Photos of the Moon
It’s not surprising my Moth Trap didn’t attract many moths the other night when it was competing with this.
Category: Hobbies & Pastimes
New GPS Enabled Training Device
My beloved and very well used Garmin Forerunner 305 has stopped working. I’ve had it since January 2008 and it has been working flawlessy but now it keeps switching itself off. Sometimes it’ll stay on for a while but if I just touch the casing then it shuts down. I guess it could have got...
Bristol Bikefest Photo Assignment
I’m signed up to do the afternoon 4 hour race at the Bristol Bikefest (Oktoberfest) in Ashton Court this weekend, but I intend to get there early and take some photos of the morning events. I haven’t done any such photo assignments this year as I’ve been competing in the events myself, but last year...
Plight of the Bees
The bees we had on loan for a couple of months have now gone back to their owner. Unfortunately the weather was terrible while we had them and they didn’t fare too well. The bees were pretty hungry and there were quite a few dead ones in the hive. They did have some stores but...
Photographing Moths
As it’s been pretty much a year since we started moth trapping, many of the moths we are now getting we have seen before. Whenever I get a new species of moth to the garden I take a photo of it. These shots have been ‘voucher’ shots all taken on the same grey coloured back...
Garden Updates – Propagation – Things for Free
Don’t worry, as well as buying plants from the garden centre at the weekend, whilst working in the garden to plant them out I also made the most of this years growth and got some things for free. First up I sorted out the compost bins and got loads of bag fulls of compost. Some...
Garden Updates – Ready for Spring
Following my swim in Lake Bala at the weekend we took a drive through mid Wales to our favourite garden centre, Derwen Garden Centre just outside Welshpool. We had lunch there and then wandered around and as usual spent a little more money than expected! The Maze had disappeared though which is a bit of...
Free Stuff – From Feeding the Birds
Those of you who feed the birds will know that it can get quite expensive. They certainly get through it quick enough at certain times of the year – they’re getting through it pretty quickly at the moment – and quality bird food isn’t cheap. It’s nice then when you get something back from it other than...
Chilli Time
Time to cook something with a little more kick than usual!
