Squaring the Spheres
A few weeks ago I ordered a pair of extension tubes for the Sony NEX-7; today I got around to […]
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Change to Fair
The fisherman’s barometer, corner of North Castle and North Streets, St Andrews. A little experimentation in The Gimp, to create
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…and send it soaring…
I can think of much worse ways to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon than flying a kite with friends.
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Colour or Black and White?
A twist in the traditional tale
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Nocturnal Visitor
A hedgehog living in the parents’ garden – a delightful honour to see the wee thing strolling around of an
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Impressions of Summer
White clouds in blue skies; grass blowing around in warm sunlight; horses that amble across their field to come and
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Wabi-Sabi
Appreciating the aesthetics of brokenness and decay in suburban Yorkshire. Wabi-sabi is a Japanese concept, an appreciation of beauty
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Pea
Detail of raindrops on a collection of sweet pea flower petals.
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Beginnings of Success
Some of the first apples beginning to form on a tree in the garden.
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We all live in a…
…grey submarine. First time I’ve spotted a submarine out in the wild, so to speak. This one was lurking somewhere
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Incidental Impressions
Progress of a post-imperial symbolic stick around Stranraer
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Noctilucent Clouds
Noctilucent (“night-shining”) clouds are a rare phenomenon: the highest clouds in the atmosphere, at altitudes between 47-53 miles, consisting of