Non-Astronomy Photos 2020

November 7th Eddie Cochran Memorial

I was walking our dogs and, having driven past this thousands of times, finally took a shot. It is about a mile from home.

September 10th Frog

I was about to photograph Jupiter when I found this frog in our garden.

August 17th Moth

When I saw first saw this moth, I thought it was a leaf. What a good disguise!

August 14th Crane Fly

I'd never noticed the wing pattern of a crane fly (daddy long legs) before. However, I saw some beauty in the pattern of these wings.

August 1st Catterpillars

I saw these colourful catterpillars while walking our dogs.

June 27th Moth

I caught a moth in the bathroom.

I snapped a Nasturtium in the garden.

Then roses.

June 25th Frog

I saw a frog in our garden in the evening.

June 20th Roses

I photographed a few roses that had bloomed since my last shots.

June 13th Flowers

I snapped a clematis in the garden.

Then I caught a bucketful of flowers.

There were some carnations clustered in a pot.

I had photographed this particular rose bush a few times but could not resist another go.

June 11th Pigeon

I snapped a pigeon that had swooped to feed on the bread I left outside.

May 29th Flowers

I photographed some garden flowers, starting with an Iris.

Next was another rose bush.

Then a fucshia.

May 28th Roses

Our rose bush was full of blooms.

May 16th Sparrows

I caught a couple more sparrows in the garden.

May 15th Garden Shots

Some roses were out, so it was a good day to do some shooting.

I caught a couple of sparrows in our birdbath.

May 12^th St Nicholas Church, Chippenham

I stopped off on the way to the supermarket to take some sneaky snaps of a well-known local landmark.

April 23rd Vincients Wood

My wife and I took our dogs to Vincients Wood for a walk and I took a few shots.

First was a nice one of the trees and flowers.

Next was Andy, our Cavestie.

Then Ollie, our Cavachon.

Both together.

Aug 19^th

I spotted a pigeon while walking my dogs near home

April 15^th Plants

I saw some strange bell-type flowers in a local field while walking our dogs.

April 15^th Sheep

I get some nice groceries from our local farm shop and photographed some sheep while I was there.

April 11th Garden

I photographed some garden plants.

First up were some tulips.

Finally, an acer (Japanese maple)

April 5th Lambs

Every year, lambs are grazed on grass in a close near us.

March 31st Tulip

I snapped the first tulip to fully open in our garden.

March 19th Daffodils

I took some daffodil shots in our garden.

March 6th

I had just finished taking photographs of the Moon and Venus and did some flower shots in the garden.

March 5th

I had another go and caught the orchid flowers quite well.

The rose was not bad, either.

March 4th

I photographed some flowers inside the house.

February 29^th Daffodils

I photographed some daffodils inside and outside the house.

February 26th Swindon

It is strange what you find when looking for interesting thing

 or just walking and what you happen to notice. I was in Swindon Old Town and just happened to see a few things.

I saw a statue of a ram in a small residential close.

These hands were outside an arty centre.

An old fire engine.was in a small museum.

Finally, a flower bed outside.

February 22nd Crocuses

I visited my Mum and, as we somehow lost the crocuses in our garden, snapped two of hers.

February 20th Daffodils

I went to the doctor's surgery and often like their plants. Although we had some daffodils out in our garden, I had not got around to photographing them.