Yesterday, I wrote a post about observations: https://localitystories.com/2026/07/07/2047-observations/
As you can imagine, today, I was really looking out for observations that I could record. You know what’s coming next, don’t you?
I did get out today. I met up with some friends from the Camera Club at the Vine, which is about half a mile from us. I was watching as I walked out, did anything catch my eye? To be honest, no.
On the way back, I was on the Waitrose side of the road, and there were some roadworks, or similar. I was mildly excited as I tend to find holes in the ground worth of observation. As I got nearer, there were men working, and they were using a grinder to cut into the pavement, but no hole. For some reason, that. I can’t explain. I didn’t take a picture, perhaps I didn’t think what they were doing was really of value as an observation? I have had a think about that, and with hindsight, I think I’ve missed something. That needs to change.
I need to talk at this point about a project I had adopted several years ago, and like in a lot of cases, I did the initial work, but haven’t followed up on it. That is watching the shops on Stokes Road, and monitoring when they change. Well, I was walking along the street, and was quite shocked by how much some shops had changed. I don’t know if I’m going to follow up on that. Some changes, though, were quite major in terms of shop frontages.
Then, when I got home, I thought “Ah! Butterflies,” I would go into the garden, there are bound to be some butterflies, even if they are only Cabbage Whites. Although we have seen Red Admirals and Small Coppers. Because we have our granddaughter today, we spent a fair bit of time in the garden. How many butterflies did I see? Yes, none. Of course, later in the day, I did see one, and it even settled near my foot, but I didn’t have my phone with me, so no pictures.
although the day was unsuccessful in terms of observations, I actually discounted one activity which I really should have captured. That’s a lesson learned.
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