Monthly Archives: August 2010

Bees buzzing

It was an early autumn afternoon, the sun still had a lot of power as it beamed down, yet there was the tell tale autumnal feel to the wind. Not cold but gone was the warm winds of just a few weeks ago. I say warm but of course anyone who knows th… Continue reading

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MiPhoneography

Well I have just published my next book. Miphoneography This is a collection of photographs I have made with my iPhone. I enjoyed making the photographs and the book. this is part of a long standing project/idea I have that we should try and make … Continue reading

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Water colour

Another day another experiment. I have been trying out my water colouring skills and it has been a very mixed bag of results. The first thing I tried was a simple landscape and I very quickly discovered that there was no such thing as a ‘simple’ l… Continue reading

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I’m getting all arty farty

Well here is another step into the unknown. I have signed up for a drawing and painting course. I have no idea what will come of this but it is all rather exciting. I enjoy drawing for the relaxation of it all. I don’t think I am any good but I en… Continue reading

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To Normalize or Not to Normalize? That is the question…

I am in a bit a spot. Should I create a database to handle all the data I am generating from my historical research? There was a time when I would have leaped at this and created a really slick looking database. However, those times have passed an… Continue reading

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Volcanoes and Deep Time

So Deep Time – this is like an annoying itch – just what does it mean? Well I am still not sure I can come up with definition yet – there are no doubt geological definitions but they won’t capture what I am trying to achieve – I think. Which bring… Continue reading

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Tree on the hill

I have spent the morning doing some pencil drawings, a sketch of the Notre Dame. Not bad for a first attempt but could be improved with more practice. Are more practice – this seems to be way of things – the more you practice the better you get. I… Continue reading

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Young woman

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Two minute sketch

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The Times on line – do I renew?

I know I have been a little unfair to the iPad edition of the Times. Many of the things that I have moaned about over the past three months have turned out to be ‘user error’. However I have had this for about three months now and ,because of prod… Continue reading

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