On Tuesday evening, I went across to Portsmouth to do some videoing for a story I want to tell. To help me with the video, I had prepared some cue cards. It wasn’t until I went to use the cards that I realised that they were almost as bad as not having cards, and notContinue reading “2056 – Vlogging”
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2055 – Last night & Today
I don’t think I normally comment on the previous night’s post, unless there is a good reason to. I certainly tend not to comment on videos where I’ve not posted anything other than I’m not posting tonight. Last night’s post is a bit of an exception. It’s not often that I call a stop whilstContinue reading “2055 – Last night & Today”
2054 – A trip to Portsmouth
One of the Camera Club members had arranged for us to go over to Portsmouth to visit Old Portsmouth with a model. I had been burning to get over to Portsmouth to record some video about the Civil War from this side of the water. I did feel slightly guilty splitting off from everybody elseContinue reading “2054 – A trip to Portsmouth”
2053 – The Retirement Plan
It’s 6 months and 11 days since I retired. Before retiring, I did what I like to do, and that is draft a retirement plan. I think at the 6-month point it’s reasonable to have a review, and do the usual thing of looking at what has and hasn’t gone well. I think what I’llContinue reading “2053 – The Retirement Plan”
2052 – Letter to Steve XXI – Perhaps some introspection?
Dear Steve The mistake that I have made with tonight’s Letter to Steve is that I have not done very much with it, after a rather intense period of conversing with my assistant on Monday. We had quite a wide-ranging discussion, starting mostly with how I discovered Gilbert White. Summarised: driving north on theContinue reading “2052 – Letter to Steve XXI – Perhaps some introspection?”
2051 – A bit of Frustration
I was sitting in the chair under the hut awning. We were both admiring the garden, but what grabbed my attention wasn’t really the garden it was the spider webs. I have no idea how many times I’ve said in my blog that I don’t like spiders; I am, in fact, arachnophobic. I’m afraid ofContinue reading “2051 – A bit of Frustration”
2050 – Friday
I don’t know what it is about mornings, but come around 1030-ish, I feel irresistibly tired, no matter how good a night I’ve had. I’ve pretty much just given up fighting it and have taken to accepting the nap. To be honest, at the moment, it’s too hot anyway, and I am trying to avoidContinue reading “2050 – Friday”
2049 – Vlogging
I don’t know how many years I’ve been saying that I want to vlog, but I never quite knew what to vlog about. Over the last few weeks, though, I’ve come to a bit of a realisation. It might sound a bit odd, but I think it accurately represents things. Now, the one thing thatContinue reading “2049 – Vlogging”
2048 No Observations
Yesterday, I wrote a post about observations: https://localitystories.com/2026/07/07/2047-observations/As you can imagine, today, I was really looking out for observations that I could record. You know what’s coming next, don’t you? I did get out today. I met up with some friends from the Camera Club at the Vine, which is about half a mile fromContinue reading “2048 No Observations”
2047 – Observations
I haven’t been anywhere today, apart from a couple of small car trips. I haven’t walked, which is bad. As it got towards midday, I became aware that I would have a problem with tonight’s post as I didn’t have anything to write about. Spend 10 minutes in a garden that a beekeeper had praisedContinue reading “2047 – Observations”
