Cardesque Snaps

Some flora and fauna in the garden

2011-05-31T18:07:00.000+01:00

Patty's plum Oriental poppy

Verbascum

Cherry tree

Heron

Blue-tit turned round at the wrong moment

Blue-it mid chirp

Wood peckers

Squirrel with strange ears

Just a few photos of things that appear in my garden. Not great photos but a few of them were taken behind a window.

Springvalley Gardens in sepia

2011-05-03T11:30:00.005+01:00

These photos were taken in a small side street in Morningside, Edinburgh. I used this tutorial roughly to make the sepia effect. I love the old Wild West look but it is a shame that it is looking so run down now. I found this blog which tells a bit of the history behind it.

Pesky moth larva

2011-05-03T09:26:00.001+01:00

I put this little moth case on my window sill to get a better look at it, lo and behold it moved so I grabbed my camera and took this digital macro shot as the moth larva poked his head out. Now I know they are pests but it is kind of cute. It is around 6 or 7mm long.

Open Doors Day at Duddingston Kirk

2009-10-01T15:48:00.010+01:00

A crypt

Inside the crypt

Kirk from a jaunty angle

Corbie steps

You can tell it is Harvest time.

These windows have just recently
been reworked and are looking amazing.

Open Doors Day at Duddingston House

2009-10-01T15:23:00.004+01:00

No this isn't a photograph of some branches but it
is actually the wallpaper in the box room - fabulous!

Chandelier from the balcony

Chandelier from beneath