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Shipping by...

Another from Amble Harbour - winter drydock!

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Monday's Critters.

Bertie investigates Ettrick Beach. Good camo, lad!

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MOONdays

The evening was hazy, but bright...

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Saturday Symmetry.

Amble Harbour, Northumbria; sea wall and broken down pier.

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"I feel we are all islands in a common sea."
(A M Lindbergh)

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Last Thursday of the month. Let's take a shift in perspective.

The lights of Wymess Bay, far across the Clyde Firth.

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

Bullfinch. Now on the UK 'amber' warning list; reduced population. Rare to see in cities. This one was singing mournfully atop the cherry tree in my father's Edinburgh garden.

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Shipping by...

Not the sharpest shot I've ever take, but this ocean-going row boat on the far side of the Amble harbour caught my attention.

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Monday's Critters.

St Andrew'sCross spider, a common beastie in Aussie gardens.

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SUNdays

Interior of St Mary's, Newton-by-the-Sea... what a pearler! (Yes, that's the sun through there...)

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Saturday Symmetry

The exterior canopy at Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumbria, with the Tenantry Column in the background.

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"Give light and the darkness will disappear of itself."
(Erasmus)

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Another Thursday to look at things differently.

When I was on the ferry last month, the place was running hot with 'fuzz'... we were all handed 'keep alert' posters. Certainly, there may be a chance of boats sneaking unnoticed up the Clyde... and Dunoon does have its attractions...

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

Welcome Swallow - an antipodean member of the swallow family. 

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Shipping by...

The Nimrod is but 16m in length, yet tackles the high seas out of Amble, Northumbria to bring in fresh fish each day.

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Monday's Critters

One of my 'make do' critters; an antique Arabian, cast bronze, stunningly beautiful. Not mine. Too big to slip in my suitcase...so still at home in Queensland!

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SUNdays

Early April sunset over the Cowal hills - yes, that's taken from my seat in the lounge. Can't complain at being able to view 2000 acres of sky &*>

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Saturday Symmetry

Wrought iron is such a reliable source of symmetry! The now defunct entry to what was once the Mayfield Rail Station, Edinburgh.

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"The older you get, the stronger the wind gets...and it is always in your face."
(Pablo Picasso)

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Yet another Thursday - what does it bring?

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

This Kookaburra was a long way off and over a fence.






















Had to stretch the lens...............................................

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No idea of the ID of these two - was on the ferry from Dunoon to Gourock and they seemed to be at anchor - awaiting space up at the oil depot, no doubt...

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Monday's Critters

Kramer contemplates the height of the wall.

Definitely too tall...

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SUNdays

One of those silvery West coast days... was going to 'crop' those wings, then thought better of it...

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Saturday Symmetry

An Edinburgh boundary

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"Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment..."
(Paul Coelho)

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It's Thursday again...

Loch Eck, Argyllshire. 

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

Spring-time activity...

Jackdaws pair up for life, remaining monogamous even if breeding is unsuccessful. They are rarely seen apart and are entertaining little chaps!

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Shipping by...

From a recent trip to the Northumbrian coast.

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Monday's Critters

... enjoying the warm spring sun...

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SUNdays

An indirect view of the golden orb...