Blimey its been ages! I have not blogged for over a month despite starting several posts in my head over the weeks. None of them ever made it onto my PC. I am however grabbing a bit of time back tonight!Its been busy our end for a while, mostly with great stuff like family visits. We are showing off our recently completed spare room! There has also been a gig (Porcupine Tree)lots of work, more website stuff (it's getting there!) and it's winter and somehow the days seem much shorter!For now t... Read Full Story
I have found rainbows to be very difficult to photograph, but thanks to my Mum pointing out this double rainbow during a recent visit, I got a chance to capture one of them while it was still quite vivid.I've missed Sky Watch Friday, but I have been sky watching. Happy Weekend All!To join Sky Watch or see other participants click here Read Full Story
I run several blogs and have put up a different post for this day on each of them. I wanted to try and reach a balance between being informative and providing a means of taking action.Climate change can affect us in so many ways. It's not all about the global catastrophe that may occur tomorrow or in 500 years as depicted in films such as The Day After Tomorrow, there are very real and small changes occurring all the time, the impact of which may not be realised until it is too late, or until... Read Full Story
I went to see PT last Friday, they were awesome! They played the first disc of The Incident as the first half. It is an amazing album, I feel as if I have know it for years, it is a thing of beauty and I cannot get enough. Here's a bit of it!! Read Full Story
I have had this song in my head for days. I am desperate for rain and we have not had any significant rain for over 6 weeks now. I have newly planted trees drooping all over and my clients do not want to pay to water them. It is a costly affair but so very vital.Drought stress can cause irreversible damage to a trees ability to photosynthesise, to feed itself.This is one of my favourite albums ever. I love the whole album without exception and think it to be Sting's best.If you are not famili... Read Full Story
For me Sunday is the best day of the weekend. I am used to a more relaxed routine, the chores for the weekend have been taken care of on Saturday and there is little left to do other than the things I want to do.We have leisurely walks with the dogs, walks around the garden with sporadic bouts of weeding, I get to visit blogs I treasure and post some things myself, and in the afternoon I cook.I really like the kitchen in my house. It is reasonably big and the afternoon sun streams in through ... Read Full Story
I visited the local reservoir again yesterday to enjoy the strong winds we had by the waters edge, and to see how many birds were there still. There were not many! However these little chaps seem to be there all year round.They are so graceful in flight and remind me of bats. They are however shy and I had to try and sneak up on them to get some shots.The pictures in flight were taken with my big lens without tripod on multi exposure setting.I took just short of 200 shots in all and probably ... Read Full Story
I have been planning my Blog Action Day posts for the 15th October as I want a different post for each of my blogs. The post for this blog is done and I am quite excited about getting it out there!I have an idea for The Green Man and have also started on my post for Evolved.It's been a very thought provoking process. I want the posts to reflect the purpose of each blog. The blog register for the day itself has increased by over 200 blogs since this time yesterday. Here is a little more inform... Read Full Story
