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It was quite a treat to take a brief break and sit in the spray of this waterfall on Mason Creek. It felt great after hiking on a very hot day. I prefer taking the Old Mason Lake Trail in warm weather as this trail stays in the shade of tall trees and has the added benefit of waterfall spray!
20 September 2019
Masons, Cheddington P810 GMU
Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine
Ex Stagecoach Cambridge 16010 and Red Kite, Tilsworth*
Aylesbury Schools service
Elder Gate, Milton Keynes
* see replies below
A look back at the coaches that visited the Farnborough Airshow in July 2014. Visitors using the Claycart coach parking area included Masons of Cheddington Van Hool T917A Astron C59FT YJ14BYS.
13 July 2021
Masons, Cheddington LG52 DBV
Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250
ex Arriva London DLA326 and Holmeswood Coaches
Elder Gate, Milton Keynes
I purchased my first, solitary, bee hotel in the spring of 2018. It was quickly discovered by Mason and Leafcutter bees and by the end of the first summer, I had almost "full occupancy." The bee hotel was placed on a shelf in the garage for the winter to protect the developing larvae from sub-zero temperatures. The following spring, it was placed back on the front porch in the same location near the garden where the bees forage. Unlike, honey bees, solitary bees only travel a few hundred feet from where they emerge. I added a second bee hotel during the early summer of 2019 and both hotels had nearly "full occupancy" by the end of the summer of 2019 and again in 2020. It has been amazing to observe the female bees go back and forth from the garden collecting pollen, cutting bits of plant material or gathering mud, then returning to the bee hotel to begin the egg laying process. Once they choose a “nesting tube” they crawl to the far end to begin. The female bee places her provisions, pollen with some sticky nectar that she rolls into a ball, then lays a single egg on the top. Next, she seals the egg into a “cell” with mud or leaf material (depending on which species she is) and repeats this process until the tube is filled the whole way to the front. One female solitary bee can lay about 5-15 eggs depending on the length of the tube. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the provisions, then form cocoons, and don’t emerge until the following spring. Each year, I would bring the bee hotels out from winter storage, but missed their emergence in 2019 and 2020. However, on March 31, 2021, our first really warm day, I happened to look out the kitchen window, which faces the porch and noticed a swarm of small bees flying around the bee hotels, the porch and even resting on the aluminum siding of the house. They were warming themselves in the sun! I was able to determine that these were all Mason Bees because the bees that were emerging were all breaking through the tubes that were sealed with mud. I observed the male Mason bees fly back to the nesting holes to check on whether the female bees were emerging. The males could apparently detect where the females were and would remain on the bee hotel, to attempt mating as soon as a female came out or would even enter the tube to mate before she emerged. At times, several male bees would pile onto the female, fighting to mate with her, often falling to the ground. As each new bee made its way to the opening of a tube, their tiny faces could be seen peering out from the tubes. Each emerging bee would cautiously come to the edge, clean their antennae with their feet, quiver for a moment, then take their first flight! Since the weather has turned cold again and there aren't many flowers yet, the bees are staying inside. On the intermittent warm days, they emerge to work on cleaning out the tubes, as evidenced by bits of dried mud all over the porch, just below the bee hotels!
As of the time of this posting, the Leafcutter Bees have not emerged, as the holes are still sealed with the plant materials used. This photo series was taken over two hours and is only a small portion of the total number taken of the amazing event.
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Prompt: A charming, highly detailed digital illustration of two small construction worker dogs standing behind a partially built brick wall. On the left is a fluffy West Highland White Terrier with bright white fur, wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange high-visibility vest, holding a metal trowel with a wooden handle. On the right is a salt-and-pepper Miniature Schnauzer with a distinct beard and expressive eyebrows, also wearing a yellow hard hat and orange safety vest. Both dogs rest their front paws on the brick wall as if actively building it.
The setting is a warm, sunlit construction site with neatly stacked red bricks, a wheelbarrow in the background, and a soft blue sky with light clouds. The mood is playful and wholesome, with soft painterly textures, realistic fur detail, warm lighting, and a slightly stylized, storybook illustration aesthetic. Centered composition, shallow depth of field, square aspect ratio.
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI and Photoshop
I saw lots of Tree Swallows on my visit to Mason Neck and they were not darting around like crazy (as they often do); they are a beautiful birds if you can get a good look at them.
21 September 2021
Masons, Cheddington LJ03 MDY
ex Arriva London South as DLA345 and Holmeswood Coaches
DAF DB250/Alexander ALX400
Snelshall St, Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes
Mason Wasp (Euodynerus pratensis).
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Grayson County, Texas. 20 May 2020.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/7.1 @ 1/800 sec. ISO 2500.
22 October 2020
Masons, Cheddington LG52 DCY
Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250
ex Arriva London DLA335, Holmeswood Coaches and Heyfordian, Bicester, though latter was possibly just on hire
Snelshall St, Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes
Granite counter top is an ideal place for hot day napping. Canon 6D with 135mm, 3.5, Olympus Zuiko manual focus lens.
Mason Tank - AESTHETIC ! {rose}
👉 EMPORIO SUPREME World: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/INFINITA/162/27/23
I've been wanting to photograph this one for a long time. This is one of the few remnants of Mason's rural farming past that remains. Mason is one of the fastest-growing suburban sprawl areas in the entire United States. To the left of this picture is a Kroger's grocery store, and there are modern-day fast food places and stripmalls everywhere surrounding this house. How has this survived? This is located on Kings Mill Road (Route 741) in Mason.
Back on September 2, 2000 this nice Kenworth leased to Mason Dixon sitting at a truck stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called me over to have me take it's portrait.
Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.
Technique: After photographing this mason bee in my lavender I turned it loose in a plant on my patio while I went to have lunch. Evidently the little guy got active and had lunch as well, because this is how I found him later on that same afternoon. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering).
World Photography Day 2022
If it's anything like my old hometown, the hair salon likely used to be a saloon where the members could wet their whistle before attending a meeting.
Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.
Technique: It was a cool day (18C) with partly cloudy skies and intermittent light showers -perfect weather to go looking for solitary bees since they'll have a tough time keeping their metabolism up. I got lucky and found this Mason bee semi-dormant in my Lavender.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
7 March 2018
Masons, Cheddington LIG 7009
ex Yorkshire Woollen 53 and Arriva Shires 4353 as M53MWW and Roselyn, Par.
Scania K113CRB/VanHool Alizee
A4251 London Road south of Tring, near Newground Road.
This beautiful scene on Mason Lake was hidden from the road by some thick woods and a few natural campsites. The hour before dusk is my favorite time of day, and anytime I am in the Adirondacks during this time of day I am either shooting or dreaming about shooting while driving home, peering at all the images I could be getting if I wasn't running late getting home. I smelled this one out; I knew something good had to be behind those woods. We parked roadside and hiked about 30 feet in to this extraordinary scene.