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We had a remarkably clear sky all day, not a cloud in sight, I think. The sky was blue after sunset, apart from a strong orange glow along the south-western horizon.
Trees in the foreground, backed by a stronge orange glow along the horizon.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Wow! One of the most intense rainbows I've ever seen has just appeared! Really awesome. Gone now but brilliant for a couple of minutes.
A rainbow over the garden. A very vivid rainbow. Detailed view of the rainbow.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Coffee at Jacks with Donna.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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These autumn leaves are from a Ginkgo biloba 'living fossil' tree in West Way, Cirencester, just where it joins Cricklade Street.
Fallen leaves of Ginkgo biloba spread across the pavement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Looking through some old #photos to use on 'Journeys of heart and mind', I spotted these glorious, #autumn, #beech leaves, taken in #November 2010 in #StNeots.
Coppery autumn beech leaves in St Neots. Another view of autumn beech leaves in St Neots
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Today was a special day. The minor symptoms of my microstroke have improved, my daughter Beth and her family are here, and a train has appeared in Cirencester Town Station, closed in 1964. I remember travelling in a diesel railcar like this one, it ran several times a day to the main line at Kemble.
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Old town houses in Gloucester Street, #Cirencester. Wisteria on the front wall, and it's easy to imagine a horse and carriage coming out from the passageway behind the large door. Times past, how the reasonably well-off lived in early Victorian times.
Stone-built town houses in Cirencester. Looking north along Cirencester's Gloucester Street.
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Mop came to town, reminding me of Mop fairs from childhood, rolling big, old pennies down the slot to try for a prize and winning a budgie in a cage one year! I remember the motorcycle 'Wall of Death', dodgems, and the smell of diesel, fried onion and candy floss.

#Mop #Fair #Cirencester
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Enjoying the autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum.
Glorious patches of autumn colour Red autumn leaves Deep red on this tree. A patch of colour peeping through green conifer foliage
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Here's our Hesperantha schizostylus again on 11th October with 1½ new flowers now open. The cultivar is 'Mollie Gould'. You'll find this plant on sale as Schizostylis (the botanical genus) as well as Hesperantha (the correct name). Other cultivars include red and white forms.
Autumn flowering bulbs - Hesperantha
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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#Hesperantha coccinea flowing outside our greenhouse a couple of days ago. It's a beautiful plant flowering very late in the season and tolerating semi-shade very well indeed. Graces any garden in the autumn months. You can see there are a lot more flower buds to open yet. #Autumn
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Walking home from town yesterday, I spotted the Moon dropping towards the western horizon. These photos are from the Gloucester road looking west.

#Moon #Photo #Evening
A general shot of the Moon heading right and down towards the point where it will set The Moon in a blue sky. The Moon above a foreground tree
October 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Clouds in the night sky on my way home from Small Group in Stratton. And the Moon illuminates the clouds most beautifully. Click the first image to see the stars.

#Stars #Clouds #Night #Sky #Moon #Photos
Stars shining in a partly clouded sky. The universe is amazing, even our little corner of it! The Moon illuminating clouds at night
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Donna's Mum, Isobel, with her 80th birthday cake.
Isobel and her birthday cake in the garden.
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Before dinner I walked out along permissive paths over farmland west of the Gloucester Road near Cirencester, arriving home as it was getting dark.

#Cirencester #Walking #Photos
The sunset sky over trees Sunset on a horizon with trees A wider shot of tonight's sunset A lot of cloud detail in this sunset shot
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Michaelmas daisy and Sedum spectabile looking good in our front garden. These plants flower late in the year, always a seasonal treat.
Seasonal flowers of Michaelmas daisy in the sunshine Sedum spectabile in flower
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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One more photo from this evening's walk in the park. An ancient cedar tree, with its spreading branches hanging low over the ground.

#Cirencester #Cedar
Cedar trees have a habit of spreading their branches horizontally, this one illustrates this beautifully.
September 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Today I continued to play catch-up, filing and indexing photos, filing emails, editing articles for my website, JHM, and updating Journal entries. Once everything is up-to-date I'll make a start on my tax return. There was time for a walk as well, here are some photos.

#Cirencester
Conifer hedge trimmings on asphalt. A turbulent evening sky and silhouetted trees. The Abbey Grounds in Cirencester and the Parish Church tower
September 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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We're having our kerb lowered today, and we'll need to get the paved area extended as well and put in a charge point for our EV. It's all useful progress towards a greener future.

#EV #GreenEnergy #Kerb
Kerb lowering in progress, two men at work.
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Rain this evening but a lovely sunset around the same time yesterday. The weather is always full of surprises, so glorious!

#Sunset #Photo #Evening
A tranquil sunset over trees and houses.
September 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Rain, rain, rain this afternoon. But that's good it'll fill the rivers, make the garden grow, and hopefully start to fill the empty reservoirs soon as well.
Raindrops on the outside of my study window.
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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We spent part of morning at Westonbirt Arboretum, where Donna wanted to try an orienteering course themed on plant hunters.

#WestonbirtArboretum
Part of Westonbirt Arboretum's collection of trees from around the world. One of the information points along the route.
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This doesn't look like the right kind of socket to me!
EV charging point sign pointing to a plastic fitting which does not look electrical.
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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After a week in the Lake District, we came home for a week, then drove down to Tiverton in Devon for a week taking Donna's Mum with us so she, too, could have a change of scene. Here are some shots from Ilfracombe, including Damian Hirst's statue 'Verity'.
Statue 'Verity', ie 'Truth' in Ilfracombe, Devon. A beach at Ilfracombe, with part of town on the hill beyond. Street scene in Ilfracombe Part of the shoreline at Ilfracombe with sea, rocks, and trees beyond.
August 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Features at Buscot Park near Lechlade - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxford...
A long view along an avenue with water features, sculptures and mature trees 'Monkey Puzzle' trees (Araucaria Araucana) growing in short grass with a backdrop of mature woodland.
July 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM