I decided to make flapjacks for the first time in over 20 years but in the process the golden syrup caught my eye once I measured it out…
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Golden syrup
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Sunrise – 28.10.20
A magical sunrise that looked like it could have been painted. I may try and paint this one day but I doubt I could do it justice.
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Conehead Mantis – large
This was a real treat and I still don’t really know how my husband spotted it.
But there it was, aware of us too and seemingly wanting to start making a getaway.
But i managed to follow him around for a few minutes and see what a strange creature he really, even compared to the other mantises I had seen.
Goes down as one of the most alien creatures I have ever seen.
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Iridescent cloud
Sometimes these are called rainbow apparently, they say “Iridescent clouds occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon”.
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Neolithic Adventures – Wayland’s Smithy
One the more well known long barrows in England, Wayland’s Smithy. This is a stunning location and quite a site to behold when you get to the enclosure. Although situated on the ancient Ridgeway, it’s quite a walk from our known paths and roads so feels like quite a remote location. Only a mile apparently from the Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire.
This one has also been reconstructed and only the front is exposed and accessible.
It’s very impressive when you see the size of the stones and walk around the site. Human remains have been found at this site during excavations, but from an earlier structure that this barrow was built on top of, without further bodies or burials being mentioned.
It’s amazing what is just lying around above and below ground, literally just under your feet and you might not even know it…
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Summer spiders 2020
There haven’t been many of late since the cold weather moved in, but in the summer we had lots of different spiders. Here are a few I managed to capture, they don’t hang around!
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Yawny face
When you try to take a picture and your dog yawns into the camera instead. Nice.
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Sunrise – 07.12.20
Another lovely December sunrise. I forget to download the photos from my Nikon sometimes and get a pleasant surprise weeks later when I go back through them.
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Snowy hills
It was nice to see the hills covered in snow. It didnt really settle in the garden so I enjoyed the view from the warmth of the upstairs bedroom.
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Psammodromus Lizard
I miss these little guys when I go back through my pictures. Lizards were everywhere in Spain as well as geckos and other wildlife. This is a Psammodromus lizard, with it’s colourful stripe easy to identify.
Their tails and underbelly turns bright orange when they are in mating season.
They are so cool.
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