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1942 – Letter to Steve V

Hi Steve, I was really looking forward to reading Gilbert White’s Letter V, but when I started to read it, I have to confess I had some difficulty understanding the language he was using. For example he talked towards the beginning about hollow lanes. It took me a little while that he was talking aboutContinue reading “1942 – Letter to Steve V”

1941 – Gardening

I’ll make a couple of not-earth-shattering confessions. The header picture was taken roughly 18 months ago. I tend to not like gardening, in particular anything that involves direct contact with dirt. I a gardening job does not involve dirt, generally I’m “OK” with it. For example two jobs I did today were cutting the grassContinue reading “1941 – Gardening”

1940 – A sunny Day

I have three u3a projects on the go, and a fourth non-u3a project that is becoming really quite interesting. The first of these, will be delivered on Monday Morning, that’s the stargazing diary for the month, which reminds me that I still have to do tonights entry, which is going to be a bit ofContinue reading “1940 – A sunny Day”

1939 – u3a

I think there’s an unusual, slightly 3D effect to this picture of a plastic toy bus that had been abandoned in the Cockle Ponds. I can’t quite make up my mind which I prefer the mono or colour version. What do you think? Anyway, on to U3A, which apparently we are no longer allowed toContinue reading “1939 – u3a”

1938 – Let Sleeping foxes Lay.

For some reason, one of the local foxes, we think it’s a vixen. has taken a real shine to our garden. It seems able to be sufficiently relaxed that it it is happy to fall asleep for several hours. We’ve seen it curled up on the rockery, in the middle of the lawn, and hereContinue reading “1938 – Let Sleeping foxes Lay.”

1937 – Camera Club, U3A, No FB.

I got out of the house later than I intended this morning. Catching the bus down to the interchange. I paused at the waterfront I almost missed the Guillaum De Normandie completely, but was just able to see it go around the corner at the top of the channel. I had a quick chat withContinue reading “1937 – Camera Club, U3A, No FB.”

1936 – Out & About in Gosport

I managed to select and get printed my three photos for the next competition. The header picture isn’t one of them. I thought that it was time that I tried to get back to a normal post about Gosport, and that includes The Cockle Ponds. I had noted that the ponds were being emptied. IContinue reading “1936 – Out & About in Gosport”

1935 – Letter to Steve IV (Gilbert’s IV)

Hi Steve, The header photo really is a Grabshot, taken from the car as we went past. I’ve been looking forward to writing the letter this week. After I read Gilbert’s Letter IV, in which he talked about a local industry that focused on a local stone that is worked in the Selborne area. IContinue reading “1935 – Letter to Steve IV (Gilbert’s IV)”

1934 – A sunny Day

Most of the time, I really don’t mind if a day is gray. But, we have had so many gray days since the beginning of the year, that even I am pleased when the sun comes out as it did today. I didn’t even mind that there was a slight chill in the air. AsContinue reading “1934 – A sunny Day”

1933 – Facebook & Blog Cadence

I think I got a bit too enthusiastic with my FaceBook post today. When it came time to do this blog, I realised that most of the pictures I’d taken earlier today had already be used and it would be the case that you would be seeing a duplicate. This header picture is one ofContinue reading “1933 – Facebook & Blog Cadence”