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Tag Archives: City of Leicester
Goose Porn…
It’s almost 3 months since I visited Abbey Park – can’t think what stopped me taking the short trip. As of today some of the restrictions have been lifted and so I thought that it would be alright for the … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Spring
Tagged Abbey Park, Breeding, Canada Geese, City of Leicester, Covid, Gadwall, Gray Squirrel, Noise, Overcast, Spring
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Nowhere to Go….
Yesterday I was allowed out of my local area – I had to take the car into town to be serviced and MOT’d. Now I am aware that my sticking to the lockdown rules are certainly more strict than many … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Jubilee Park, Photography, Winter
Tagged Car Windscreen, Catkins, City of Leicester, frost, Jubilee Park, Moon, River Soar, snow, Willow
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Slipping on Goose Sh*t…..
If you’ve ever spent anytime with Canada Geese (or any geese for that matter) the one thing they are very good at is converting grass into goose and and goose shit. Combine the later with a heavy down poor and … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged Abbey Park, Canada Goose, Cardinal Wolsey, christmas, City of Leicester, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Grebe
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Silent Running….
Another day another test of my new Sony A7 R3 camera body so I decided to take the electronic shutter for a test whilst hanging around the Clock Tower in Leicester this morning. The overall result was that it wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Photography
Tagged City of Leicester, Clock Tower, photography, Sony A7 R Mk 3, Street Photography
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The Leicester Lockdown….
So we are approaching decision day – will the Leicester Lockdown Continue? If it does will the outer suburbs of Leicester which, whilst not within the boundaries of the city, are still part the lockdown be included or should they … Continue reading
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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Lines on the ground…
So here we go again…we are back into lockdown – sort of I think – but as I sit here writing this the nearby major road seems to be just as busy as it was yesterday when weren’t back in … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Corvid 19, Procreate
Tagged Apple Pencil, City of Leicester, Covid, Digital Painting, drawing, Lion King, Lockdown, portrait, Procreate, sketch, woman
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15 weeks….
It is 15 weeks since I last visited Abbey Park in Leicester (A lot can happen in 15 weeks – over 41 thousand of me fellow citizens can die from the coronavirus for instance – but life must go on). … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Summer
Tagged Abbey Park Leicester, Canadian Goose, City of Leicester, Flowers, Gosling
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