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Category Archives: Photography
62 Days
In life perspective is everything. This morning is a case in point. I had an appointment at my local hospital because an anomaly had shown up at my latest eye sight test. Now I have had some experience of this … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Brexit, Photography, Street Photography
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brexiteers, City of Leicester, Coup, Jubilee Square, NHS, Nigel Farage, Prorogation, Sergei Eisenstein, Street Photography, Twitter
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63 Days
Taylor: You maniacs! You blew it up! So the sound we heard yesterday was blind furry with a huge tinge of hypocrisy. “I don’t want to hyperbolic..” as a Scottish politician might have said just before being hyperbolic – I … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Brexit, European Referendum
Tagged 100 Days, Bollocks to Brexit, Boris Johnson, Brexit, European Union, Nicola Sturgeon, Planet of the Apes
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65 Days
I hate the heat…I know I must be burnt at the stake as a witch but I don’t like the heat. When you say something like this a lot of people look at you as if you are some … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Brexit, Summer
Tagged 100 Days, Archaeology, Brexit, European Union, Harvest, Heat, photography, Roman, Somerset
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Battling with Sunshine…
Given the weather from the last few weeks it does seem somewhat contrary to complain when a nice sunny day comes along. Well being ‘ somewhat contrary‘ is a curse I have had to live with for a very long … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Gardens, Macro, Summer
Tagged Bee, Flowers, Gardens, Hidcote Manor, National Trust, photography, sunshine
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71 Days
Is this what post Brexit Britain will look like? Of course not because pre Brexit doesn’t look like this – only in fantasy places such as Hidcote manor. What we do know is that the next 71 days are … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Brexit, Gardens, Summer
Tagged All Saints Day, Brexit, Hidcote Manor, Kent, National Trust, Sunny Uplands
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72 Days
When lost in a never ending storm it is always worth stating known facts rather than speculation based on speculation when trying to navigate your way out of the maelstrom . So before I start to speculate these are … Continue reading
79 Days
Visiting the excellent The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists at the Leicester Museum and Art gallery for a second time doesn’t diminish the experience. For anyone over 50 in Britain it was like revisiting your childhood. All … Continue reading
Housebound…
For reasons that are just too boring to go into I am a bit housebound just now. So the ultimate challenge – how do you make the ordinary interesting? Not sure whether these are the answer. I’ve just checked the … Continue reading
20 things you never knew about the Sony A7 Mk 2
I really do apologise for the crap clickbait title to this blog…I must try better. Anyway the real point of this post is that it is just over one year since I bought my almost new A7 Mk 2 and … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography, Spring, Summer, Winter
Tagged autumn, Bees, Bradgate Park, Butterfly, Cattle, Cows, Dawn, Flooding, Flowers, garden, london, photography, portrait, Ratcliffe on Soar power station, Sony A7 Mk 2, Spring, Street Photography, Summer, The Photography Show, winter, woman, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, YSP
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Addendum…
Today Yesterday Perhaps I was just a little too rash to downplay how brave/foolhardy I am. Luckily the flood waters are subsiding – so perhaps not quite as brave as first reported!
Posted in 100 Days, Jubilee Park, Summer
Tagged Flooding, Jubilee Park, photography, River Soar, trees
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