Cold Feet

Fisherman.  D7000

7 May 2012

I saw this man fishing in a lake today; he seemed to have been stood motionless for really quite some time, waiting patiently for a fish to nibble his tackle.

My first thoughts were not " I wonder if he has caught anything yet" but rather as it was not warm today, "I wonder if he can feel his feet?".

If I stood for a time in cold water and waders like that, I would soon have a desperate urge to go for a pee.  Maybe he needed a pee too and now his feet are warm....

Anyone for Tennis?

Xena trashes yet another ball.  Nikon D7000

6th May 2012

Xena does like chasing tennis balls, but not quite as much as she likes to trash them.  Often she starts by removing their fur, before dismantling the rubber parts into chunks just a fraction larger than the hole in vacuum cleaner where the pipe meets the collection bucket; leading to frequent dismantling to remove blockages.

Today she was being nice and dismantled the tennis ball in the garden instead; it does not matter how big the chunks are that she leaves, they should not block the mower.

Yellow

Oil Seed Rape and Dandelions.  Nikon D7000

5th May 2012

Today is a day of travelling and often outside the window are startling fields of yellow Oil Seed Rape (Canola in many other parts of the world, named from CANadian Oil Low Acid apparently).

On closer inspection, there seems to be a glut of yellow in other areas too, namely the Dandelions.  I have never associated Spring with any particular colour, but Yellow certainly seems to be appropriate.

Bananas are also yellow; guess what my favourite colour is?

Happy Star Wars Day

Lego Skywalker.  Nikon D7000

4th May 2012

To one and all, Happy Star Wars Day; May the 4th be with you.

(Sorry, I could not resist it!)

This is not the first arrangement of figures I tried; lets just say Luke would have been more appropriately called 'Roger'.  I went with this picture for family viewing.  There are some Storm Troopers just out of the shot to the left however....

Mobile Home

Snail escaping from a puddle.  Fuji F11

3rd May 2012

Even though this snail seems to like living among the reeds, the puddles in the fields have become rather deep recently.   Luckily with its mobile home, it has the option of climbing higher out of the mire; it was also high enough that I saw it and I could avoid stepping on it.

Its colleague further along the path was not so lucky...

And then there were two

Squirrel 'Notnick'.  Nikon D80

2nd May 2012

I had my nuts nibbled again today, but this time noticed that the rodent in question is not our regular visitor who I have called 'Nick'.  Nick is quite capable of lifting the lid on the peanut feeder which was cunningly designed to keep the squirrels off the rest of the bird food.  The squirrel Notnick however, has not figured out how to lift the lid on the feeder designed for it, so goes for the bird food instead.

The peanuts are in a wire cage for the birds so not easy to get at, whereas if it lifted the lid on the other feeder, it could fill its cheeks in seconds.

Squirrel 'Nick', named as it has a bit missing
from its left ear.  Nikon D80

It is looking as if Nick may be the clever one; although it is all relative....

Oh dear, Roe deer

Roe Deer.  Fuji F11

1st May 2012

Whilst walking the dog early this morning, we stumbled across a rather inquisitive fellow mammal.  Normally the Roe deer just leap off into the distance, but this one stood and looked at us, and then kept walking closer.

Even thought the light was low, I managed to capture a few grainy images of the little creature.

The dog did not bat an eyelid and was far more interested in jumping in the stream.