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Mediterranean Spurge
Posted on May 4, 2022
This is a close-up view of the intricate flower of a Mediterranean Spurge, a plant I had never seen – or even heard of – before, but which is growing strongly in my son’s garden.
To give an idea of scale, the green ovoid disc of which the flower is at the heart is no more than a centimetre (about a third of an inch) in diameter.
CMMC 4 May 2022
Sprouting garlic
Posted on April 7, 2022
Although it doesn’t usually get the chance, this time some of our garlic has ‘gone over’. We’ll plant it out and see what happens…
Wisteria on the way
Posted on March 31, 2022
French bread
Posted on March 25, 2022
There is nothing to beat fresh, ‘proper’ French bread – from a genuine artisan boulanger, not a supermarket.
Colours by the bucketful
Posted on March 12, 2022
An arresting and very colourful display of….er, buckets, outside a shop in St Andrews.
Fresh Cabbage
Posted on March 3, 2022
Who knew? Even cabbages can be interesting when you get up close to them – especially when they are as good and fresh as these, seen on a stall at the excellent Saturday market in Perigueux.
Oryx at rest
Posted on February 24, 2022
An Arabian oryx takes it easy in the game reserve on Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Keep It Clean
Posted on February 10, 2022
Will that ice cream be consumed before any of it drips onto that turquoise polo shirt?
Of course. Never in doubt.
Swatters
Posted on February 4, 2022
A close-up look at a small sample of our collection of colourful fly swatters. Hopefully, the fly gets an even closer view – although they usually get away.
Petrified
Posted on January 28, 2022
Near the village of Savonnières-Villandry there is a network of caves in which a constant process of petrification is going on. Any object that is left inside is slowly but inexorably turned to stone through a continuous process of petrification.
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