I DO photograph birds!

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But only herons! It seems that herons are like buses - you wait for ages for one to come along, and then a few turn up all together! This one was stalking in the estuary at Arnside, Cumbria.

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"The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it."
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), English novelist

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photograph (c) T. Boughen

Constable's clouds

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As I walked along this country lane near Churchtown, Lancashire, cow parsley and may blossom lining my way, I looked up at the clouds and understood why the English painter, John Constable, spent much of his life trying to capture their transient beauty.

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"Spring goeth all in white,
Crowned with milk-white may:
In fleecy flocks of light
O'er heaven the white clouds stray."
Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930), English poet

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You can't fence clouds

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Walking on the beach at Sunderland Point, Lancashire, I looked up and saw this cloud, apparently lower than its companions, drifting over the barbed wire fence that marked the edge of the cultivated land. It made me reflect that, just as you can't hold back the sea, you can't fence in the clouds!

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"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
John Lubbock (1834-1913), English banker, politician, scientist and writer

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Walking the dog

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It's sometimes hard to decide who gets the most out of walking and playing - the dog or its owner. This couple, near the sand hills at Fleetwood, Lancashire, both seemed to be oblivious of the cold wind, and simply took great delight in each other's company.

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English novelist

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This image was Picture of the Day on 21st March 2007 on the French blog, PIXELMACNIAC.

photograph (c) T. Boughen