Star Trails

On August 15, 2011 0 Comments - Nightshots

Messing about with an 18 minute exposure… star trails. The faint diagonal dotted line is a plane. I must go somewhere with less light pollution.

Cloudy Moon

On August 13, 2011 0 Comments - Land/Sea/Sky/Urban, Nightshots

The Moon. Cloudy. Far too cloudy for meteors :-(

More Meadow Grasshopper

On August 13, 2011 0 Comments - Insects etc

Grasshopper cuteness. The cat has eaten a few since I took this.

Begonia

On August 7, 2011 0 Comments - Flora

Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae and is a perennial. The only other members of the family Begoniaceae are Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands, and the genus Symbegonia which more recently was included in Begonia. “Begonia” is the common name as well as the generic name for all members of the genus.

The genus name, coined by Charles Plumier, a French patron of botany, honours Michel Bégon, a former governor of the French colony of Haiti.

Overhead

On August 6, 2011 0 Comments - Transport

The Virgin Balloon passed right over the patio. I was a little bit scared, though clearly my fear didn’t stop me getting my camera.