Mushroom.

Today's mushroom was in place of the shot I was planning of the deer at Studley Royal. Unfortunately I couldn't quite get close enough (I need a longer lens, I'm only really working with a 10-24mm and a 50mm) and since the stags were rutting it didn't seem too good an idea to make them cross! Mum, Dad, M and I headed out in the car (after ANOTHER super breakfast from Mum) and deer-stalked until we were icicles. The rutting males and their hareems were great to watch, just impossible to capture for a Blip. Luckily on the way back to the car I spotted this mushroom cluster, which looked quite eerie and fairy-like with a narrow apeture.

After our chilly walk, we all headed off to Leeds for a wander around the shopping centres. M and I picked up a present for his Mum, whose birthday was earlier in the week, and then a couple of pairs of gloves for ourselves as it was still freezing! We had a coffee and a cake in Costa which was awesome... Rasperry bakewell, mmmmh!

On our way back we stopped off in Harrogate at Betty's tearoom for a box of biscuits for M's Mum too. They had some lovely wee cakes but after my bakewell I felt I shouldn't be greedy... And I had a fair idea that Mum's evening meal was going to be lovely (which it was)!

We spent the evening relaxing with a bottle of wine while I sorted out some backblips and edited my photos. This one is SOOC apart from straightening and increasing the blacks by 2 points - that little 50mm lens again - it's definitely been my best photography-related buy.

Tomorrow we're meeting my friends for lunch, and it will be my 365th Blip. How fast the year has gone!