Splodge

This is Splodge my fifteen-year-old cat; I am not sure how she became Splodge. My son-in-law originally named her Mozart when she was born, he, and my daughter, owned the mother of Splodge, she is a tortie and white so genetically will be female. Although she is getting old now, she is still very active and gives the two tabbies a run for their money when it comes to catching and eating wildlife.

I spent a long time today taking blips of great tits and other birds, but did not like any of them so settled for Splodge instead.

I visited my daughter this evening to have supper with her family and two Italian children who are staying with her for eight weeks while they learn English.

A walk around her garden gave me several blips to choose from, but I decided on the young pear fruits, rather than the flowers or the cats. The young pear fruits point upwards unlike fully ripe pears which hang downwards. If I remember I will take the same blip in the autumn when they are ripe; looks like there will be a good crop.

Shield Bug

I originally thought this was a Shield Bug, but on closer inspection I do not think it is. This bug was seen on the fennel stalks in almost the same position as the ladybird I included earlier.

It is not a particularly nice day here and it now looks as though it will rain; the garden needs the rain and I am working indoors, so I suppose that makes it okay!

Information added on Friday 10 June 2011 - It seems that this is more likely to be a squash bug Coreus marginatus.

Red Lily

Busy day today so I have only just got around to posting my blip. I backed up all of my recent photographs today onto six DVDs; this took a while :>))

Then it was off to look after my grandchildren, Oliver had to have his tea before he went to play in a cricket match and also had to be taken to the cricket pitch.

Then it was home again and down the road to feed our next-door neighbour's dog; they are on holiday so we are looking after Bow. I am not that keen on dogs, but this one is a nice friendly well-behaved dog. There may be a blip of him some time soon. While at my neighbour's house I blipped some lilies and liked this one best.

Then I had three students to deal with who had pre-booked one-to-one telephone tutorials and now I shall go and cook my tea.

Tomorrow is another day; I hope it is not quite so busy.

Park and Ride - Cambridge - United Kingdom

Today we visited Cambridge and as always we used the Park and Ride; we both now have a 'bus pass'!

I thought the bus made an excellent blip for today; such a bright green and my favourite colour too. The other Park and Ride buses in Cambridge are either Red or Blue depending on which route they take. This one goes from Babraham to Milton, via Addenbrookes Hospital and the City and Grafton Centres.

Firstly we went into the City Centre and after shopping, we had 'brunch' in John Lewis before heading off to Addenbrookes Hospital for one of my husband's many appointments. Then it was time to catch the bus back to Babraham and home.

Florence

This is a blip of Florence who was being uncooperative. It has been raining today, what few flowers there are in the garden are all closed up. Florence did not want to be blipped, probably because it was raining and we were in the garden getting wet.

Florence has only one eye, she was born this way and copes with life very well, catching wildlife equally as well, and sometimes better than her brother Dougal.

Oh how I wish I could take an interesting and unusual blip everyday, such as the one I took yesterday.

Eggodus

This blip was taken at the King's School in Ely. I took hundreds of blips yesterday as it was Graduation Day for some Open University students, but I thought that this was an interesting and different image. It reminds me of an egg and someone trying to escape so Eggodus, rather than Exodus!

A Simple Clover

I was trying to take macro blips of insects, but they never stay still long enough for me to blip them. Instead I decided on the simple approach for today, so here is a blip of a very simple wild flower; a clover (Trifolium).

My 'L' Plates have been removed today so I really feel I belong now. It is a lovely day here in the East of England and I would like to be in the garden, but I also have some work to do before the weekend.

Over the past ten days I have spent so much time looking at other peoples' submissions. I was told it was addictive, I knew it would be addictive, but I did not realise how addictive it would become!

Sparkle in the Grass

I had my toe nails redone today with black and silver 'Minx' and could not resist a blip of them to post on here.

I will be attending and processing at the Open University Graduation Day at Ely Cathedral on Saturday. I can remember my own two graduations, both held in Ely Cathedral, which is a magnificant setting in which to obtain your degree. I hope the weather will be kind for those collecting their degrees, it is such a grand occasion and something they have worked extremily hard for.

Saturday's blip is bound to be from Ely; it will be difficult to choose just one blip from the day.

Assorted Vegetables on a Market Stall

Today I went shopping with my daughter and grandchildren so not much time for taking photographs. This one, of part of a market stall selling fruit and vegetables, was taken with my point and press; I was a little limited in what I could get. It looks a little too green and blue for my liking but what you see is what you get. I liked the selection of vegetabes, especially the locally grown aspargus.