yippee

I seem to have finally shaken the cold/flu thing that I’ve been laid up with for so many weeks.  I’m still not 100%, but I’m no longer weighed down by it. At the same time though, Jay has really done her back in – the physio thinks its a disc injury in her lower back, but the muscles are still so tight that he…

thought provoking

I saw this posted on one of the Flickr groups I belong to.  Its amazing, thought provoking, stunning and somewhat disgusting – no wonder we’ve got issues on this planet. http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7 Statistics mean little to people. Chris Jordan helps people visualise what they actually mean…visually. “Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific…

photo-tastic

I finally got some energy (only a tiny bit, mind) to take a few photos over the last few days.  Did some abstract ones in the garden, longer exposures, trying to get interesting effects with some sucess. Then, yesterday, after dosing up to the eyeballs with lemsip cold and flu, I popped out (I know – out of the house – amazing) to the…

destinations

I like to travel.  well, let me expand on that – I like to travel on holiday.  I have travelled loads with work but I usually get precious little time to see anything, so its not the same Over the last 10 years or so in my career I have been to the following places with work – most more than once, and sometimes,…

the man in the moon

Back on the subject of our friend’s church  –  t’other half got an email this week from one of the people at our church asking if everything is okay as we havent been to a Sunday service in a month as we’ve not been well.   Thats the way it should be done.  Are you listening, Catholic Church up the road? In other news, I’ve…

lucky lucky lucky

Lucky Thats you, that is. Lucky cos I’m doing 3 posts in one day.  I know, better than the ruddy lottery, me. So, photos, thats the next thing. Took a few the last couple of days, some lovely sunsets, some abstracts and a panorama of the local beach on a stormy morning with a distant rainbow .  For your viewing pleasure, I present..

rain

Well, the rains come, finally.  When I say rain, what I mean is torrential monsoon like squalls that came in so hard that every window and door leaked in the house.  The rain drove in under the front door and left 2cm of water in the hall.  It came pouring in through the garage roof and onto the patio leaving 5cm of water pooled…

points of view

No, not the old BBC weekly letters summary with Barry Took, or later, the institution that is Wogan, but just some meaderings of cranial possibility.. Last week was was an interesting week..well..not that interesting actually, but you’re gonna hear about it anyway 😉 Work wise – I’ve had  last minute projects requiring working longer hours than I wanted, which was annoying as I missed getting out and…

weekend fun

Prepare yourself  for a post of such drama and excitement that you’ll need to be sat down.. erm.. Was a fairly relaxed weekend, just the usual shopping on Saturday (meh) and then a lazy afternoon reading, processing photos and the like.  So relaxed I can’t actually remember much else of what we did. I think the end of some red wine was involved too….

lens choice

yes, more camera related nonsense. I’m going to only use my 50mm lens on my camera for the next, ooh, lets see, how long – 3 months.  Thats quite a commitment.  Its a bit restrictive, not at all wide angle, not really zoom – blindingly good for portraits and stuff though.  I’ve become lazy with my camera and I dont really like the 18-200mm…