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Common blue damselfly (12 Jun 2020)

Spotted when I was out for a walk. I think is a male, and that the females are duller. The blue was exquisite and what was what drew…

Meconopsis (05 Jun 2020)

I found these incredibly difficult to take photos of. This isn’t good (the background is my neighbours’ garage) but it does show both flower stalks, a bud, open…

Phacelia (07 Aug 2020)

Phacelia is also known as lacy phacelia, blue tansy or purple tansy, and is grown around the edges of quite a few crop fields around here. I’ve also…

The Tyndall-Bruce Monument (25 Dec 2019)

There’s nothing I like better on Christmas day than a good, early breakfast, a walk in lovely cold clear weather, and a hearty early evening meal. Christmas Day…

Loch Leven and Bishop Hill (13 Nov 2019)

The view from Burleigh Sands is one I’m very fond of, and there was a bonus on this visit – the migratory Whooper Swans had arrived. Shutter speed: 1/250s…

Detectorists at work (17 Nov 2019)

Detectorists love the stubble fields of late autumn.  I love the colours and textures in this field. Shutter speed: 1/160s Aperture: ƒ/8 ISO: 200 Focal length: 220mm Taken: 17 November, 2019 15:11 Camera: PENTAX…

Clematis montana ‘Fragrant Spring’ (13 May 2020)

I finally got around to planting this several years ago after leaving it in it’s pot for far too long. However it recovered, and now produces a mass…

Belhaven Bridge (23 Mar 2019)

This is also known as the ‘bridge to nowhere’. In reality it’s a bridge across the Biel Water which (when the tide is low enough!) lets people on…

The Calm Before the Storm (09 May 2019)

The Caird Hall in Dundee waiting for the pens for the Joint Nor’ East of Scotland Cat Club and Siamese Cat Society of Scotland show to be set…

Kingsbarns Beach (10 Feb 2019)

Back at Kingsbarns Beach admiring the patterns in the sand left by the receding tide. Shutter speed: 1/200s Aperture: ƒ/8 ISO: 100 Focal length: 48mm Taken: 10 February, 2019 11:02 Camera: PENTAX K-5 II