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Category Archives: General
EV – 004 – The first long Journey
Plans have been made. Routes laid out. Today is the day. I’m venturing out beyond the range of my car on one full charge. Wish me luck. Today I really do feel ‘range anxiety’. This is ludicrous as there are … Continue reading
Necessity …
It was such a schoolboy error. Setting off to takes some photographs without the SD Cards! I can’t think of anything more stupid, well at least in the world of photography at least, but there you have it. What to … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of All Saints, Country House, Derbyshire, iPhone 15 Pro, iphoneography, Kedleston, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Park, National Trust, photography, Robert Adam, Spring
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Mad World…
All around me are familiar facesWorn out places Roland Orzabal The world (a bit unfair on Gaia) appears to be going through one of its crazy destructive purges. On these occasions I find walking around a pleasant garden helps restore … Continue reading
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Tagged Botanical Gardens, daffodils, fish, Flowers, Gaia, Koy Carp, photography, Spring, University of Leicester
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O Superman…
Here come the planes.They’re American planes. Made in America. Laurie Anderson – O Superman The other week I asked about the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President ‘…So where were you when you heard the Americans had bombed Venezuela? …’ and rifted … Continue reading
A Bit or Not A Bit…
The weather has been appalling over the past week or so. Nothing outlandish – we don’t really do that round here. Instead with get mush. It snows we get sleet. A gale blows and we get a few broken branches. … Continue reading
15:03 hrs…
This morning at sunrise a number of people banged drums, danced, pranced and pretend they knew what the hell happened at Stonehenge 3000 + years ago. (Spoiler Alert: – nobody knows for certain.) Yes winter solstice is here again. Yippee?? … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, AI, Artificial Intelligence, bbc, Christianity, christmas, Damp, Google AI, Gray, hipstamatic, iphoneography, Mist, stonehenge, trees, Winter Solstice, Wistow
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Looking the right way…
The other day I was standing on the wrong bridge over the M1 pointing my camera in the wrong direction. This morning I corrected that. M1 in North West Leicestershire District council. It was a damp morning but great photography … Continue reading
Heatwave No. 04
“…There’s a 4:30 in the morning now? … Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson Another heatwave. Out this morning walking through the dew.
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Tagged Dawn, Dew, Heatwave, Jubilee Park, photography, River Soar, Summer, sunrise
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London # 02
It is very easy to think that London is some form of special place. It is not. It is the product of almost two millennia of human interaction. The highs are incredible but the lows are vomit inducing. Each time … Continue reading
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Tagged Adverts, Ball, City of London, Cycling, Fox, Shaftsbury Avenue, Street Photography, Stuffed Animal, Telephone Box
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London # 01
If the Greater London area is from Mars then the rest of England, or Britain for that matter, is from Venus. Following on in the same vain: The City of London is from Alpha centauri.
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