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Another beautiful day in the garden.

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Away from the madness of the world

With so much craziness going on just now I thought I would spend a while in the garden just capturing some images of flowers. Peace on us all.

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Views from the garden

Summer is now getting ever closer.  The winds are starting to warm and when the clouds break the heat from the sun is intense.  The flowers are starting to bloom one after another as we have planned.  Above this aromatic polychromasia … Continue reading

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Dandelion Clock

Oh for long lost days of childhood innocence when the worst thing you had to worry about was how many puffs would it take to blow all the seeds from the dandelion clock.  Walking through the gardens at Calke Abbey … Continue reading

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Standing in the Countryside

I thought it would be useful to bring all the images I have made from my recent visit to Compton Verney together in one post as they do give a good feel to the day.   This is not surprising … Continue reading

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Walking around the grounds

Beautiful weather, sunny but with a cool breeze; harmonious landscape, Capability Brown’s finest work and a first rate art gallery.  Now that is what I call a good day’s work!

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Tinkering with an idea

As I get older I seem to be easily disturbed at night.   For those of us of a certain age that usually means a visit to the toilet!   After that it is difficult to get back off!   … Continue reading

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Always remember to bring the weather

There is an old joke about the weather in northern Scotland – if don’t like what you’ve got then wait five minutes and it will change …(of something like that).   I guess that applies to me at the moment. … Continue reading

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Blowing Shannon’s JPEG

‘…Once more unto the halftone breach my friend’s once more…’as Shakespeare would have written – well at least in my mind.   I have found an interesting side effect of this – it blows Shannon’s Entropy totally off course.   … Continue reading

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One Day Older

The other week Facebook asked me to update my date of birth so that friends could wish me happy birthday – the implication of this is that Facebook knows my birthday and so why don’t I let everyone know.  Well I … Continue reading

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