I’d like to point you towards a YouTube Channel run by a chap who labels himself as SirDork. He shoots pictures of toys, but in a special kind of way, making scenes involving action. I’d highly recommend that you take a look at his channel:https://www.youtube.com/@sirdork730I’d quite like to do something similar, but I’m not sureContinue reading “1997 – Model railways – More than just trains”
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1996 – Letter to Steve XIII
Dear Steve, Gilbert’s letter 13 is quite a long one. He goes into a level of detail about birds that I could never hope to match. That doesn’t mean I’m going to ignore birds, far from it. I love watching the birds. I have a hanging feeder which I fill with mealworms. I tried seed,Continue reading “1996 – Letter to Steve XIII”
1995 – Trip in to town
We went into town today. There was a maritime event on. It was unusual to see people-sized boats on the Cockle ponds, but it made a nice change. Well, we didn’t really go into town. We walked to the bus stop, got a No. 2 to the interchange. There were some shanty singers in theContinue reading “1995 – Trip in to town”
1994 – Substack
Substack is a publishing platform, acting a bit like a blog. But it dies do something a bit different in the way that readers can subscribe to newsletters. Now, that is something of an oversimplification but I have to confess that I haven’t got fully to grips with it yet. Why do I want toContinue reading “1994 – Substack”
1993 – Compost Bins
We have two compost bins on the go. This is a picture of one of them. I don’t think it looks very good. The grass cuttings are from last week. When I opened both bins yesterday, the vegetation was starting to rot, but there was no insect life. I am definitely not a compost binContinue reading “1993 – Compost Bins”
1992 – Looking at the beach
It’s just gone 1130PM. less than half an hour to midnight, at which point my post counter will either stay is it is, or be reset to 0. Currently, it stands at about 20. I think the most I have ever got to is around 116. Can you imagine my frustration when, at 116, forContinue reading “1992 – Looking at the beach”
1991 -Sorry – I forgot to do the Title
I am very disappointed with myself. I was nearly 30 minutes late for today’s Local History session. I had somehow managed to translate a 1400 start into a 1430 start (and as a result of being late, triggered a review of other sessions. I would also have been late for Exploring Art next week. AsContinue reading “1991 -Sorry – I forgot to do the Title”
No Post Tonight
I hope you don’t mind. I attended my father-in-law’s funeral today.
1990 – Letter to Steve XII
Dear Steve, If I were in a position to be able to photograph the nest of a harvest mouse, I’d eagerly grab it, obviously without disturbing the occupants. The nests are quite a feat of engineering. I certainly wouldn’t do what Gilbert did, take one indoors and roll it around on the table, apparently withContinue reading “1990 – Letter to Steve XII”
1989 – Taking it easy
I have to confess that I don’t like talking about any ailments that I might have. The one exception to this is if it affects something like going for a walk. Which is what happened to me on Thursday. I’d been for a walk along my usual route, past the Cockle Ponds, along the seaContinue reading “1989 – Taking it easy”
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