Author Archives: Mike Hessey

On the grass verge outside my next door neighbours’ house – the furthest I’ve been for about 5 months!

It’s been a very hot day, so I have barely been outside even to the garden. Much to my surprise though I found this single cyclamen flowering. Staying indoors I didn’t really find it all that hot, but something, perhaps … Continue reading →

I really hate magpies. The noise they make really sets my nerves on edge, but they are also not very nice in other respects too. Generally I try to chase them off, though typically they come back within minutes, and … Continue reading →

Another rose in the next door neighbours’ garden. The recent strong winds have done a lot of damage to my tomatoes – they have blown over and a lot of tomatoes fell off in the process. As those tomatoes were … Continue reading →

This is in my next door neighbours’ garden, so I was able to photograph it from my own garden.

I had the ‘new camera’ deployed for most of the day but absolutely no birds came! It started to rain mid-afternoon, so I had to bring the camera in (the electronics are very exposed), and of course a number of … Continue reading →

I’ve been busy with my ‘new camera’, so not much time to take photos, and also nothing very different to photograph at present.