Most probably our last camp of 2018 was to Keswick in the beautiful Lake District. Here are my favourite six pictures from the visit. Keswick was full of autumnal colours and our little tent got an outing! Here’s the rest of the snaps to give … Continue readingLake District – Last camp of the Year
The Giants returned to Liverpool in October 2018, sadly for the last time!
A second visit to Rome and a million more things to photograph. A beautiful city.
We had an interesting time at the opening of the exhibition “Snapshot to WeChat: A migration of identify” at the Open Eye Gallery. Worldwide, we take and share over three billion photos on social media each day. The exhibition looks at everyday photographs taken by … Continue readingChina Dream Snapshot to WeChat – Open Eye Gallery
For over 2,000 years, an underground army of life-sized terracotta warriors secretly guarded the tomb of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, until a chance discovery in 1974 unlocked the mysteries of a vanished empire…..
So, we are nearly at the end of January so that means it’s time to give y’all an update on growth in my orchids!! Exciting!! …and it is pretty bloody exciting (for me anyway) given that I have loads of flower buds on most of … Continue readingOrchid Growth – Buds galore in January 2018!
It’s suddenly December and time to give you an update on the progress of the Orchids! All of the plants are doing well and I am pleased to report that I have 3 flower spikes! So, first to Big Ben… His flower spike is now … Continue readingOrchid Growth – Festive December Edition!
I said in my August post that I was anticipating being able to photograph a flower spike. I have, but not from the orchid I thought!! A lot has happened in ‘Orchid world’ during the last couple of months which I have failed to capture … Continue readingOrchid Growth – September to November 2017
Better late than never with this monthly update on orchid growth! Of course, there are now four orchids to update you on! As well as Julie and Sandra there are two newcomers which you may of seen my previous posts about. The new ones are … Continue readingOrchid Growth – August 2017
It was a BIG mistake to return to Wilkinsons so soon after picking up our first ‘rescue’ orchid! …but we found ourselves back in the shop with the tempting proposition of yet another orchid in distress, this time at the further cut-down price of 50p! We … Continue readingAnother Rescue Orchid – Un-Named!