Apparently I now have some kind of Pavlovian reaction to the sound of tweeting. Every time I hear a bird, I grab the camera. This one was snapped through the window, with the 200mm lens. (Hence the distance and the graininess.) Still cute though! It’s a baby Great Tit. They fledged last week, in the [...]
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Seeing Smocks Everywhere…
Posted in inspiration on May 12th, 2009
I was watching Cranford on the iPlayer, when I spotted Harry wearing a smock! I couldn’t get a clearer picture than this, but there’s a smocked panel front and back, and at both the shoulders and cuffs on the sleeves. Am I going to see smocks everywhere I look from now on?
I’m on BBC Four!
Posted in culture on Jan 21st, 2008
Many thanks to Phil and Pat, who have kindly left me a comment to let me know that I am on the BBC Four home page! I don’t know how long the link will be there, but in the “Overheard on the Web” section (bottom right), next to a youthful picture of Cliff Richard, is [...]
Pop Britannia
Posted in culture on Jan 5th, 2008
Last night I watched Pop Britannia on BBC Four, and my brain has been feeling a little bit wobbly ever since. I have found a thing that I’ve been missing for almost fifteen years, and now I need to work out the best way to get it back into my life again. Watching that programme [...]