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First attempt at scraping pumpkin skin to leave it translucent.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Apple season, from the Ely apple and craft fayre.
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Apples!
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Autumn is here, first Yorkshire puddings in quite a while.
September 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Here's an elephant resting its heavy trunk on a tusk, taken on a recent trip to South Africa. Majestic creatures!
August 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Here's an elephant resting its heavy trunk on one of its tusks. (Taken on a recent holiday to South Africa).
August 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was impressed by the art on the side of these large solos in Sables d'Olonne.
August 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I always find the seaside so primordial. Humans hundreds of thousands of years ago had the same experience as us now, kicking sand, skipping over rivulets, watching little fish dart in low tide pools.
August 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In Nantes there are these uncannily life-like colourful statues, the current art installation at the Place Royale.
July 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I was at a birthday party in France on Saturday; in typical French style we played pétanque. Also super impressive curly moustache from the gentleman in the foreground.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Cheers to that!
June 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
At a Park in Suwon, a number of topiary trees are cut into dinosaur shapes.
May 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is a first for me: airplane lunch with instructions! Asiana airways serving a passable bibimbap.
May 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thank you! Arrived safely in South Korea!
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The elephant's trunk is so heavy that they will rest it in their tusks.
April 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A termite mound. Apparently the queen can live up to 35 years. The mound is used to keep the underground chambers at a constant temperature, it acts like a chimney.
#madikwe #safari
April 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The white rhino is so called because it has a wide mouth, wide is "wijd" in Dutch and sounds like white.
April 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Found this lovely sign at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg.
April 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I saw this cute fellow in Cape Town last week!
April 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This baobab tree in Victoria Falls is apparently 1200 years old.
Baobab trees can store lots of water, elephants know this and can pierce the tree with their tusks to drink when necessary.
Also by this tree, another tree carved by Bob Marley.
#zimbabwe #nature
April 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Despite learning about civil rights and the end of segregation in the US, it was still shocking to be confronted with the more recent reality in South Africa. I have vague memories of the end of Apartheid in the 1990s, seen on TV when I was younger.
April 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Beautiful view of the tops of clouds from Table Mountain. Before the clouds briefly covered the summit, we had far reaching views over the land and sea.
April 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
2 delayed flights but we made it to Cape Town, door to door in about 22 hours.
Exciting view of Table mountain on the approach.
Also fascinating to see all the national planes (Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe...). Looking forward to the adventure.
April 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I love the night time scent through the seasons.
March 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Stafford, county town of Staffordshire.
There is a row of alms houses from around 1600. Fascinating to see how small the doors were!
Also, "Ancient High House", jutting out over the high street.
March 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM