Tag Archives: green

Jul 23 2025
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Local jungle

Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 2.10pm (day 5,081)

Nutclough woods, 23/7/25

“Green” is definitely the dominant theme on this shot, and the general soft-focus vibe also in evidence has been applying to all shots taken since my most recent attempt to stop the zoom lens from conking out saw me bring some WD-40 to bear on it two days ago. It’ll dry out eventually. The combination seems to work for this shot; the whole place feels very lush at the moment, alternating bouts of sun and shower are making everything grow most enthusiastically. Which is a good thing, I guess.

Anyway that’s enough Hebden Bridge, for now. Time to go somewhere else.

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Apr 21 2025
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Growing on the sill

Sunday 20th April 2025, 2.15pm (day 4,987)

Windowsill lettuce, 20/4/25

A profoundly uneventful Easter Sunday saw me barely even leave the bedroom, let alone the house. Well, I’m allowed days like that now and again (it would have been chaos in town, anyway). For photographic purposes it was helpful that the sun was shining, illuminating the lettuce leaves on the windowsill rather pleasingly. I’ll go out tomorrow.

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Aug 06 2024
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More garden produce (very green)

Tuesday 6th August 2024, 4.35pm (day 4,730)

The garden doesn’t produce vast amounts of food — believe me, self-sufficiency in vegetables is something we are a long way from achieving (though for a few weeks each summer we manage better with fresh fruit). But when edible products do emerge, they get used. We haven’t had fresh peas and beans for years.

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May 23 2024
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Campus encampment

Wednesday 22nd May 2024, 3.40pm (day 4,654)

Campus encampment, 22/5/24

Having not been to campus since 5th April I decided I should show my face. Duly did so, and now won’t be back there until, probably, 26th June. Well, I am on study leave. Two things have emerged since my last visit: first, all the leaves on the trees, second, the encampment raised in protest against what is happening in Gaza. I assume the leaves will still be there in June. The tents, who knows?

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Jan 22 2024
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Green light for more rain

Sunday 21st January 2024, 5.20pm (day 4,532)

Rain and green light, 21/1/24

Well, it was quite nice for a day or two. It didn’t last. This picture was chosen for today, in part, because Clare insisted I not use the one of her putting on her slippers, but nevertheless this does epitomise the day.

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Dec 24 2023
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Balgay Hill cemetery

Sunday 24th December 2023, 1.55pm (day 4,504)

Balgay Hill, 24/12/23

A lush scene for Christmas Eve, particularly after yesterday. The cemetery on top of Balgay Hill in Dundee was a real discovery of the day. Just one of its memorial stones is pictured here but this is a huge necropolis, backed by the Firth of Tay, the hills on the far side of which are just visible here. A very un-Decemberish shot, but that’s why I’ve picked it. For tomorrow, Happy Christmas…

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Dec 03 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Another damn building site

Sunday 3rd December 2023, 2.00pm (day 4,483)

Building site, 3/12/23

Until last week this seemed to be a perfectly functional car park — and Hebden Bridge town centre certainly needs such amenities. Christ knows what it’s going to turn into from this point. And yes, it’s still cold.

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Apr 19 2023
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Rebuilding (study with green)

Tuesday 18th April 2023, 4.55pm (day 4,254)

Rebuilding, with green, 18/4/23

Photographically I still mildly regret not looking out of the window at about 3am on the morning of 2nd August last year and seeing this building aflame. This picture is taken from my house so we’d have got a good view: as it was, I did smell the burning and hear a distant alarm but once my subconscious had determined that none of this was coming from our living room, or similar, I went back to sleep and missed the opportunity. Never mind. The rebuilding is under way, as you can see. I like the green on this shot, which is what caught my eye in the first place.

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Feb 28 2023
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Non-binary pepper

Monday 27th February 2023, 4.05pm (day 4,204)

Non-binary pepper, 27/2/23

“I know I present as red. But inside there’s that little bit of green that’s always been on the verge of coming out.”

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Dec 24 2022
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Interior

In Cheesus

Saturday 24th December 2022, 2.15pm (day 4,139)

Cheesus, 24/12/22

Cheesus being the name of one of the many eateries-stroke-café-cum-bars that are now, by law, the only kind of retail establishment allowed to open in Hebden Bridge. It served a fine grilled cheese sandwich for lunch, and why not a Christ reference today — it is his birthday celebration tomorrow, after all. Enjoy tomorrow, however you intend to spend it.

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