easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in inspiration on May 3rd, 2012
This is everything I uploaded to Tumblr in April. You can see the archive in more detail, here. Sometimes Tumblr takes me by surprise. I use the queue functionality to collect images that I like, and then allow the site to automatically post a certain number of images each day. This means that I never [...]
I had to go out to the Post Office this morning, and it started off as a very misty day. I thought I might be able to take some photos of trees dramatically silhouetted against the sky, so I took the camera with me. As it turned out I’d brought along the macro lens, which [...]
Peregrine I haven’t taken any bird photos for a while… but today was Paul’s birthday trip, which was a visit to Feathers and Fur, a local falconry centre. It’s a tiny place, inside a garden centre, and a friend had told us about a Groupon offer on their Hands On falconry sessions. Willow, barn owl [...]
A couple of weeks ago we went to Paradise Wildlife Park. My photos are here. Thanks to a special offer pointed out to us by a friend, we had tickets for a “Monkey Tour”, which turned out to be absolutely brilliant. We got to meet ruffed lemurs, who were very laid back, and like to be tickled [...]
Way back in February, on our way home from Devon, we stopped off at Bristol Zoo. I took a few photos, as usual, but I wasn’t feeling very well that day so I wanted to try and concentrate on seeing as much as possible and having a good time. I love anywhere that you can [...]
Last weekend we drove down to Devon, to visit Paul’s family. We stopped at Paignton seafront, where we played a dancing game on the pier, took lots of photos underneath the pier, and chased a big crow who was trying to break open an enormous shellfish by dropping it on our car! I am full [...]
Today we went to the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, for a wildlife photography course. I learnt far more on this course than I did at the Twilight Photography one. I think the course and the teacher were just better suited to the way I like to learn. I’m really pleased with today’s pictures (which are [...]
Posted in fabric, re-enactment, shopping on Aug 12th, 2010
Last weekend we paid a visit to Broadlands, where there was a multi-period historical re-enactment weekend going on. As you can see, the weather was absolutely ideal for a British summer’s day out. As it turned out the Victorian Redcoats didn’t have to shelter for very long, but it was certainly very wet while it [...]
These are all the things I’ve made during 2009 – or at least all the ones I’ve remembered to photograph! There doesn’t seem to be very much knitting in there, which surprises me, although I did spend most of the summer working on two large items which aren’t finished yet. I also still haven’t really [...]
Posted in inspiration, nature, photos on Dec 18th, 2009
I went for a walk in the snow this morning. I took a grand total of 99 pictures, then came back and edited them down to just 9. I went out rather early, so although there was a lot of light reflecting from the snow, it wasn’t really daylight yet. As a result a lot [...]