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You don’t get many starfish in Dunmow. This one came from Harlow. I was stuck in waiting for the gas man to come round and service my boiler, which he did, an hour late, but that was fine. I was glad of having visited the craft store in Harlow where
Walking back from the car just 10 minutes ago (it’s 00.05 on the 9/12/11) I looked up at the moon and noticed a very visible and clear circle around the moon. I popped inside and got my camera. Now, the technical qualities of the photograph aren’t necessarily great, but hand-held
We’re on a bit of a roll with the flower images so let’s carry on. Below is a picture captured back on the 3rd April this year of some hawthorn blossom.
Here’s a macro of some chrysanthemum’s we had about the house this weekend – we’d got these, amongst various other flowers last weekend so they had lasted pretty well.
We’ve been going through this years pictures to put together a retrospective off the year. It’s amazing how many pictures I have completely forgotten taking. Take this one for example. I’m told this is an Oxlip and is a protected species. This picture was taken in West Wood near Thaxted.
I’m full of cold and miserable so let’s warm up a bit. This was taken on a lovely summers day – 30th July to be precise and was taken in Little Bardfield in Essex. I like the fact that the butterfly is sharp and the daisy is out of focus,
On the way into (and, indeed, the way out of) Rowney Woods there is a long, quite dreary walk down a stony road with old nissen huts down one side (presumably left over from the Second World War) and a field on the other side. The road is lined with
This one is from back in August and was taken at the Countess of Warwick’s Country Show in Little Easton. There was a chap there displaying his falconry skills and his birds of prey and this Harris Hawk was part of them. They originally come from the south western United
The pine stacks are slowly being taken away from Rowney Woods, as soon as you walk into the woods you immediately smell the fresh pine so it will be a shame when it’s all gone. The woods are in constant change at the moment with autumn nearing completion and winter
Back to the Essex countryside and some more fungus for you. We visited Manuden and the surrounding area last weekend. As you walk out of Manuden up the hill and back into the country we found these, and many more like them, florishing on a farmers field. Turning back you
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