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The Garden after the Sunniest April Ever
May 1st 2015
Compare with earlier years.
Admin1 is reading The Blood of Angels by Michael Marshall.
Cloud of the Day: Cumulus Mediocrus
Apr 29th 2015
There’s a tiny moon on the right hand side.
Admin1 is reading The Lonely Dead by Michael Marshall.
Dew-bespangled Lawn
Apr 26th 2015
Our sunniest april day so far: >10.4kWh.
Admin1 is reading The Straw Men by Michael Marshall.
We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz
The Fog of St George
Apr 23rd 2015
A misty morning followed by another sunny day. Like this:
We’ve already beaten last April, kWh-wise, with a week to go.
Admin1 is reading Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus. Admin2 is reading The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson.
2lips in the Garden
Apr 21st 2015
2lips in the park
But the 2lips Admin1 likes best
Are Admin2′s lips in the dark
Admin1 has been rewatching Doctor Who and reading Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux.
Cloud of the Day: Cumulus mediocris
Apr 19th 2015
Admin1 has filter fun.
Admin1 is reading Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Lamentation by CJ Sansom. We watched Predestination and scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Weather of the Day: Sunny
Apr 17th 2015
With a dog.
Admin1 is reading Love Story with Murders by Harry Bingham. Admin2 is reading Buried Angels by Camilla Lackberg.
Cloud of the Day: Stratus undulatus
Apr 16th 2015
Stairway to heaven.
Admin1 is reading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett.
Flowers of the Day: Water marigolds
Apr 13th 2015
Brightening the pond on a cloudy day.
Admin1 is reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Sovereign by CJ Sansom, which is more interesting than you’d expect for a novel about a Tudor (yawn) lawyer (double yawn).
We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Cloud of the Day: Smog
Apr 10th 2015
Air pollution plus Saharan dust.
Admin1 is reading Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett and Admin2 is reading Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K Dick.
For the Benefit of Mr Kite There Will Be a Crow Tonight
Apr 2nd 2015
A crow mobbing a red kite.
Admin1 is reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading The Lonely Dead by Michael Marshall.We watched The Fifth Estate.
Dragon’s Head
Mar 30th 2015
Cumulonimbus and nimbostratus united in grey misery.
Admin1 is reading The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 attempted to read The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton but found it too hard going.
Sun and Rain
Mar 28th 2015
Admin1 is reading Jingo by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading The Last Temptation by Val McDermid. We scored 7 in the Guardian Weekend quiz. Could be worse.
Kofi na yini: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere Kore Natural: fruity.
Grey heron in the distant sky
Mar 26th 2015
First we’ve ever seen.
Admin1 is rewatching Vera and reading Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw.
Flower of the Day: Tulip
Mar 22nd 2015
First tulips of spring.
We watched The Imitation Game which was inimitable.
Admin1 is reading Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid.
We scored 8 in the Guardian Weekend Quiz.
Solar eclipse
Mar 20th 2015
The day of the eclipse. We decided not to go to the Faroe Islands, fortunately so as it was clouded over apart from the last few seconds of totality. Good views from Svalbard though, and here in Leeds we had enough gaps in the clouds to get some decent pictures. Here’s an early stage, with a sunspot visible in the upper half:
A bit later:
The maximum from here (about 89%):
Here’s a timecollapsed image of 10 of the photos:
And here’s a shot of the diamond ring as seen from Svalbard on a webcast, with one of our freshly printed pictures in front:
Finally, it did get noticeably dark at maximum, and here’s the proof:
Admin1 is reading The Truth by Terry Pratchett.
Anemone Action
Mar 18th 2015
Admin1 is reading Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett.
Coffi y dydd Ethiopia Sidamo Kebel Kercha Guji Natural: more like raisins than blueberry muffins, but exquisitely tasty.
The Primrose Path
Mar 16th 2015
The xmas lights bloke celebrates spring.
Admin1 is reading Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Something Coming Through by Paul McAuley.
Time Varying Light Sources
Mar 14th 2015
It’s Pi Day.
Admin1 was inspired by this page in Atmospheric Optics to photograph our fairy lights while waving the camera around. This is a composite of 3 of them.
Admin1 is reading Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett RIP.
We scored 9.5 on the Guardian Weekend Quiz.
Frogs Porn
Mar 13th 2015
The frogs are here in force and spawning like crazy.
Admin1 is rewatching Rebus and reading Touch and Admin2 is reading The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, both by Claire North