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This has happened twice this week. I just stop and watch, so grateful to share a fleeting moment at the end of my day.
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2022-01-10

The jewels of the morning mist are sitting on the spiders webs by the river this morning.
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2021-09-18

Cornwall this summer was like this a lot of the time: ice cream, umbrellas and a dry robe in the rain. A very British holiday 😁
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2021-08-26

Meet the whiplash beetle. It is about 10mm long and has a very interesting defence. It secretes pederin compounds that can cause blistering or rashes if you brush or crush the
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2021-05-23

So excited to see the first bee fly of the year. I don’t know why as they are all parasites of solitary bees and wasps, but it means that spring is close
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2021-02-27

When the light goes down on the water meadows. Just a quick sketch after a cold day out there.
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2021-02-12

When lockdowns gave hit before it did not make much impact, but today I really missed the sea and the rugged Cornish coast in particular. This is a view of Treyarnon
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2021-01-06

The jays around the garden were in full on broadcast mode earlier. I could not see what was going on to vex them so much, but we were all aware of their mood.
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2020-11-07

I visited some pools today that were over-run by signal crayfish. I had never quite appreciated how fast they were until I tried to catch one!

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2020-10-10

Probably a speckled bush cricket in the dahlias today. On an otherwise rubbish day this little one made it feel better.
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2020-06-27

This is just one of the many greenbottles that I see every day. Instead of swatting it I admired the beautiful colours whilst ignoring the eating and breeding habits 😎
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2020-06-02

Our 4th pick for using the theme - is of Ronald Ossory Dunlop - Irish author and painter in oil. Rather appropriately for also have a self-portait of him. That one shows him with a pipe as well

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2020-05-28

Sitting quietly this gentle giant cane flying past. I love hornets especially the way they quarter looking for food
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2020-05-20

Two new members of the family. I had to paint them tonight. Just a quick sketch, but they are seriously cute.
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2020-05-18

Today's , is a painting of Miss Mary Sternberg, American Red Cross, by Henry Marvell Carr.
Carr was a offical war artist during WW2. The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 and supported humanitarian relief during WW2

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2020-05-05

This morning I saw a newly emerged damsel fly. What a privilege to witness and watch it take its maiden flight.
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2020-05-03

A quick catch up for My choice for day 24 was Paul Cézanne's 'Still Life with a Cherub' (c. 1895). The sharp eyed amongst you will be able to spot this painting in the recent ‘Age of the Image’ documentary series.

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2020-04-18

It's Day 19 of my series and I've been looking forward to today's choice. Here's 'Clouds Above a Lake', painted in 1904-6 by one of my absolute favourite artists, Akseli Gallen-Kallela. I love the way the thick strokes create the clouds!

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2020-04-12

My daughter requested a Barn Owl as she loves them so much. I often see one at dusk quartering the water meadows.

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2020-02-28

playing catchup with this fisherman.

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2020-01-08