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Cafes and Cafeterias

I’m not ashamed to admit I’m both a cafe snob and a coffee snob. I suppose I could call myself a discerning coffee aficionado, but it’s the same thing in many ways. My snobbisme is complicated and attenuated by a … Continue reading

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Sun? You kidding?

I see WordPress was suggesting photos on the theme of “sun” this week. Cue hollow laughter from the world. Prodigal Son tells me he searched the planet last week through his phone weather app to see if there was anywhere … Continue reading

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Big skies near York

Driving back from York to Leeds last weekend, I got lost. Pretty unbelievable, really. I wasn’t actually lost in the sense of I had no idea where I was. There were enough sunbeams in the air for me to know … Continue reading

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Appealing Camellias

Long term readers may recall the agony last year of the tree massacre in my road. At the time, I optimistically told myself there would be a bright side (not least in a very literal sense) to the felling of … Continue reading

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Sunny Leeds

What is this weather all about? Not just one day of pure blue and satisfying warmth. Not even just two, with that typical British closing in weather front after a few hours of continental clarity. No: we are now into … Continue reading

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Pastoral Suburbia

Where do you imagine you might encounter the scene pictured above? In the heart of the countryside? A perfect pastoral setting? The grazing horse completes the image: peace and quiet and timeless. I stumbled upon the scene entirely by accident, … Continue reading

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Scenic Snow

I’m deriving huge enjoyment from winter scenery around my workplace at the moment. Beauty everywhere I look!

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Magic Shutter Magic

I have found a magical new app to play with. Magic Shutter. It made scanning the Sunday Times’s selection of great apps actually worthwhile. I can’t tell you the fun I’ve had with it over the last couple of days. … Continue reading

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Sunrise, Sunset

This time last year I remember muttering in a post about the appeal of seasonal migration to the Southern Hemisphere. Thinking it over, maybe not. For all the painful aspects of January in the northern latitudes of the northern hemisphere … Continue reading

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Carpe Diem

At 7.47am, I left the house to encounter the cold darkness of an early January morning. I was driven with the dog by Himself to a location about a couple of miles from home so I could do my favourite … Continue reading

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