My Miscellany

Wishing everybody a happy, healthy and peaceful year for 2012. One of my holiday projects has been scanning some old slides for my dad and ...

I was feeling lazy on Saturday  and didn't make my usual cinnamon buns for Christmas breakfast. Instead I made this Moravian Sugar C...

C had a half day today, so I walked into town after work and we met for lunch in a little Indian deli which came recommended by a work colle...

I was so excited this afternoon to spot a new bird on the nyger seed feeder. I've been clearing a lot of chaff of it, and was hoping tha...

We had a fruitless walk through the park this afternoon in the vain hope that we might spot the pannier that C lost off his motorbike last w...

This morning I saw a blackbird on the ground picking at a fallen rowan berry. I wished I'd had time to stop and take the camera out - ev...

Just a few of the birds from the bird park. I can't actually remember what this first one was called - and I thought I'd taken photo...

I blew it and accidentally had my camera set for flash colour balance. Luckily all the files are there in RAW and I can convert them, but fo...

No hesitation here - these two are still sitting on the piano. It looks like a busy month ahead, but I hope to finish the last of my ...

A windmill near Marans. Being off-season it wasn't open at the time we were passing, but it does still operate (primarily as a tourist a...