Is there a photography gene? I ask because two of my boys are already accomplished photographers. Witness this extraordinary picture taken by Pete in Old Street, London.

A friend sent me these extraordinary photographs of Katrina on the move. They were allegedly taken in Alabama but I’ve no idea by whom. Since they were circulating via a UK government department (DEFRA) it’s possible they came from a US official source (who knows, maybe even FEMA!)

UPDATE: Ah, the wonders of the Web. Sean French points me at the Urban Legends site, where it’s claimed that, although these are real hurricane photographs, they are not images of Katrina. Still, lovely pics. Sigh. What was it that TH Huxley said about “the slaughter of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact”?

Ground mist near the Mill, Grantchester, this evening. Magically peaceful.

This is my favourite kind of day. The thing about September is that such days seem suddenly very precious because you know that they’re about to become rare!

Well, in my garden anyway. Photographed this (glorious) afternoon.

… coming along nicely.

Photographed on a damp Saturday morning in a lovely Cambridge garden.

Common Room, Said Business School, Oxford, September 9, 2005.

Cambridge on the first day of Autumn with the Gibbs Building in the background.

Photographed at dusk on a lane in Donegal.