I think one of our cats, Elijah, needs to go on a diet if today’s photograph is anything to go by. He was out looking at the birds in the back garden…he knows it’s futile going after them…he completely embarrassed himself by failing to jump into the bath the other
Not a new idea – indeed I tried this shot on my first 365 but it didn’t work out then, but it has been raining all day so I thought I’d give it another go. I don’t know about you – but I have about 5 orphaned socks in my
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