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as we tend to do, we had a good walk around Rowney Woods today. I had my macro lens with me so was trying to find any creepy crawlies that were around when I came across this which was quite a surprise – the picture below shows what I saw
This (possibly fledgling) female blackbird appeared in our garden this morning. We didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to her until this afternoon when we realised she was still in residence and was not, apparently, capable of flying any distance. We then noticed that she had a damaged leg
I had a night on the town in London yesterday, hence the late post. I always enjoy a bit of symmetry – this is one of the escalators at Stansted Airport duplicated horizontally and vertically. I like the idea that, when you get on this escalator you will come to
Today we visited Leeds Castle in Kent. It’s billed as “The Loveliest Castle in the World”. Well, it’s not bad, and certainly looks good from over the moat, but I must admit to being fairly unimpressed with its overall size and inside was, frankly, a bit dull. The gardens/park were
We were doing a bit of gardening this morning and I spotted this very small damselfly come into the garden and hang from a small potted plant. I believe it is a female Emerald Damselfly, lestes sponsa, but please don’t hold me to that…I have a very bad reputation for my
The Bishops Stortford Camera Club had an outing to Hatfield Forest to do some light painting this evening.
This is just one of the myriad of birds around Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow this afternoon. It was a glorious afternoon and I decided to go and sit, with my camera, by the pond and see what was about to photograph. I certainly wasn’t disappointed, ducks, geese, wagtails, doves,
Walking through West Wood just outside Thaxted this afternoon we saw plenty of Cuckoo Spit. Inside this, apparently, is a froghopper nymph.
Some more photography for my wife today. She produced this crocheted scarf to be added to her Etsy store so I was dispatched to the garden to earn my dinner 😉
Whenever I see something like this I can quite clearly remember the pain this would have caused me when I was a nipper! There was absolutely nothing worse than dropping your Mister Whippy. The second worst thing was when just the ice cream fell and you were left clutching an
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