Only 4 1/2 weeks to go…

One of the few funny things about this election is watching the slight panic in the voices of politico journalists as they come to realise that this is it. The election is not, at the moment, really changing anything. The polls are pointing towards a monumental dumping by the British electorate, Northern Ireland is different for so many reasons, on the heads of the Conservative candidates of so much excrement even the water companies would be embarrassed to pump it into the local river systems.

Will this change? Probably yes but (warning qualifications apply) not in the way that Ready for Rish would want. Perhaps the most fun things to do is watch as the Daily Mail, Express and Telegraph collectively explode with anger. No one is listening to them – just like their pet political party the Conservative Party.

Caution – 4 1/2 weeks is a very long time in politics – almost 1 Liz Truss.

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Dad’s Army…

So the next great idea is to blame the kids for not being patriotic enough. Less we forget that this generation, who are not patriotic enough, have already had a bit of a rough start, with the best part of their education messed around due to COVID. Oh and many more of them being raised in poverty due to this government’s policies than previous generations. But still this is not enough they have to go play at being soldiers or sweep the streets or??? I’m not at all sure but then again neither are government ministers. Not a great idea from what appears at the moment to be a Conservative election campaign that is getting worse by the day.

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As Good As it Gets…

We are not even at the end of the first week of the election campaign and yet Rishi Sunak is on his second or maybe third pep talk to his campaign staff. Certainly not the orthodox way to start a campaign. So far the ‘highlights’ have been: catastrophic launch, pictured by an Exit sign and perhaps the best metaphorical picture op – posing at the Titanic docks in Belfast. Still, as the song goes…’things can only get better..’ unless of course this is As Good as it gets.

Meanwhile as can be seen above the garden is coming along really well. A bit of rain now and then isn’t such a bad thing – not sure Rishi Sunak would agree.

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It is a Silly Place….

I’m trying very very hard to take this election seriously. I can’t. Perhaps when things really get going I might but somehow I doubt it. Instead I made this – not sure what is it saying about me nor the country as a whole – if anything.

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Let the Madness Begin…

So the Prime Minister, for at least the next 6 weeks, has lit the blue touch paper. The General Election is go. I’m sure I might have a few things to add to the noise over the next few weeks. Before then here are a few images of the garden from the past few days – which makes more sense?

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Should’ve

Messing around in the garden this afternoon.

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On this day…

This image was captured on this day in 2013. As such the image I have created here is not that different from the image I made back in 2013. However, the way I got there has. Of course in the last 11 years my Lightroom and Photoshop skills have, I hope, improved but the one thing that has changed is back in 2013 I didn’t have access to AI tools which now becoming more and more commonplace. I try not to make too much use of these tools which, if the latest reviews of the latest Photoshop beta are to be believed, are going to become even more powerful, but as time goes on they will become more and more pervasive or is that invasive?

Do I feel threatened by such developments? Not the in slightest. I make photographs for me and no amount of AI is going to do that. It can enhance the images I captured but the resultant photograph is all me. Then again I don’t make a living from this so perhaps my views might be different. Perhaps, perhaps not. Only time will tell.

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Some Photos…

Funny old few days…

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Sketching…

This is all I can manage at the moment..cold and hayfever…great combination!

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Coughing to Recovery…

This damnable cough! It is nearly two weeks since I caught this cold and still I’m feeling the after effects. Not all bad though as I was able to get out at dawn the other day for a very refreshing and surprisingly cold as dawn brook. This was a week ago and I don’t feel that much better!

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