The coolest Griffin you ever did see
Found this guy sitting above the mantel in the pub. What a cool hat!
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Welsh speakers in Bath
Spotted at the bottom of the Claverton Rooms stairs. The blackboard is part of an art installation.
Flowers in the garden
Things are starting to happen out in our patio veg patch! Yes, those pretty pink things are potato flowers.
Not a view I get very often!
The train manager said back 2 coaches for my stop though, so here I am. Doesn’t feel like it would be worth the extra money.
My view from the office this morning
Here’s hoping as many people as possible can enjoy today’s weather!
All grow in the garden
I thought it was about time I posted some more photos of our garden, as it’s been a while.
The potatoes are going great guns, and we’ve got a variety of beans on the way too. Tomatoes, carrots and lettuce all doing well, as are the courgettes. The chillis are looking a bit sorry for themselves, especially as they’re getting a bit slug eaten. I’ve had to make a few slug-killing expeditions to keep them under control.
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- Garden update 1
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- Garden update 2
Seedling crazy!
Today, Elly and I had a bit of a tidy up in the garden, in advance of Mum bringing us a load of pots and containers next weekend. The seedlings on the windowsill are going great guns, so we’ll need those containers soon!
First seedling of the year!
And the winner is… the tomatoes! Am I getting a bit over excited about this? Maybe, maybe not.
HDR photography at Stourhead
Yesterday I took a trip with my other half and some friends to Stourhead, possibly the most photogenic of all the National Trust’s properties. The lighting was perfect, and Simon and I had great fun with our DSLRs while the girls left us to it. I finally got round to trying out my tripod, so I had to have a go at some High Dynamic Range imaging, and thought I’d share some of the results.
HDR involves combining several photos of the same scene with different exposures in such a way that no part of the scene is over- or under-exposed. The resulting images can look quite unnatural, but can look quite beautiful nonetheless if processed with skill (I make no assertions about my own skill level). I look forward to exploring this a bit more, especially now I’ve found qtpfsgui, an open-source, cross-platform app to produce HDR images — it used to be necessary to spend a lot of money on Photoshop or something similar.
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- Stourhead bridge
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- Stourhead bridge (tonemapped HDR)
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- Stourhead chapel
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- Stourhead chapel (tonemapped HDR)
Signs of spring
Seedling
I’ve been walking past these seeds all winter, and suddenly there are green shoots everywhere. No soil underneath, just tarmac.
As usual, click to enlarge the photo.
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