Always take your camera with you
One of my friends says, “Always take your camera to the supermarket”. It’s a wise suggestion. I’m outside in beautiful weather when I decide to take a photograph of my house with my phone.
As I do, I hear a Curlew approaching. I have my big camera with me and swing round and get it in my viewfinder.
Lovely.
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