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What a Difference a Year Makes

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What a Difference a Year Makes

5 Jun 2020 9:35AM   Views : 457 Unique : 338

Thinking of our current Lockdown, it struck me that things were so very different just a year ago. The change to Lockdown of course started very quickly - one moment we were freely going about our daily lives, the next the shutters were down and we were isolated from the rest of humankind. The thought drifted around for a while, so it settled on wondering eaxctly what we were doing just that one year in the past. It's very easy to find out as I have an image folder for every month's ePHOTOzine pictures, so all we have to do is look. Travel back with me to June 2019......

Garden visits! Ensete ventricosum maurelli
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Iris
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Foot of the tree, from a lens review
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Strange pursuits
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Sophie trying archery
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Rust on blue
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Colour wheels at Astley mine
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Gorgeous light at a National Trust garden
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Off road biking
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Colours of summer
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Blue Morpho
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Arley Hall Annual Plant Fair
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Cool cars
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Family trip on Manchester Ship Canal ending up in Liverpool
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We went places, saw things, tried things, photographed things and generally had a pretty good time. This year not so active, so something to look forward to getting back to when the situation allows. And also probably a good time to start making a list of places that we intend to go.

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5 Jun 2020 10:01AM
The Beatles sure were/are tall. I don't think video footage really captured how tall they are Wink
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altitude50 19 23.9k United Kingdom
5 Jun 2020 11:21AM
Great pictures, Exactly one year ago I was watching out for the 75th D-Day flypast commemoration at Portsmouth where certain heads of state and 'important people' were gathered about 4 miles away (yes on the 5th) I took some very fuzzy pictures of some very distant aircraft that are certainly not worth reproducing.
This year because we are self isolating and therefore following a new side of my hobby I am dropping liquids into liquids with a SplashArt device on a kitchen table and editing out dozens of near misses!
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