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I don't entirely understand how this year is passing so quickly, but it's time for the monthly 1SE video again already. We're on holiday now until 10th August.
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I don't entirely understand how this year is passing so quickly, but it's time for the monthly 1SE video again already. We're on holiday now until 10th August.
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threeforthememories, which is great and you should all join it. You have until next Monday 24 January if you want to post three photos to it that define your year last year, and no time constraints on enjoying everyone else's posts. I think it might actually be years since I've either promoted a community or cross-posted from one. Yikes.]
threeforthememories, which is great and you should all join it. You have until next Monday 24 January if you want to post three photos to it that define your year last year, and no time constraints on enjoying everyone else's posts. I think it might actually be years since I've either promoted a community or cross-posted from one. Yikes.]- Telstar (RIP)
This is - was - our beloved cat Telstar, just before he turned twelve in June of last year. We had no idea that we only had a few months left with him at this point, as his decline was very sudden. Losing him is an event that will forever be associated with 2021.
( ”+2” )
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One of north Norfolk's little gems is the Glandford Shell Museum, a small building housing a "cabinet of curiosities" collection.
I brought my macro lens and went to town.
The handwritten labels were charming.
( Many shells )
If you're ever in the village of Glandford, it's well worth the £2.50 for the price of admission.
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We went on a seal-watching boat trip at Blakeney Point, on the coast of north Norfolk. Underneath the cut are a quite unnecessary quantity of seal photos. Be grateful they are not accompanied by the smell. They may be cute, but they sure do stink.
( Spot the seal blep )
This is only a fraction of the seal population (common and grey) in the area, which was rather comforting to hear.
Telstar managed to get onto the roof of the dovecote, and then refused all inducement to come down.
...by a terrible internet connection.
Telstar looks very fetching as he hunts butterflies under the rose arbour in Norfolk.
Telstar looks very fetching as he hunts butterflies under the rose arbour in Norfolk.
Two very upsetting things happened to me today (not at work and not to do with my family, thankfully). Please have a soothing photo of the lovely gardens at Oxnead Hall in Norfolk, where we attend the wedding this weekend. I know I need it.
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With apologies for missing a day; I shall do a double post some time this week when I'm not quite so exhausted.
We spend the weekend away in Norfolk for a friend's wedding. The location was beautiful and merits its own post. The bloke's parents kindly agreed to have the children so we were able to let our hair down. Here we are in our glad rags in a more civilised moment, just after the ceremony and before the wedding breakfast.
The wedding was on the same day eighteen years ago as the death of my maternal grandfather, with whom I was very close. The bride and groom didn't know that, of course, but I'm privately pleased to now have a very happy memory conjoined to the same date.
We spend the weekend away in Norfolk for a friend's wedding. The location was beautiful and merits its own post. The bloke's parents kindly agreed to have the children so we were able to let our hair down. Here we are in our glad rags in a more civilised moment, just after the ceremony and before the wedding breakfast.
The wedding was on the same day eighteen years ago as the death of my maternal grandfather, with whom I was very close. The bride and groom didn't know that, of course, but I'm privately pleased to now have a very happy memory conjoined to the same date.
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I'm finding it increasingly difficult to post given how long it's been since I last posted publicly. I miss posting every day. It also doesn't help that we're on holiday in rural Norfolk where the internet speeds are generally terrible no matter what method you use, so even uploading one photo is a tooth-grindingly tedious affair. And since I'm on holiday, the weather is good, and I brought my dSLR and favourite lenses, I'm taking a looooot of photos. Therefore, I'm going to cheat and post the same photo I posted to a community, because it took so flippin' long to get it on Flickr.
The warm weather has seen the overwintering imagos emerge from their hiding places. Keiki and Humuhumu found this peacock (butterfly) on the lawn, soaking up the sun and sipping from the daisies. We also found a tatty comma and a bright brimstone. There are a great many freshly hatched cabbage whites, orange tips and holly blues battling feistily over the burdock flowers.
I was pleased to hear the distinctive call of a cuckoo, which was a comfort given that their numbers have been declining for many years, though we haven't managed to spot it yet.
The warm weather has seen the overwintering imagos emerge from their hiding places. Keiki and Humuhumu found this peacock (butterfly) on the lawn, soaking up the sun and sipping from the daisies. We also found a tatty comma and a bright brimstone. There are a great many freshly hatched cabbage whites, orange tips and holly blues battling feistily over the burdock flowers.
I was pleased to hear the distinctive call of a cuckoo, which was a comfort given that their numbers have been declining for many years, though we haven't managed to spot it yet.
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