When a man begins to turn the earth he finds that spring is not born in the branches of the trees, but down in the cold and dark and damp. Before the first mild morning had stimulated birds to sing, some influence had been felt down here.
— A Countryman’s Spring Notebook by Adrian Bell 📚
Finally, the shot I was destined to take. A wild adder, shot by @adders.
Having one of those moments when you’re happily scanning your way through some old negatives of your parents’, and it slowly dawns on you that this set was shot…
…on a nudist beach.
When going through my late parents’ negatives, I found a small number of medium format negs I don’t have the capacity to scan myself. I sent off a trial film to a professional scanning outfit as a test, and the results are quite something…
Started reading: A Countryman’s Spring Notebook by Adrian Bell 📚
These little hardback editions from Simply Foxed are just gorgeous.
Do electric vehicles use more water than petrol cars?
As ever, it’s not just about switching to EVs - it’s about the source of the electricity you use.
Started reading: Wild Service by Nick Hayes 📚
Started reading: Light Rains Sometimes Fall by Lev Parikian 📚