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Tag Archives: Bee
Noise and Fury….
Late spring i starting to merge into early summer. The garden is throwing off its spring splashes of garish bulb colours and slowly adopting its summer hues. Along with this the bees have returned in their frantic search for pollen. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged Bee, Carrion Crow, Flowers, garden, Greenfinch, Pollination, Swallow, Swift
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Life Does Tend to Throw You a Curve Ball From Time to Time…
Well this has been a bit of an interesting weekend! Fortunately, the weather has changed and it is nice again to sit out in the garden.
How to Kill the Buzz…
So two weeks in and what little reserve of fun I had has totally evaporated. Every day around 4pm I hit the UK Covid dashboard for the latest figures on just how the infection in Leicester is doing and I … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Procreate, Summer
Tagged Apple Pencil, Bee, Cate Blanchett, City of Leicester, Covid, Flower, garden, Lockdown, photography, Pollination, portrait, Procreate, sketch, woman
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Be careful what you wish for…
Was it just one week ago? Was it really? Well yes it was and boy have things changed since I moaned about the tiny heatwave we were enduring at the time (by we I mean me!). Since that day it … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Summer
Tagged Abbey Park, Bee, Canadian Geese, City of Leicester, English Rose, Flowers, garden, Gosling, Lockdown, photography, Pollination, River Soar
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I Hate the Summer….
I know this is a very unpopular view to hold but it is true I don’t like the summer (Please excuse the hyperbole in the title.). I really don’t like the way it gets very sticky and humid (I’m sure … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bee, Flower, hot summer days, Hoverfly, Pollination, rose, Summer
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So goodbye spring…it’ll be hard to forget you!
Well that will be a spring that will last long in the memories. Over the last three months I think I have written enough. Lets us just hope that the summer is a lot more uneventful than the previous 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Ironstone Beniface, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bee, Burrough on the Hill, Flower, garden, Ironstone Benefice, photography, Spider, Spring, Tree
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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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Back to some decent weather…
As with most things decent weather is a relative statement. One person’s sunny day is another’s pollen hell. The past week has been marked by a significant amount of rain which is what we have really needed for some time … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bee, Flowers, Gardens, hare, photography, Spring, weather
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Jessica and running out of RAM…
I have an ancient iMac that helps me produce all my digital output and just recently it has started to run out of puff when working with some of the very large files and new software. In a very real … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, Gardens, Summer
Tagged Apple Pencil, Archive, Bee, Digital Painting, Flowers, Hidcote Manor, Procreate, woman
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Suffering for my art…
Bright, flat daytime light is possibly some of the worst light for capturing images. It makes for pleasant walking conditions, especially when there is a breeze, but capturing images – it can be a nightmare. Today I found … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Photography
Tagged Bee, Charlecote Park, church, Fallow Deer, Flower, garden, Hampton Lucy, National Trust, photography, Red Admiral Butterfly
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