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85mm f/1.8 USM lens

red-flowers
Digital Photography

Orangey, reddy yellows

Some lovely autumn colours to brighten up the weekend – especially if you’re English and understand Rugby, which I don’t, but I do know that grown men shouldn’t cry like that.…

plant
Digital Photography

Big spender

This is a bank-holiday weekend in the UK, so I have padded out my Monday off work with the Friday and Tuesday as well, so I am now beginning my five day weekend. Hooray! And the sun is shining…

latte
Digital Photography

Photo Friday – Unfinished

The Photo Friday challenge this week is ‘unfinished’. Do not worry, this mid-morning latte didn’t go unfinished for long – and I agree, it does look like some little mouse couldn’t wait and has had a bit of a…

farm1
Digital Photography

Down on the farm

What better way to spend a sunny (yes you heard me right, the sun was out) afternoon off work than down on the farm. A rare breeds farm about 20 miles north in deepest, darkest Wiltshire. It seems that…

birthday-cake-1
Digital Life Photography

Cake

This is my fail-safe Madeira Cake recipe that always works. Thanks Nigella! All you need are some lovely fresh ingredients… Free-range eggs, of course… Mix and stir and mix some more, chuck into appropriately sized loaf tin and sprinkle…

chinese-new-year-1
Digital Photography

Year of the Pig

Chinese New Year hasn’t been something I’ve really got into celebrating in the past… mainly because I am not Chinese. I think I might start climbing on the bandwagon with this one though, as the celebrations in town yesterday…