Crochet, Nature, and Random Ramblings
We had a little walk around the village yesterday after the storm had passed (Storm Dennis). It was still pretty breezy, but not as bad as it has been. We went to my usual favourite spot to find Hazel catkins and as usual there were plenty there. It wasn't ideal weather for photography with the… Continue reading Hazel
Narrow depth of field in photography can be both frustrating and useful! It's something you have to deal with a lot in macro photography but you probably wouldn't need to think about it so much in landscape photography. As most of what I do is photographing small things, I encounter it a lot. The technical… Continue reading Narrow Depth
On Saturday we went round to the pond in the village to do some work for my daughter's project (The Barley Hollow Project). On the way we stopped by the church wall to see if there were any snowdrops. There were some there as well as a few further down the road. So I had… Continue reading Snowdrops
If you look in my Nature Guide, you'll find there are a number of flowers with Red in their name. Sometimes they look pink to me, but if their name is red, then they count! We have: Red Campion: Red Clover: Red Dead-nettle Redshank With insects, red seems to be more literal and things definitely… Continue reading Red
When I was taking photos of frost and droplets on Sunday my daughter spotted a fly. Not sure what it was doing out and about in such cold weather, but it was nice to get my first insect shot of the year.
Suzy Clair's Cosy Corner 