Warm and sunny for the search

It was very misty this morning. The first thing I saw through the window was the spider's web at the top of the wigwam of sweet peas. I was out to photograph it as soon as I could. The camera took one image and then everything was black. The battery was OK. By the time I went inside, changed lenses, cleaned contacts, changed the battery and tried again, the sun was too high in the sky, so the extra is the first one I took. The camera is a mystery.

We had our photo group Zoom coffee morning. Very pleasant and lots of good stories to tell.

I wandered down the main street in search of the hummingbird hawk-morth that has been sighted in the village. Graham B, who told me about it, was out with his camera. No luck.

In the afternoon I returned, as did Graham. No hummingbird hawk-moth but loads of active butterflies. I liked this small tortoiseshell but had lots of choice.

Tonight our zoom meeting was presented by 10 of our group. Everyone had chosen a fixed focal length for their images. What a variety. The majority chose to go wide angled, with only one longer lens at 135mm.

Life in the time of Covid 19
I recorded the statement made by Chris Witty and Patrick Vallance today. Living in a rural area, it is hard to relate to the statistics. We have very low rates of Covid. Noone in the photo group knows anyone who has been ill.

I do understand the concerns. Did these two senior clinicians manage to communicate clearly with the audience? My feeling is that multiple graphs are just a turn off. How many people are used to reading graphs? They both spoke well, coherently, but in quite long sentences.

I needed someone to come on at the end and say:
Things are very bad
You need to protect your Mam and your Nana
You know what to do!

Talking to Liz later - when she delivered some shopping (thank you Liz) - she said that the message about protecting your family no longer applies to students who are away from home after months of restrictions. Never thought of that one.