Tag Archives: sunlight

No challenge

Posted on 11/05/2012 by

It’s Friday and there’s no photo challenge, so here are a few photos. In the front garden the canary bird is singing its colour against the acid of the euphorbia. and the clematis is out all along the fence. In … Continue reading →

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Frosted milk

Posted on 11/02/2012 by

We woke to the telephone. Being the first day of half term no-one had to be anywhere at any particular time and Cyclo decided that a bike ride was out of the question, so we hadn’t set the alarm. It … Continue reading →

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Dew drop Inn

Posted on 03/02/2012 by

After class (adult-learning evening class) we sometimes used to go to a pub in Summertown called ‘The Dew Drop Inn’ – (what an awful pun) for a glass of a favourite tipple and a debrief: but the name came to … Continue reading →

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Spring is in the air!

Posted on 14/01/2012 by

Today when I opened the curtains at about 8:45, I was greeted with white scenery. A hoar frost had covered everything and as the sun came up it made a wonderful sight. Soft yellowed light, long shadows. But no photos. … Continue reading →

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Perfect Remembrance Sunday?

Posted on 13/11/2011 by

The light this morning when I got up was soft, burning through a light mist and so beautiful on the Autumnal landscape. After a lazy start we went for a walk in woodlands and parklands near by. light though trees … Continue reading →

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November shadows

Posted on 08/11/2011 by

The shadows are long, so early on in the afternoon and it’s dark early too. Sunset in Oxford was officially at 16:26 today. Sunrise was at 7:11. By 21st December the days will be nearly another hour and a half … Continue reading →

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At a snail’s pace

Posted on 31/07/2011 by

Cutting through the flex that provides the power for the hedge trimmer is one sure way to slow down the process of hedge trimming… and that’s just what I did just before lunch yesterday. (Luckily for me I wasn’t harmed; … Continue reading →

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