This white spotted rose beetle was abundant in Spain, furry little beetles dozily flying around and bumping into things. Plenty of opportunity for photos 🙂
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White spotted rose beetle
photography
Enjoying outside
Such a happy little face 🙂
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Muscari (grape hyacinth)
More of Spring showing itself in the garden. First two are from this year and a second two from last year too, it’s such a pretty flower. I used to think they were unopened bluebells when I was growing up, took me years to work out they were a completely different flower!
A framed print is available for the muscari with yellow primula in the back and also available on the full range of redbubble products 🙂
https://www.redbubble.com/i/framed-print/Muscari-MKW-F-126-by-Darling2425/37787327.16RW4?asc=u
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More sunrise – 11.01.21
A dark and moody sunrise.
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Striped Shield Bug
Turns out I have captured a number of different shield bugs on my photographing expeditions. Here is the black stripped one.
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Sunset – 15.03.21
A nice sunset, enhanced a bit.
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Male Blue-tailed Damselfly
This wonderful insect flew into the garden a couple of years ago and settled on my then growing green beans plant and sticks. And sat there for a little while, enough time to get my camera and take photos! I always feel lucky when nature visit, but extra lucky when it lets me take pictures 🙂
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I’m not sure how long… (poetry)
I’m not sure how long
We can pretend
That those who run it
Want this to end
I’ve never known
Such a show of shit
There are too many
Who benefit
From keeping things
Just as they are
Telling blatant lies
It’s just bizarre
And stranger still
One can’t deny
How so many folks
Did blindly comply
They followed the hype
And bought the tale
But all we’ve seen
Is an epic fail
Based on fiction
Our lives they stole
Just so they’ll have
Complete control
Frightening isn’t it?
Rhyme and Reason
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Spectacular Lenticular
Clouds have always taken my attention. From lying on your back as a kid in the summer and staring at the big white clouds drift by against a blue sky.
Over the last few years I’ve seen some rather spectacular clouds of the lenticular variety. Mostly in Spain but some here in the UK as well. But so far this is one the most epic ones, reminding me of a spaceship or vortex.
I have also animated this photo 🙂 you can find this and many more animated skies (and a few of my dog), on my YouTube channel.
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Spider on the wall
The garden has been a bit sparse of late, but as Spring starts to come through and the sun hits more of the garden, things are stirring. This little spider was sat still on the wall clutching his kill, a rare moment where I can take my time and try and get a good shot. Hampered slightly by my garden planter being in the way!
But still I tried to get underneath as best I could to get a shot of the front eyes.
Then a little while after, he was scampering across the wall and stopped for me. I like to think he remembered the photo shoot and wanted another one 😉
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