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Ordinary Photos for Ordinary Lives…

Posted on July 18, 2020 by

  Whilst many of us try to pretend it isn’t the case deep down we know it is true.  We lead ordinary lives.   Not for us the highs and lows of others but rather the mundane.   Occasionally some extraordinary thing … Continue reading →

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15 Minutes by the Climbing Rose….

Posted on July 13, 2020 by

  I always find that I am fighting a losing battle trying to capture bees – especially with my antiquated equipment.   Hoverflies on the other hand are far more obliging.

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If you Build it, they will come…

Posted on July 12, 2020 by

  There was a time when I was the only person whoever ventured into the damp paddocks and fields of Ratby Meadows.  This was a self deceit of course but that is how it always felt as I explored the … Continue reading →

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How to Kill the Buzz…

Posted on July 11, 2020 by

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 →

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Be careful what you wish for…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

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 →

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So goodbye spring…it’ll be hard to forget you!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

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 →

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Garden Bound….

Posted on May 21, 2020 by

  After all the excitement of actually getting out and enjoying the spring weather it was back to the garden.

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Doing all the wrong things…on top of the world…

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

  Over the past few weeks my YouTube feed has been full of  photographers telling other photographers how to make photographs.   Whilst they do help up to a point all they end up doing is say that you should make … Continue reading →

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Bad time of year for Werewolves…..

Posted on May 7, 2020 by

I am pleased to say as I was walking around through the predawn mist I didn’t see or hear a werewolf.  Of course it is a bit of a cramp on a werewolf’s lifestyle this time of year as the … Continue reading →

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Walk in the Sunshine….

Posted on May 3, 2020 by

So this weekend should have been the May Day bank holiday (Public Holiday) however this year it has been moved to Friday so we can celebrate (?) the 75th anniversary of the end of the second World War of the … Continue reading →

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