This will only mean anything to friends and family! But the elderly relative is not losing his marbles and getting his dates muddled.
DelDecember 14, 2012
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the end of the world was supposed to end on the 12th day of the 12th month of 2012 .... well, it hasn't yet - although using GMT, there is still another hour…
DelDecember 12, 2012
Thomas Allen - before MisterMac thinks I've forgotten how to spell his name. I'm going through a bit of a Thomas Allen phase at the moment. I fell in love with his Don Giovanni about 30 years ago and that…
DelDecember 7, 2012
No, not the drugs and rock'n'roll variety, but the Wadworth's variety - at least that was what 6X used to be called. I am not a beer drinker, as a rule, but there is something about 6X that makes it…
DelDecember 6, 2012
The most fabulous light today and I just wish I'd had more time to be out and about snapping. Tuesday is rubbish collection day and so there are always some interesting subjects around. I don't want to be labelled as…
DelDecember 4, 2012
Hmmm, this pic raises the thorny question of photographer input, of which there is very little here. I suppose I can say I chose the point of view, the framing and a bit of colouration in Photoshop. I just couldn't…
DelNovember 28, 2012
An exciting day with like-minded folk discussing whether it was possible to unearth photographic style through some artistic exercises and psycohological profiling. The Queen's Head might seem to be an unlikely venue for a workshop, but it was cold and…
DelNovember 27, 2012
I'm not sure what the speaking tree was saying, but whatever it was, the tree chaps don't look too happy about it! So after a full English at the Royal Lion (the works - egg, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, beans, black…
DelNovember 26, 2012
Despite the dire warnings of relatives, the girls set off on their road trip. We'd planned it and the wind and wuthering were not going to stop us. Originally, we'd intended to drive up the Welsh coast and overnight at…
DelNovember 25, 2012
Visitors who bring rosè are always welcome. It goes extremely well with fish and chips - my culinary skills know no bounds! Actually, it wasn't even my culinary skills, but rather those of the local chippy - everything cooked fresh…
DelNovember 24, 2012
Rather an uninteresting pic, I hear you say. Well, it might be uninteresting, but it is relevant. When I took Friday's pic, I had something completely different for the Daily blog, but given some problematic internet access, I didn't upload…
DelNovember 23, 2012
Caught in the headlights, the obedient hound that lies outside the restaurant patiently awaiting his master or mistress.
DelNovember 18, 2012
I normally refuse to shoot anything Christmassy until the start of the annual advent calendar on December 1st. However,I took the elderly relative for a short bumble around the local garden centre and much to our horror, the entire outlet…
DelNovember 17, 2012
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through" (Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745, from A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind, 1709). Photographically something of departure for me, but I did think…
DelNovember 16, 2012
"Truly a composite of all small towns where ugliness rears its head, and where the people try to hide all the skeletons in their closets." Grace Metalious on her novel of the same name. But this is not Peyton Place,…
DelNovember 15, 2012
The observant amongt you will notice that there are no men here. There were some shortly before this was taken. However, as Rabbie Burns once said: " The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley" and agley they…
DelNovember 14, 2012
Shiny leaves and shiny roads - a typical autumnal sight. I don't go in much for photographing leaves on trees, but I find them fascinating when they're on the ground ... oh who am I kidding, I just didn't have…
DelNovember 12, 2012
An excellent day in St James's Park. This was taken during the parade after the ceremony at the Cenotaph - Prince Edward is taking the salute. The Chelsea Pensioners are my favourite veterans. They're local, they are resplendent in their…
DelNovember 11, 2012
Coffee break during this afternoon's shooting. And what a lot of fun we had! Thanks to Volkan for doing the fabulous make-up, and, of course, big thanks and hugs to our resident superstar for having absolutely no qualms about being…
DelNovember 9, 2012