Silver Linings!

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The upside of the patio work being done is that the birdhouse and all the potted plants had to be moved out of the way...they ended up on the small patio next to the back porch. So now they are only a few feet from the window, great for getting close up shots with my long lens. 

Snow Joke!

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So most of Scotland has been blasted with snow recently with our neighbours in the Scottish Borders having several inches....we on the other hand had several flakes!

Much to my disgust!

Throwback Thursday - Vienna

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I love the warm sunshine but my next favourite weather condition is sunshine with a real hard frost...there was plenty of that in Vienna in December 2016 when I went with my two youngest to visit the Christmas Markets.

Glingbobs and Tootflits

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No I haven't lost my marbles, just been for a walk in Pressmennan Woods.

Patio Progress

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I was eagerly awaiting our first snowfall last Tuesday...by dusk we hadn't had anything more than a few flurries, by 5.30pm the garden was white and we hadn't even seen it snowing!
Sadly by Wednesday morning it had gone again :(

Throwback Thursday - Lanzarote

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To brighten the blog up over the dark winter weeks ahead I have decided to document some of my past travels. Hopefully seeing some sunshine pictures will cheer us all up!

Pardon Our Mess...

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....we're re-modelling to suit you better!

January Garden

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I took a jaunt around the garden with the macro lens a few days ago to see what, if anything, I could find!

Gods Own County!

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Playing catch up with some posts after missing several in December!

Feathered Friends

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I'm enjoying seeing all the birds eating at the feeders which Hubby keeps topped up daily...we have four or five and they are all emptied at least once a day. The yellow hammers returned on Saturday but we still haven't seen any goldfinches yet this winter, there are plenty of tits, chaffinches, robins and spuggies along with the bigger blackbirds and pigeons. We also have a sparrow hawk nearby which makes the smaller birds rather jumpy so I have to be quick with the camera.

Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside!

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Gary and I took a jaunt down to the local lighthouse last week to test out some filters I'd bought him for Christmas...well I tested out the filters, he road tested his new lens.

#1day12pics January

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Saturday was the first one of the month so it was time for 1 day 12 pictures again.

December Skies

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There were lots of opportunities here to get great pictures of the sky in December...several days on the trot of pretty sunsets, the Northern Lights, and two super moons.

Twelfth Night

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As today marks the Twelfth Night and all my decorations will be taken down and put away for the season I thought I'd share a few pictures here to brighten up the day.

Boxing Day Constitutional

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After a very wet and miserable Christmas Day, Boxing Day dawned fresh, sunny and dry...cue a nice long walk with the dog. Sadly the first thing we encountered was a dead deer in the garden. I had seen it on Christmas afternoon but as it was so wet I didn't chase out after it with my camera. It must have taken shelter in a nearby shrubbery and we found it not 10 paces from where I had seen it on Christmas day. There didn't appear to be anything obviously wrong with it, although I thought it was limping on Christmas day....survival of the fittest I suppose.

Happy New Year

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Wishing you a belated Happy New Year and hope you've all enjoyed the festivities however you celebrate.

Apologies for my absence and the lack of photos in the last post...computer problems and Christmas preparations got in the way of my photography sadly. Thankfully the computer is now behaving itself and Santa brought me a new Surface Pro for blogging away from home.