Category Archives: Photos

Looking closely

Posted on 11th September 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Kim’s photo challenge this week is to look closely, and – like Kim – I find that getting into the habit of carrying my camera with me is encouraging me to do just that. I’ve been fascinated (even maybe borderline … Continue reading →

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ALT-C 2016

Posted on 7th September 2016 by NomadWarMachine

On Monday I travelled to Warwick Uni for the ALT-C 16 conference, which was taking place in the Warwick Arts Centre: The main purpose of the visit was to present some thoughts that Maha, Kevin and I had put together: Developing … Continue reading →

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Fossil Grove

Posted on 28th August 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today we drove down to Victoria Park to visit Fossil Grove, some fossilised Lepidodendron trees discovered in 1887 and preserved in a museum. Inside was very dark, and it was really hard taking any pics. Here’s the model showing where the … Continue reading →

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Evening walk

Posted on 21st August 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been a dreich weekend, but yesterday evening it was dry enough that Niall and I headed out for a walk. We walked up the road behind our house and I was pleased to see a gull posing nicely for … Continue reading →

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Collections

Posted on 7th August 2016 by NomadWarMachine

This week Kim’s challenge is about collections.   Well, there’s an obvious thing that everybody’s collecting at the moment, but what else? I’ve collected frogs since I was a wee girl, and I also have a fair collection of Doctor … Continue reading →

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Find Five Friday

Posted on 30th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I know, I know – it’s Saturday. But yesterday was busy, and then it was sunny so we walked to the pub after work. And this morning I’ve been upgrading my PC to Windows 10 and reading offline. My Find … Continue reading →

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Around the University

Posted on 27th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It was dry again at lunchtime today so I slipped my camera in my pocket and headed out again. As I wandered through Professors’ Square I spied a crow hopping around. He obliged me by staying still just long enough … Continue reading →

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A Lunchtime Walk

Posted on 26th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It was dry at lunchtime today and I had my camera with me, so after eating I headed out to Kelvingrove Park for a walk. As I walked along by the river Kelvin I noticed how many flowers were in … Continue reading →

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Pretty gardening

Posted on 24th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Off to lunch with Niall’s family today, so I tried to cram as much into the morning as I could. First I made raspberry ice cream with some of the berries from our garden. Yum – it’s lovely (will have … Continue reading →

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Last day on Mull

Posted on 16th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Friday was our last full day on Mull and it rained ALL DAY! At first, having a quiet day to do some PhD stuff was appealing, but neither of us really settled to it, and by late afternoon we both … Continue reading →

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