Category Archives: Animals

Greylag Goose

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

Today I was taking photos of Wilson playing stick at one of his favourite beaches on the Thames near our house, and I saw some lovely geese.  Our common geese are the larger Canada Geese so it is nice to … Continue reading →

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Counterintuitive

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Barbara

I have another one!! There are enough diamonds in existence to give everyone on the planet a cupful (from the book 1227 Qi facts to blow your socks off)

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Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 6 – Counterintuition

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

What more can I say?

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An Apple Blossom Tree

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Barbara

I brought my camera with me yesterday when taking Wilson for a walk.  It was a cold grey Novemberish day, dark clouds, the threat of snow, but I thought if I don’t bring it, I will regret it. At one … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Green

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Barbara

Green is NOT my favourite colour.  I may have mentioned this before. However there are some things that do look particularly good in green, mainly flora and some reptiles. Not Barbaras.  Barbaras do NOT look good in green.

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13 things you probably didn’t know about St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Barbara

Reblogged from The Journal.ie 1. St Patrick’s name wasn’t actually Patrick. His real name was actually Maewyn Succat. Seriously.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details III

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Barbara

I like detail, I like zooming in to a focal point to see what has grabbed my attention.  I recently received a new camera (then I fell & broke it, and then luckily was covered by insurance so have replaced … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details II

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Barbara

While I was playing with my camera, Wilson on the other hand was staying focussed

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Parallel Universes, The limits of probability, and Giraffes

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Barbara

I have been thinking about Giraffes all weekend.  On Saturday I was feeling very exhausted so we sat down to catch up on the Professor Brian Cox series; Wonders of Life.  In episode 3 he was talking about natural selection … Continue reading →

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Shaggy Bird Story

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Barbara

This is a variation on my Uncle James’ story about a little bird, which I have rarely retold because I’m not very good at these things.  Recently I discovered that these kinds of stories are called ‘Shaggy Dog Stories‘.  I … Continue reading →

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