Tag Archives: Gardens

Recovery…the Sun is here…

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Guthlac

A public holiday and a bit of sun…what is the world coming to? It wasn’t like that in my youth. Or was it? I don’t know and usually anyone who bangs on about how things were better in the past … Continue reading →

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Up With the Birds….

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Guthlac

One of the joys (?) of where I live is that at the moment the dawn chorus is really really loud and so if you happen to stir around about dawn from your slumbers the chances of going back to … Continue reading →

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Windows Fanboy….

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Guthlac

I have been a fully paid up member of the Apple walled garden for nearly 12 years now. Before then I was a Windows fanboy. Perhaps the most ludicrous thing I did was drive forty miles to buy a copy … Continue reading →

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Battling with Sunshine…

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Guthlac

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 →

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Photography….

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Guthlac

Over time I have come to realise that the modern photographic world has hit a plateau.  One reason is that every conceivable photographic images has been captured and what we are all really doing is going over old ground (this … Continue reading →

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Back to some decent weather…

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Guthlac

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 →

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First run through of Hidcote images

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Guthlac

If you are interested in gardening and garden design then if you get the chance a visit to Hidcote manor just south of Stratford upon Avon is well worth the trip.

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I’ve got a plan

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Guthlac

I was recently described by some who knows me as a very unusual early adaptor, by this she meant that given my age I know an unnatural amount about tech, internet et al.  I guess that may well be correct as … Continue reading →

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Autumn No. 17

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Guthlac
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Red Tree

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Guthlac

This is the first of the images captured with my sony at the Botanic Gardens this afternoon. Not sure when I’ll get around to making anymore today – other things to do. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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