Warning - Possible Caterpillar Attack!

Reblogged from Fleet Pond Blog:

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Peter Martin writes:

"Beware! Warm weather has encouraged caterpillars of the Oak Processionary moth to emerge from their eggs. Each caterpillar has around 63,000 hairs, some of which can be blown in clouds by the wind, causing serious irritation to the eyes, lungs and skin. In some circumstances, they could even kill by triggering asthmatic attacks and severe allergic reactions.

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Worth reading if you live in the South East of England - or further afield!

Capture the Moment – May #9

One
of my
proudest moments

I have been struggling with a piece of artwork. I won’t show you now, but will quite soon. There was a missing element, and I was really getting frustrated.

I showed it to my lovely elder grand-daughter. She instantly knew why I was struggling.

But better than that! She gave it some thought and consideration and

CAME UP WITH THE ANSWER!

What a gem! THANK YOU.

Capture the Moment, May #7

Today
is the
DAY!

I may or may not be back later. Today is the day that our recently very flaky internet supply changes to another company. Will it make a difference? I certainly hope so.

You might see me later……. :)

Weekly Photo Challenge – From Above

An eclectic mix ‘From Above’, the subject for the current Weekly Photo Challenge. Some of these were taken with the old camera shortly before it expired, and the others with the brand spanking new one. Can you see a difference? I can! It must have been ‘going’ long before I realised.

Lots more entries and full details are here, and a few links below.

  1. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Flickr Comments
  2. WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE : FROM ABOVE | beyond toxicity
  3. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Ese’ s Voice
  4. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | A Little British Pea …
  5. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | mattpics
  6. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | allnuttadventures
  7. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above (Crab Stew) | skpfoto
  8. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Ryan Photography
  9. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Ohm Sweet Ohm
  10. Weekly Photo Challenge : From Above/ Dari Atas | bambangpriantono
  11. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | HpWpBp
  12. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | scillagrace
  13. Weekly Photo Challenge: Above by LGBU | moments captured by word.
  14. The fire near TokyoSkyTree | Summerfield84′s English blog
  15. Letting Go of Negative Thoughts | Broken Light: A Photography Collective
  16. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | MixerUpper.com
  17. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Found
  18. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | britten
  19. Weekly Photo Challenge ~ From Above | Cabin Fever
  20. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | So where’s the snow?
  21. From Above | Miss Pelican’s Perch
  22. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above: Cake | My.Vivid.Visions
  23. From Above (Weekly Photo Challenge) | En Vers et Contre-Champs
  24. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | « The Great Escape » Life from behind a lens
  25. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | What Is It?!?
  26. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | I Am An After School Special
  27. Weekly Photo Challenge : From Above | Moments In Your Life
  28. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | The Eclectic Eccentric Shopaholic
  29. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | बंजारा
  30. Wordpres Photo Challenge: From Above | A year in the Life
  31. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Kansa Muse on Micro Farming and More
  32. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | بيسان
  33. Weekly Photo Challenge – From Above | Chittle Chattle
  34. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | blueberriejournal
  35. Friday Challenges | The Contemplative Lens
  36. Weekly Photo Challenge – From Above | Just Snaps
  37. From above because it’s all down undah … | Playing for Time
  38. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Wind Against Current
  39. Weekly Photo Challenge – From Above « LargeSelf
  40. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | My.Vivid.Visions
  41. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | janna hill
  42. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | AC’s Sharing Spree
  43. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Figments of a DuTchess
  44. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Rooktopia
  45. Photoworld 3-5-13 | ~~~ nur ein “Klick” ~~~ ein Kompendium
  46. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above – Maggi | My.Vivid.Visions
  47. WordPress weekly photo challenge: From above | Milka Pejovic
  48. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Hope* the happy hugger
  49. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above – Birthday Cakes | My.Vivid.Visions
  50. Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above | Little Red Jenn

Capture the Moment, May #2 – and more!

I have refrained from posting my work for sale on this site, not sure if that is a good or a bad thing, but at least this opening statement will warn those of you that think it is bad! I’m excited to share two new links. Meta from greeninthemiddle, also curates an online gallery. She has invited me to be part of this and today my first two items are listed.

I’ve also started a sort of ‘Mini Gallery‘ on Etsy. The work that I’m listing here is a collection of some of the Colour Studies that I make when I begin a new artwork. You have seen some of them before (here’s one), and at a later date I’ll probably be listing some of those. Frankly, though, there aren’t enough hours in the day to do all that I want!

Posts have been erratic partly because the internet still isn’t sorted, partly because my camera had somehow acquired a very nasty scratch on the lens. The latter has now been solved with a new purchase and the former should be resolved within the next seven days.  Sadly family problems are still uppermost in my mind and they, of course, must take priority.

Oh, the joys of the internet! At least the sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day.

Capture the Moment, April #30

The last day of April

Last year on this date we were almost one whole month into ‘drought’, and it hadn’t stopped raining for 25 days. Over the last 12 months we have seen a lot of rain for days on end but recently the sun has been shining, as, in fact it is now.

Always the pessimist, though, and presumably worried about unexpected hurricanes and storms, the weather forecaster announced last night that May is expected to be the hottest on record and that we could soon return to drought. So those of you from other parts of the world who imagine that there is only ever rain in the UK (I know who you are ;) ) please note that the only thing that is constant about our weather is that we have some!