Smokey 1622 hr (Friday 14th February 2020)

The plum tree at the bottom of the woodland garden is starting to bloom. I put the close-up lens onto the LX100 and clambered round to a spot suitable for photographing them. However, tomorrow's Menace was advancing and it was too windy to get a sharp shot and the shots were swiftly deleted.
Smokey had followed me down the garden and laughed at my pathetic attempts. On my return he ran ahead of me and looked up me from the door mat with a "you're heading for the food bowl, aren't you?" expression. I still had the close-up filter on so I'm afraid it didn't focus properly at that distance.

L.
14.2.2020 (1908 hr)

Blip #3145 (#2895 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #004
Blips/Extras In 2020 #027/265 + #013/100 Extras
Day #3612 (820 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Smokey #508 (2020 #006)
LOTD #2274 (#2115 + 159 in archived blips)

Taken with Panasonic/Leica DMC-LX100 M4/3 compact

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Etta James - It's Too Soon to Know (1961)
The 2CD set of Etta James albums, featured yesterday, also includes the album Second Time Around. It includes this song that was written for the early rhythm and blues harmony vocal group the Orioles by their manager and released in 1948. It was regarded by some asthe first "rock and roll" record and was the first time that a black group on what was then known as a 'race record' crossed over to the national US pop charts. Etta James' version was coupled with Seven Day Fool on a US single.

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Stourhead NT