Bird action ...

At Kielder Bird of Prey Centre ...

Race For Life 2008, with XL crisps

Race For Life 2008, with XL crisps
Originally uploaded by pebblesfromheaven

Forgot to say, completed the Race for Life again.

Well, we did well to resist the burger van beforehand, but hey there's no way we could walk past the crisps, man

England's Rock Art - the aftermath

We're slightly hacked off today because some of B's images, with permission granted for use in the booklet and website, have been used by various places to report the story without proper credit given.

For instance:
BBC blog
Guardian slideshow
Guardian blog

Grrrr!!!

One of the best photos, this one of Kettley Crag, is being used in quite a few places. It's a fantastic shot, and reminds me of the exact day it was taken. I still laugh when I think of the farmer's cursing.

Here's a close-up of the poppy field (well OK the closest I could get to with my zoom, thanks again to the farmer)



Here's a photo of the berries on the tree I was hiding behind while listening to the cursing:



And here is a candid photo of B at the site!



What more can I say? Just for now, nothing. But we will be having words with others.

England's Rock Art - the website launch

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Originally uploaded by pebblesfromheaven

We were invited to attend the launch of a website today - England's Rock Art

B took the photos used for the scrolling images on the front page, and they were also used for the front cover of the extremely flashy-looking brochure!

It was a great day where the volunteer team demonstrated the survey techniques, displaying models which could be viewed best wearing 3-D specs!!!!

Juvenile blackbird

Juvenile blackbird
Originally uploaded by pebblesfromheaven

... possibly?

maybe a fledgling from the nest about 8 feet away from this fence ...

Benny and the Birdfeeder

Mine, all mine!
Originally uploaded by pebblesfromheaven

Benny brought us a sparrow this morning.