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Every Day’s a School Day with a Nikon F4 #3

 Th F4 has lain in a box, under the bed, for 5 years or so. I hauled it out last weekend. I’d forgotten what an impressive bit of kit it is, but I’d also forgotten what the intimidating range of dials and switches all did, exactly. The manual wasn’t in the box, or anywhere else I could see, but I was able to get one on eBay for £1.16 plus postage, and I sat down with the camera and manual all day yesterday. Today, I’m swotting up on auto focussing with some help from Fstoppers . 

I'm going to repair old cameras when I retire (355 days and counting)

Buy an old camera described as "spares or repair" on eBay or at a car-boot, do it up, put a couple of rolls through it, flog it on for a modest profit. That's the plan. I'm indebted to Richard Haw for his site on this topic . 

Dermestidae?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae?wprov=sfti1# The wee blighters!

Orange Hawkweed

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/the-orange-hawkweed-is-a-fiery-foxy-presence-in-the-garden

Dionaea muscipula

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If you have fresh fruit in your home, you’ll get fruit flies. Big ugly house flies and their kin find their way in. Not to mention the bloody fungus gnats which can kill houseplants.  This one was just over £20. It’s gotten a bit knocked about in transit, but will recover. D. Muscipula, out of its growing medium, resembles bulbs or onions, so it’s easy to propagate by division.  Two key things: they must get watered every day, otherwise the foliage goes black and dies. And growing medium must be very low nutrition

Motherwort

The funny thing is, chickens leave it alone. So it grows quite tall, self seeds, and the chooks have  a jungle to play in.

Google Won the Battle

I  considered making a blog from my Flickr account: that was not convenient .  So heigh-ho, but here we still are.