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Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: August 27, 2010, 9:18 am
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Last night I made another album of my winter photos, to show
you..
I put it on this morning, and also put it on a wildlife forum
that i'm a member of..
Then I discovered you could'nt watch it.. I forgot to make it
public, so its been changed so you can see it..
Then it was oot for a spell o whale watching, but did'nt spot
any, only lots of seals..
So I went walkaboot, did'nt see a lot, just cormorants,
shags,ravens, arctic skua, great skua, meadow pipits, black
guillemots, one or two puffins, gannets and wheatears.. Then I
spotted what at first was a cuckoo, I got out the binos, only to
discover it was a male merlin, at a distance they look similar..
but to far away for a photo, it was fence walking.. What I mean,
it kept flying from fence post to fence post, always keeping a
distance from me.. This was on the graven road..
Then I seen a convoy of posh looking vehicles at the Total
site.. probably high heed yins from Total..
Then it was off home to write this short blog..
george..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: September 3, 2010, 1:10 am
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Hi. All..
Yesterday I had to get out, two days in, is not good for
anyone..
So, where to go..
Eshaness sounds good to me, on a lovely day like yesterday..
So I set off.. But first, I had to check Yell sound for whales..
[ nothing seen ]
As I past Garths voe, I saw a Heron feeding and a few
Mergansers..
Next stop was at Brae, stocked up with provisions at the coop,
then it was onward..
Next stop was Punds water, I stopped at the parking spot, and
took my old camera, and left the car..
Then I took a few photos of the Loch.. the reason I used my old
camera was, it means I don't have to change lenses..
The Loch..
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HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/SCENERY/PUNDS-2-1.jpg[/img]
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Then I spotted what I thought might be an interesting photo, it
was just the long grass at the side of the Loch..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/SCENERY/PUNDS-4-1.jpg[/img]
Then it was onward..
Next stop was at the Twart Burn, there was a flock of Twites
here, but they told me not to take their photo, strange we
birds, I did'nt realise they could speak ;D
The Burn..
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Then it was time to get going, just before Zoar, another flock
of Twites were all lined up on the fence..
I stopped, got out the car and your've guessed right, they all
flew off, but I did get some photos of some wild-plants.. Sheeps
Bit and Cats Ear..
Cats ear..
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Cats ear & Sheeps Bit..
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Then it was time for a bite to eat, so I stopped at Braewick
cafe, and had a wee blether with Christina, finished eating and
headed to the Lighthouse..
But first stopped at Breckon water, [ also called the Loch o the
Gaet ]
Brecken Water..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/SCENERY/BRECKEN-WATER-1.jpg[/img]
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Then I saw another large flock of Twites, at least 20 of them..
Then one of my sons drove up to me, he was going to Framgord
Loch, at the lighthouse, we had a wee blether, then he had to
go, this fishing bug is hard to beat.. ::)
Then it was back home again.. lots of photos to sort out, then
to select the ones for this wee Blog..
Hope you enjoyed my day out.. I did ..
george..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: September 4, 2010, 3:49 am
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Coming soon, is a blog about.. Bees Webs and Dolphins.. with
photos..
By the way.. anyone can add there own blog or photos on the
forum, for photos, its just the same as any other forum, I use
photobucket as a host.. For photos I would prefer you to keep
your photos to 800mm on the long side.. It would be nice if you
make comments on what you like.. so far only two members have
posted.. Don't be shy..
george..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: September 4, 2010, 11:30 am
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Well yesterday was such a nice day, so I decided to stay at home
and sook in the warm weather oot in the garden..
I was up from 0430am, [ can't sleep very well at all ]
So I set up my recliner in da garden, then got facinated by a
large spiders web, i was looking for the spider, but could'nt
spot it at all..
Tracy, close your eyes in case you pass oot ;D
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/INSECTS/WEB-2_filtered.jpg[/img]
So I moved closer to it..
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I still could'nt spot it, it must have been away on its
holidays. ;D
Then I settled in to the recliner, lack o sleep wis catching up
on me, but da droneing o da bees on the honeysuckle wis doing ma
head in, then I thought, get yur camera oot da car geordie lad,
cause every time I point it at something, they disappear..
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HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/INSECTS/BEE-4_filtered.jpg[/img]
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Then it wis doon ta wan.. ::)
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Then I had a wee bit peace and quiet, and fell asleep..
Next thing I knew wis a buzzing in ma ear, I thought at first
wan o the wee buggers hud got in ma ears, but it wis just the
phone inside the hoose ringing..
Its amazing whit good news does ta you.. it fairly wakes you
up..
It wis a tip-off aboot the white sided dolphins at weisdale
voe.. so it wis inta the car and a fast drive doon ta weisdale
to see the critters.. mm.. not much room to show you them in the
blog. but I'll show more on the photo bit, if dats ok wae you..
First I'll show some o da folk watching dem.. :o
[IMG]
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I'm sure this photo shows a calf in it.. its at the dolphins
nose, looks like its slapping the other dolphins nose.. either
that, or its a rather large fish, but wrong shaped tail for a
Salmon.. what do you think ?
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/ANIMALS/DOLPHIN-2.jpg[/img]
So, what started as a quiet day at home, turned out to be a very
interesting day for me..
I hope you all enjoyed your day as well as I did.. ::)
geoege..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: tracy Date: September 4, 2010, 12:16 pm
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bet all your spiders are in my house >:( ha ha then i can
squash them ;D
did you take the pic of the bee its a cracker dont think iv ever
seen 1 that close up
my day here goes
got up at 6am drank lots of tea ;D did a wee bit of housework
:'( then cut the grass >:(
then thought id have a wee sleep till sheryl phoned asking me to
go out tonight so i think i might :P
now im waiting for stu to come home so i can make his tea ::)
then get ready for the pub so my days are really boring compared
to yours ha ha
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: September 4, 2010, 12:47 pm
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Hope you have a good time at the wellcome inn.. you deserve it..
Tell mootie the dolphins are gone from weisdale voe..
george..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: September 4, 2010, 3:17 pm
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I did take the photos o the bees. in the garden Tracy.. lots o
people say that the bees are declining, but not in my garden,
there here every day, thank god we dont gets wasps.. ;D
george..
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A tale of woes.
By: George Date: September 12, 2010, 11:06 am
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I run out of glossy 10x15cm paper for my photos..
So ordered more from Amazon, well it was one of Amazons
suppliers..
I ordered them on the 1st. sept. they told me it was despatched
on the 3rd sept.. and should get them by the 6th.sept..
Its now the 12th sept.
An email from them said.. It might be lost in transit..
I told them to replace it if I don't recieve it on monday, the
13th sept..
In the meantime, i thought i'd try the toon..
What a let down that was... I tried every photography shop in
Lerwick.. out of luck ..sixty miles round trip for nothing..
And I really wanted to print out more photos for my album..
Like these..
[IMG]
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Then my grandaughter popped in for a chat.. She wanted a couple
of photos A4 size..
Then my son popped in.. he wanted a couple also, so he picked
the ones he wanted, sunsets.. a good choice.. so I printed them
out..
So i'll have to wait to see if my 10x15cm come on monday..
george..
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: tracy Date: October 1, 2010, 12:39 am
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i can finally add a proper day to your blog phew yesterday was
some day ???
had harley and looshus at the vets harley took 5 mins and
looshus we couldnt pick up till 2 so dropped harley at my mums
and went to do our shopping ::)
stuart realised his car tyres were kinds bald so he needed tyres
and they couldnt do it till 2.30 so picked the cat up still
groggy from anasthetic and me and him went to my mums beside
harley while stu went back in to get his tyres ::)
phoned the school to leave a message for ross asking him to go
to grandad's if were not back (good old grandad lol)
got home and poor ross had a very sore head and ended up being
sick with it after a tablet and a wee sleep he was fine :-\
went to work and came home stu went to feed the fish and the
tank was leaking >:( disaster we dont have a spare 1 had to
catch all the fish and transport then through to brae to stu's
pals tank and empty the tank and mop up all the water it was
pouring out by this point :'(
finally got a cup of tea and 10:40 and forgot to have any dinner
because i didnt have time (not good when your a diabetic but the
packet of figrolls i ate with my cuppa helped ::) )
so that was my day yesterday and hopefully it will be a very
long time till i have another 1 like it ;D ;D
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here..
By: George Date: October 1, 2010, 1:07 am
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Your've had a trying day Tracy..
Ross came in to my bit, and told me about the headache,
unfortunatly, i did'nt have any suitabile headache pills for
him, he left when Scott came home from Brae skool..
Thats good, Stuart got his new tyres fitted, as there is snow
forcast for quite soon..
were've already had sleet..
Great to see and read your blog, albiet it, your lack of food.
:o
And double pleased that you wrote it out, as its getting quite
lonely in here, as no one else posts any comments etc.. apart
from Benjismum..
george..
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