Month: April 2020
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Garden Robins
With spring moving along, and slowly giving way to what should be summer (12C is not summer..), the local robins are showing their offspring the area. Yesterday, while I was in the garden, the young robin (seen on the compost bin) decided my shoulder was a good perch point as it flew from the compost…
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Garden macro
While I’ve been unable to find my D750, I’ve at least found my D700, and my Nikkor 2.8 Micro lens. Can’t find my tripod quick release plate (it’s probably on the D750), but I’m still getting some reasonable results hand-held.
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Pandemic baking
With Ireland going into “don’t go anywhere” mode, and the supermarket shelves bare of flour, I went online looking for flour so that I can bake my own bread. Found a nice site, Kells, and picked up 10 kg of soda bread mix, and 12.5 kg of basic white flour. Should keep me going for…