Still need to tweak the settings, but getting there... (not quite up to @sagaoptics.bsky.social standards yet)

This is going to be fun #FocusStacking

Has Ludovico Einaudi only written one piece of piano music or does it just seem like that?

We seem to have skipped spring and gone straight to summer. This is weird.

Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.

Has anyone told Nigel Farage yet that he doesn't need to apply for a special permit in advance to visit Clacton?

BlueSky has made it possible to link directly to Bandcamp - who actually care about the musicians they host. So here's an opportunity to shamelessly plug my old schoolfriend @hollyhenderson.bsky.social . Have a listen, to this and her other stuff. hollyhendersonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/back-a...

He remembered me!

One from the summer - looking forward to being able to open the window again.

He has been sitting there ALL afternoon

This weather is so depressing.

Trending on Twitter: "James May Purchases Six Mr Kipling Bakewells for £2" I hang around here with you for a while if you don't mind

Watching the curling for the first time in four years and the last time for four years.

If you've ever wondered why the birdseed goes down so quickly...

However much I may dislike the subject of the photo, I have never liked photos taken with flash through the windscreen of a moving car.

Well one of them was pleased to see me

I think I just beat my record for changing radio stations when One Hit Chunderwonder's 'Barrel Scraping' started playing.

Found this one of Batman I'd never edited. Can't believe I missed it. (sound on)

My first ever sale through a picture agency was the front cover of a Guardian travel supplement in 1995, just after I signed up. That (and a large cheque) gave me a rather over-optimistic view of the stock photo industry. My career since has never quite lived up to that early promise.

I quite like this one

Twitter has stopped working. I'm really not complaining.

Some rather early additions to the Egyptian Goose population at Leeds Castle. They seem friendly enough...

OK Frosty, it's your turn now

I won't say what the weather is doing at the moment, but it's "very very frightening".

The latest "CD on the shelf I had forgotten about and have now ripped to the computer, finally" The Beat www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqFV...

12 year old Benji Fallow has been a keen member of Sussex Wildlife Trust for many years. He's done some amazing fundraising (£1000!) for us, using his artistic talents, or climbing huge crags. Thank you, Benji! https://f.mtr.cool/wplchygquj

OK, having moved here just over two years ago and having brought almost the entire house contents with me I now need a tin opener. Where is the tin opener? I know there's a tin opener here somewhere. There must be. Somewhere.

The first time I filmed a goose doing this I assumed it was a weirdo individual trying to attract attention. Turns out it's standard procedure.

A very happy Larryversary to @number10cat.bsky.social - 15 years of tireless mousing on the mean streets of Westminster.

Though I in no way support the practice of making bears dance for entertainment, it's still a great song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVul...

Today's close encounter of the furred kind

I've been practising my one-handed bird juggling again.

RIP Palmerston 2014-2026

I bought a cheesecake in Morrisons. It says on the box, and I quote, "Serves Six" HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!

Hello

Olympics: - noun [plural]; A short period every four years when people spend hours watching things on TV that they would never dream of watching at any other time.

Well I haven't been in Westminster this week, but two people I'd forgotten I'd photographed got promoted and the photos got into the Guardian and Independent, so far...

What I did today instead of getting cold and wet and bored in Downing Street:

Some pigeons

Just had an email from South East Water,.... wait for it.... Hosepipe restrictions have been lifted! Finally I can top up all the puddles.

Some dead flies have arrived in the post. I now have something to do while it's raining this afternoon.

Tonight I made enough (delicious) seafood pasta for four people. There is nobody else here. There is no pasta left.

Looking forward to the summer and the return of the indoor bird table

A duck

Listening to more from my dad's CD collection. Currently on Gerald Finzi. Undecided...

The Occasional Guide To Stock Photography: #34 Induction hob stops working. Buy a new one. Photograph the old one, take it apart and photograph the workings. Do a cutaway in Photoshop to show the inside. It sells half a dozen times making enough money to pay for five or six induction hobs.

Thought for the day: Do ANY adverts actually work?

Three power cuts so far tonight. Hopefully there won't be any m

The last time I heard a German word I wasn't sure about - Schlagloch - I looked it up and found it meant 'pothole'. I've just read a French story on here about 'nids-de-poule', which I had to look up. Turns out it's French for 'pothole'. It's good to know we are not alone.

Looking forward to 8 o'clock...