Yesterday’s clouds were replaced a beautiful blue morning. We regarded this as a bonus since the Aujourd’hui forecast from a few days ago had us expecting unsettled weather. It wasn’t just us that was enjoying the sun and warmth; a…
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Moustiers-Ste-Marie
McWiFi at last! The blog entries were building up, six at last count, with no hope of posting until we made a 48-mile round trip to Dignes-les-Bains for good ol’ McDonald’s to come to the rescue yet again. We needed…
Copulation Wheels
In a very unusual spell of fine weather lasting precisely one day and in between a few chores like buying expensive Euros and fetching our caravan to make ready for our coming trip to France, I enjoyed a couple of…
Odonata Confusion
I’ve only very recently begun to try to identify dragonflies and damselflies. This new found interest was entirely due to the relative plethora of the things at our local Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve. On the left is one of the…
Closer Focus
Two days ago at Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve I watched a fellow snapper using a close focussing ring on a long telephoto lens (500mm in his case). I had discounted our old close focussing rings ‘cos I had tried them…
Odonata Party
Odonata is the order of insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Today, while Carol was off meeting her genealogical pals, I went off to meet some of my insect pals. Another chap wandered in flashing a new Canon EOS…
More Insects
Sunday was a day for recovering after the excesses of Saturday night entertaining so we were taking it easy. The sun deigned to put in another appearance (Saturday was good, too) and I thought things were a little too laid…
Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve
On Sunday, Carol introduced me to one of the sites that she and her colleagues at the Greensand Trust look after, the Sandhouse Lane Nature Reserve. The reserve is a relatively small area surrounding a disused sand pit and is…
Chasing Cleopatra
It’s a rainy day that would have been perfect for watching the lads race over a few hills in the Tour de France. However, what with one thing and another, I’ve been out most of the day and missed them.…
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