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Archive for ‘June, 2017’
The Beautiful Biker
The Beautiful Biker
The Butterfly
I could be wrong but I think this is a Red Admiral…
The Butterfly
The Not Bee!
Tom very kindly corrected me. This is not a bee, it’s a hover fly!
The Not Bee!
The Girl
The Girl
The Early Hazelnut
The Early Hazelnut
The Four Legged Cyclist
A slight optical illusion I think.
The Four Legged Cyclist
The Waiting Game
This one went missing. Â Back again now.
The Waiting Game
The Smoke Break
I’m an ex-smoker and I so remember the pleasure a smoke break brings!
The Smoke Break
The Ridley Scott Plant
Now surely this must have come straight out of the the film Alien by Ridley Scott
The Ridley Scott Plant
The Bird Watcher
Sue looking out for the elusive woodpecker.
The Bird Watcher
The Light Bulb Plant
I apologise deeply for sweeping away centuries of botanic and taxonomic research when I rename these flowers with my own (silly) name. Â But you do have to admit, they look a little bit like lightbulbs!
The Light Bulb Flower
The Blackberries Are Coming!
The Blackberries Are Coming!
The Prickly Jobs
The Prickly Jobs
The Peculiar Flower
No other way to describe it!
The Complicated Flower
The Girls’ Boats
The Girls’ Boats
The Text Messengers (Amsterdam Style)
The Text Messengers (Amsterdam Style)
The Amsterdam Street Scene
The Amsterdam Street Scene
The Young Lovers (1)
Oh to be young again…
The Young Lovers
The Look No Hands Rider
The Look No Hands Rider
The Spiky Pods
The Spiky Pods
The Splash of Red
The Splash of Red
The Bee and the Thistle
The Bee and the Thistle
The Cross Channel Ferry
The Cross Channel Ferry
The Nearest Thing to Home…
Lincolnshire – my home county
The Home County
The Full Moon
The Full Moon
The Tiger Pilot
The Tiger Pilot
The Rapide
The Rapide
The Cockpit 2
Cockpit 2
The Cockpit 1
The Cockpit 1
The Swinger
The Swinger
Silver Bird 2
Silver Bird 2
The Silver Bird 1
The Silver Bird 1
The Horn Blower
The Horn Blower
The Natural History Museum, London
Or is it Hogwarts?
The Natural History Museum
The Night Site
Best to build at night in the Middle East – daytime temperatures 40C+
The Night Site
The Piston Provost
The Piston Provost
The Night Bomber
The Night Bomber
The Chopper
The Chopper
The Fighter
The Fighter
The Pilot
The Pilot
The Engineers
The Engineers
The Hat
The Hat
The Senior Citizen
The Senior Citizen
The Fast Jet
The Fast Jet
The Spiky Mix
A mixture of soft and delicate flowers and fearsome spikes! Armoured flowers!
The Spiky Mix
The Leaves
The Leaves
The Witches Fingers
I have no idea what these flowers (plants?) are called but I call them Witches Fingers
The Witches Fingers
The Fluffy Leaves
Not sure what makes them fluffy…
The Fluffy Leaves
The Smiling Dog
This is our dog Katy. Â I’m sure she’s almost smiling – and no Photoshop skullduggery, I promise!
The Smiling Dog
The Deathtrap
Insects beware!
The Deathtrap
The Nuts
The Nuts
The Leaves with Hooks…
Not sure if they’re leaves at all – but, close enough for Government work!
The leaves with hooks…
The Green Stuff
The Green Stuff
The Pianist
The Pianist
The Peculiar Pods
The Peculiar Pods
The Gardener
The Gardener
The Bee
The Bee
The Tug
People who know me know that I used to be a ‘Tug Man’ and worked on a number of deep sea salvage tugs – a long time ago. Â I’ve always had a soft spot for tugs! Here’s one that has just arrived in Monnickendam.
The Tug
The Quiet Moment
The Quiet Moment
The Big Leaves
The Big Leaves
The Tug
My first ship!
The Statesman
The Spiky Yellow Little Number
The Spiky Yellow Little Number
The Rule Breaker
I know, the flower petals should really be in focus but I like the way that (by accident) the little antenna things in the middle of the flower break through and are in focus whilst the petals aren’t. Â The best kinds of rules are no rules!
The Rule Breaker
The Bell
The Bell
The Spikes
The Spikes
The Pods
The Pods
The Flower Coming At You!
The Flower Coming At You
On a warm summer’s day, the Hortus Botanicus (Botanical Gardens) Amsterdam is such an oasis of peace and tranquility. Somewhere to catch your breath…
The Botanical Gardens Amsterdam
The Strange Pod
The Strange Pod
The Hortus Botanicus – Amsterdam’s Botanical Gardens
A peaceful day in the gardens yesterday
Hortus Botanicus, botanical garden in Amsterdam from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
The Explorer
The Explorer
The Shop
The Shop
The Misplaced Graffiti (oops)
I’m sure that the graffiti artist never realised his ‘artwork’ would be paraded through Amsterdam Central Station at rush hour…….oops…
The Misplaced Graffiti
The Sign of the Times
Watch your step!
The Sign of the Times
The Ship Heading North
The Ship Heading North
The Old Timber
The Old Timber
The Leaf (all I have to offer you this evening)
The Leaf
The Long Road With No Turning
The Long Road With No Turning
The Sea Far Below and the Sky High Above…
The Sea Far Below and the Sky High Above…
The Sunset Over The Marina Tonight…
Just caught the sun as it was going down…
The Sunset Over the Marina Tonight
The Little Red Number
No idea what it is, but nice.
The Little Red Number
The Dragonfly
The Dragonfly
The Yellow Flower
As usual, no idea what it is but a nice flower
The Yellow Flower
The Dead Head
Theresa May might feel like this today…flattened!!!
The Dead Head
The Start of Life
Probably one of the best ways to spend an afternoon in the woods…
The Start of Life
The Hooded Pianist
The Hooded Pianist
The Cold Wind
The Cold Wind
The Seagull Poop
Never let seagulls sit on your bike seat!
The Seagull Poop
The Photographer Crossing The Line
The Photographer Crossing The Line
The Soggy Statue
The Soggy Statue
The Lonely Photographer
The Lonely Photographer
The CCTV Man
The CCTV Man
The Tour Guide Tells It How It is!
The Tour Guide Tells It How It is!
The Chinese Street Sign
Not what you expect in the backstreets of Amsterdam (Chinatown)
The Chinese Street Sign
The Strange Face (Graffiti)
The Strange Face (Graffiti)
The Windswept Tourists
Who would be a tourist on a rainy day?
The Windswept Tourist
The Text Messengers
What did we do before we had smart phones (or, indeed, phones at all!)?
The Text Messengers
The Wet Woman
The Wet Woman
The Face in the Crowd
The Face in the Crowd