Have been very busy over the last few weeks so little opportunity to get out and about. The garden has…
Bird Pictures: Grey wagtail
Another from the stamp lot I purchased last week. The Grey Wagtail is one of my favourite birds which we…
Ashmolean Museum Oxford
The Ashmolean Museum in the centre of Oxford has the distinction of being the worlds first University Museum dating back…
LCDR D4-4-0 No 737
D4-4-0 number 737 was built at Ashford for the London Chatham and Dover Railway. It entered into service in 1901…
Bird Pictures: Golden Oriole
I came across a job lot of Bird stamps the other day and so bought them out of interest to…
M2
M2 (aka NGC7089) is one of the largest and oldest globular clusters known. It can be found in the constellation…
Oxford Castle
The original castle was built in 1071 by Robert D’Oyly, a Norman baron who had come to England with William…
Wildflowers (3)
Orion Nebula
Photos taken using Harvard NASA telescope For further information on the Orion Nebula see post of 29/4 (https://petesfavouritethings.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/)
