Young Orb spider repairing web

Female hover fly Episyrphus balteatus

The last couple of days I have noticed some small hover flies darting about. This morning one was flitting around by the everlasting sweet pea plants.I grabbed the A77 and the Tamron 90mm lens and managed to get a couple of pix. Turned out to be a Marmalade Hover fly. I had thought it might be a Platycheirus species until I saw the pic.

Trouble is they are so small until you see an enlargement you can't tell exactly what they are.

Quite a few Orb Spiders catching up on repairs by the cottoneaster bush.

How these idiots like to boast on Twitter of their misdeeds.

Then they get surprised when taken up on them.

See that doctor that could not keep her mouth/pen quiet.

Now there is a swimmer that admits he cheated in the Olympics.

What they should remember is

It is not a secret when more than one person knows about it.

Found a very interesting link concerning picture rights.

http://www.squidoo.com/finding-and-usin ... t-pictures 


It gives a very serious run down on why Royalty Free does not mean public domain.

I tried a new sandwich spread recipe Sunday, I find making my own gives me a better variety. of tastes. 


Recipe 1
Onion, cheese and Ham
4 ounce onion, 3 ounces cheese,   a slice of lean ham,
Cut all into pieces  and put in blender or shredder. Spin but end when the things are still coarse, (according to choice)

 Recipe 2, 
4 ounce onion, 3 ounces Mature cheese, 3 Frankfurter sausages.
Cut into pieces, blend/shred until fairly fine. I prefer about 4 to 5 seconds.

New recipe.
4 ounce onion, approximately 3 ounce corned beef, approximately   3 ounve Morrisons Roast back Bacon.
Cut up and blend until a paste. This makes a very good, soft, meat pate. 


I always use a good tasty fresh onion this gives moisture to the mix as welling as adding a certain tartness to the flavour..

Duke of Gloucester runs through Yatton station with the Torbay Express.

Having had my Uploading trouble solved for me I went down to Yatton to take steam pix.

Very lucky 2 steam trains running with a half hour spacing between them.

So many people there on the first one - Oliver Cromwell they swamped the place, I had a good spot until someone plonked themselves down in my way.

For the secong one - Duke of Gloucester I went up onto the footbridge over the line.

That way no-one could get in front of me unless they were held up by sky-hooks.

Thank the Lord problem solved. JPPI asked me if I had "Flash Player" installed and updated.
As I suspected that an updating had caused my virus I had ignored it when the panel came up during re-loading my programmes.
I went to Google to make sure I was connected to the Adobe site and uploaded the latest edition.
Everything now OK on Morguefile but still no access to BT Yahoo except via FireFox.

Problems with uploading

First it was trouble getting connected to BT Yahoo, I have to do it via FireFox.
Now it is problems uploading to Morguefile, although i can upload to Flickr with no bother.
Morguefile is a very good website devoted to royalty free pix for any-ones use. No restriction EXCEPT they cannot be used as a free standing pic for sale. Although there are some people that download them and create posters etc

Very much delayed posting. On Saturday 28th I was caught by a virus. Sunday after coming back from a steam safari I opened my PC to find it going round in circles. Loading cancelling, shutting down, reloading and so on.
I managed to re-format after about an hour of dodging but of course lost all my hard drive files. However my work files I had saved on 2 Novatech caddies holding HDs of 500 G.B.s each.
At least this time my JPGs are safe and sound.
I blamed a scam Email supposed to come from Fed-ex but I have been told since that it was more likely a fake Adobe update that is circulating.
I just curse the Basketing Drongos that have done this. Re-format meant I lost my sound and also my internet connection.
I was working until 4 o'clcok Sunday reloading programmes. Then another hour later on.
Had to take it up to the PC shop for re-installing sound etc because I don't have the modem and sound drivers.
Cost me £56 to get it done. Curse you again you Basketing Drongos. My your vital parts itch eternally until they drop off.