Ray's Photos

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Part Two


I'm a Sumac


Maple Walk


Lacks Haywain

Meanwhile, in the garden

Schizostylus


Viburnum


Pan and Cardoon

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Part Three
Off to the Quantocks with Herself and Terrier on 3 November

Glastonbury Tor


Across the Channel
Bristol Channel that is: Hinkley Point nuclear station in the foreground, Steep Holm in the water, The Sugar Loaf near Abergavenny on the horizon


To the Woods!


Colonies


Pool


Et in Arcadia...

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Part 4
Still on the Quantocks


Drink Break


Mad Bugger
The golden lab came out of nowhere, ran around in circles for a minute or two, then headed off whence he came.


Somerset Stretch


Old


The Way Back


Westward Ho!

Back soon with more, but right now, dinner to cook.

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Oops. Still, it was a very good dinner. Still, early November, starting in the park by Kingston Stream


Formality (with golden retriever)


Wellsprings
That's the name of the house, nothing more arcane than that


Tiny Dragon??
Anybody there got a clue what this might be? That's lavender it is on. About 1.5cm tip to tail


Hanging On
I know I keep posting pictures of this area, but I walk down there two or three times a week with Himself, and it just keeps looking gorgeous.


Bandstand


Going Over

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Part 2
Something for the dendrophiles



Peak Maple


Green and Gold


Swallow
The Brick Tree devours its prey


Copious Weeping


Jigsaw Possibilities

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Part Three


Emerging


Teazel Heads in Gypsy Lane


This Way!


Once Was Tack Shop


Butter


The Goon Squad

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Part Four


Well, Maybe This is Peak Maple...


...Even This


Litter


Weirside


Paging Chicken Lickin


Got a Problem, John?
Seems last year's cygnets have won whatvever the watery equivalent of a turf war is, and have dislodged the mallards from 'the feeding the ducks' steps...

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Part Five

...moving on a couple of days

Still There


Another Possible Jigsaw


It Just Keeps Getting Better


These Boots Were Made for Paddlin'


Orange Explosion


Provocation

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Part Six


By Taunton Green


Corkscrew Lane


Tangled Up in Bronze


The Way to Gypsy Lane


Abyssinian Sword Lily
No, really, that's what it's called. Wasn't expecting it to turn up in the garden in November, but there you go


Go Moan for Man

Laters

[Rayge]

Still in November, still wandering around Taunton with Scrap, still more than half in love with the persisting colour and, well, stillness of the season


Andmoreagain


Weir'd


Ineluctable Modality of the Visible


Strollers


Recently Halloween


Conspiracy Theory
The hoardings around the brownfield site on Tangier Way are regularly updated

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Part Two


Swirl


Ancient and Modernist


Avenue
Wilton Lands


Splash
Vivary Park


Mistletoe


Sunlight

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Part Three
Still in Vivary Park

Bandit


102 Years On


Orange & Lemon @ Birch & Linden


Everyone's a Critic


Nekkid Sumac
All leaves down


Caged

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Part 4


Precarious Perch
That tabby makes a habit of using the pipe taking mains gas over the Tone as a bridge, but this is the first time I've seen it sitting there.


Vertigo I


Vertigo II
Accidental wrong setting on the camera, but I rather like the effect


Lines of Communication


Blues Manoeuver


We Know Our Place

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Part 5


OMG a Visitor!
Phil and BB pop in on their way back from London for a socially distanced coffee




OMG Another Visitor!
Spotted this sparrowhawk perched on a roofridge a couple of houses down


Passage


Chip Lane


Life During Wartime

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Part 6


Friction


Looking for Herring in All the Wrong Places


Cognitive Dissonance


Aslant


Bench


Downward Dog

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Part 7


Their Lookoout


Streaming


Close Encounter
For once, no need for wobbly telephoto shots as the egret turns up just 100 yards down my road.


Them Again


Bridging


Balancing Act


Rainbow Descending a Staircase


That's it for November. Took fewer pictures in the next couple of months combined: hope to be back soon with some of them.

[Rayge]

December in Somerset...


White


Hanging On
Autumn still in the house



Sunset
Used to be that sunsets were my favoourite subject, to the extent that I attempted to construct a taxonomy of them. Here's a rare return in my back garden - never could resist a Ragged Ladder


Autumn Soup


Well Laid
Hedging on Longrun Meadow

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Part Two


Last
Blue background is sports courts in Taunton School


Bundle!


...And Relax


Uh-Oh


Clown Shoes


To the Woods!

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Part Three


Mooro on the Move


Rhythm


Narcissism
tbf, he wasn't looking in the mirror so much as responding to wind noises from the chimney


Don't Worry, Be Happy


Go for Gold!


Bricking It

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Part 4


Down River


Passion Spent


Faking It


We Never Close!


Bricking It


Wheels

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