A juvenile Bullfinch perched on a well-aged fork handle. We were hoping the family of Bullfinches would have returned to our garden this year but as yet there has been no sign.

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Another garden helper! This garden fork belonged to my late father. It must be donkey's years old, so I decided to stick it in the garden as a perch, just below the feeders.

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Looking close...on Friday.

Spoon tied to our honeymoon car 50 years ago.

rust never sleeps

a long tailed tit captured in the handle of a garden fork

Collective 52 Photo Project. 25/52 ''Digging''.

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This was my father-in-law's garden fork and I am ashamed to say that I broke two prongs (obviously did not know my own strength!)

I keep it in my composting area for digging over the contents as they compost down.

Although it's missing two prongs, I cannot bear to part with it.

‘Transplant’. As usual the Strawberries went for a wander over winter - time to gather them up & put them back to bed - the Strawberry bed of course. The usual reminder that we mustn’t wander far either so STAY AT HOME to stay VIRUS FREE and to NOT be a vehicle to pass it on to others, Alan:-)

366 - I’ve decided to do this to force me to pick up a camera other than when we are away on our travels (they will be posted as normal) - I will be interested to see what transpires, they will be varied I’m sure so we’ll see where inspiration takes me over the course of the year, hopefully at the end of it I will be a better photographer. Feel free to critique as you see fit, but please don’t feel obliged, I anticipate they will not be to all tastes. Have a great year and if you also have embarked on a 365 project then good luck in seeing it through, Alan:-)

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... and yet another Still Life using 'props' from the garden etc.

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The handle area of two traditional garden forks.

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... and yet another Still Life using 'props' from the garden etc.

... and yet another Still Life using 'props' from the garden etc.

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A double exposure made in camera. Both pictures separated by a three year interval to show the passing of time.

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St Albans, Hertfordshire

... time to stop digging?

The stable block.

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getting the ground ready for some spring time planting...

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Time to start working the garden.

Zeiss Contax II rangefinder camera with 50mm f/1.7 Zeiss Sonnar lens and Kodak Kodachrome II slide film.

A photo taken whilst out working in the garden. The air was cold, but the sun quickly warmed the mood and brought a smile. Spring is on it's way...

Or a strange chicken-man.

The gardener casts his long shadow.

Helen... this is my submission to the "SHADOWS" photo challenge (at last).

In the grounds of the Polesden Lacey estate near Dorking, Surrey

That mulch don't spread itself.

A Sussex "trug" basket in a Kentish garden. Irises in the border at Sissinghurst. The making of trug baskets is a Sussex industry. The word may have come originally from the Saxon "trog" which would have been a hollowed out wooden vessel. Used as baskets for carrying and measuring produce, the traditional Sussex trugs have an outer frame, the rim and handle made of Sweet Chestnut with slats of shaved Willow laid in and pinned.

Queen Victoria was charmed by the "trug" when she saw them exhibited at Prince Albert's Great Exhibition in 1851 and ordered a variety of sizes for members of her Royal Family.

Hereio Jake Stockwell of the We're Here! group has chosen the

Dimensions of 4 group for today's visit.

Not the closest Ive ever got to a Kingfisher but certainly the strangest.

That's right -- Jane Austen bandages.

Alphabet challenge 2021, G for Gardener. Taken with a filter in my Fuji x-t20 and an artistic filter added in Lightroom.

One of several robins that are always ready to lend a helping hand if there are worms to be dug up!

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RSPB Old Moor has a few unique perches for the garden birds, this lovely Goldfinch was picking at the seeds secreted in the neck of the fork.

Another test shot from today with the D810 and the Tamron 150-600mm lens.