Tag Archives: garden

New Month..New Opportunities…

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Guthlac

One never knows just when life will deal you an interesting card. This afternoon I had the privilege of spend just a few moments with our resident hedgehog. Nothing like happenchance to get the creative juice flowing.

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Too Warm….

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Guthlac

Autumn is here with a vengeance only it’s not. We are now well into September and the temperature still has a pleasant feel to it. When I was out at dawn this morning I didn’t need my gloves! Don’t get … Continue reading →

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Round, Round Round…

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Guthlac

There was a time many years ago that I could set my watch by the RAF. 14:55 hrs every weekday, the RAF at Cottesmore* didn’t fly on weekends nor bank holidays, three tornadoes would come shouting up the Mease valley … Continue reading →

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Another Month Gone….

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Guthlac

My friend told me the other week that when it comes to calculating how manys years such and such happened you must always remember to add one to your estimation because we all seem to have mental blockage about 2020. … Continue reading →

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Melting in the heat…

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Guthlac

I know this is a view that could get me cancelled (not sure from what?) but I don’t like the summer heat. “Sacrilege”, I hear the hoards shouting. It is an act of faith that we must get out and … Continue reading →

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Garden Bench Photographer….

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Guthlac

Sunny summer morning. Feed the birds and time just to relax on the garden bench, watch the world go by and perhaps take a few photographs. The usual suspects devoured the mealworms then the Wren started to put on a … Continue reading →

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Erratum….

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Guthlac

In my previous post I claimed that I was hand holding a 600 mm lenses and it was crazy that I could do that. Well it turns out things just got a whole more crazy as I had set the … Continue reading →

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Is it Me ?….

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Guthlac

I have to say I would make a really really bad wildlife photographer. I just don’t have application to really a go of it. I found this out a while ago and since then I haven’t really bothered. Of course … Continue reading →

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Strange Old Day….

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Guthlac

Most of the day I’ve been trying to capture the resident Wren singing and failing spectacularly! I know this sounds paranoid but I could swear they little bugger is doing it on purpose…in fact I write this I can hear … Continue reading →

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There Goes the Neighbourhood….

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Guthlac

Perhaps they’re a happy family – it’s just that they’re so loud! Or perhaps they’re a right pain in the neck with the kids tuning on the adults. Either way you know it when a family of Starlings descend on … Continue reading →

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