Birds in flight – Black Headed Gulls

Here are some pics of Black Headed Gulls.  I wanted to get some good settings for the camera and capturing a still of a fast moving object.

Sunset at the Bay

We managed to get down to the waterfront a few nights back and capture some nice pics of Thorpe Bay and Southend at Sunset.  With a little bit of haze and a good tide the shots look great.

 

The Moon

Here are some pics of the moon, captured last night with the camera and the big lense.

First BBQ of 2010

On Saturday we managed our first BBQ of 2010 at home.  It was a beautiful afternoon, warmish, sunny, blue skies and not too windy.  We got a bit of chicken and nandos sauce and had a feast.  We even ate outside with the help of a few jumpers.

The video is also practice with the new camera and editing video again which i haven’t done for a long time.

Macro Veggie

 

Here are some updated pics of the veggie garden.  We have had some good warm (13-15) weather and lots of sun lately so the veggies and herbs are really shooting up.  I tried to get some close up of the new growth.  I don’t have a macro lense but can still get some reasonably close up pics of the plants.

Mixed Lettuce, still in need of some thinning

 

Spinach coming along nicely.  The plants are still pretty small – you can see the cotyledons, the long thin leaves.

Radish plants

 

Flat leaf parsley

Hever Castle again

 

Weeping willow

Waterfall

Water in motion

Fountain

Daffodils

Cute wife

 

Views of the lake

Spring flowers

Blue sky

Canal

 

Hever castle with orchard in the fore

Portcullis of the Castle

Hever

Hever Castle

Here are some more photos of our day at Hever Castle in Kent.

A family of Pigs made from plants wrapped around wire, i am sure there is a snooty name for this

Male Mallard looking cheeky

 

Female Mallard and girlfriend of above

Statue

 

Chaffinch

A very dirty sculpture of a swan and a women getting it on

Flora of Hever Castle

On Sunday we drove down to Kent to visit Hever Castle.  Ann Boleyn spent her childhood at the castle and there is also a lot of other King Henry VIII history associated with the castle.  The day was sunny and reasonably warm and all the spring flowers were out.  It was a great chance to test out the new camera too.

There are no captions with the photos because I don’t really know what they are.

Dandelion?

 

Happy Easter!

Our Little Veggie Garden

We have a bit of dirt outside our kitchen so we have put in some herbs and salad veggies.

There is a local cat that uses the area for its toilet which is unfortunate but i have scared it off a few times so hopefully it will stop soon.

Radish Seedlings

Mixed lettuce seedlings, some thinning will be necessary soon

 

Parsely, mint and chives

An onion from the cupboard that has been given a second chance in life

Some flat leaf parsley, coriander and a scraggly mint

 

The are some potatoes under the ground in the foreground here, they will do something soon, hopefully