Category Archives: personal blog

For some reason I can’t explain, I have been really stressing ove what pictures I was going to put in for next weeks competition (subject Architecture), of the three chosen, I really happy with one, wished another had been submitted in black & white, and mildly indifferent to the third. But they have been submittedContinue reading “1888 – Camera Club”

I had a really interesting day with U3A. I had two sessions booked; Stargazing and Philosophy. The first session, Stargazing, was held in The Vine, a Cafe (former pub). There were four of us at today’s session. We had a good discussion about constellations that we know. We looked at the books that the groupContinue reading “1887 – 4th Monday – U3A”

Apologies for the quality of this image. The little beauty it shows a Grey Wagtail. We have had one of these visit us every year for at least the last four, if not five years. This is the female, the male has a distinctive black throat. They are beautiful birds, and I am so proudContinue reading “1886 – Sunday”

One of the activities that I wanted to do having retired is vlogging. Now, there is a danger here, and that is burnout. By committing to an unrealistic and unsustainable schedule. I’m actually not going to say oh I’m going to do a video at interval y days / weeks / months. I’m just goingContinue reading “1884 – Vlogging”

It’s Thursday. Today we’ve had Aurora since yesterday. The night wasn’t the best. Aurora had a bit of a session between around 0100 – 0330. We did get some sleep, but we were tired when we woke up. Still, we had a pleasant day. Lunch at the Gosport Garden Centre – I had the Leek,Continue reading “1883 – What could I write about?”

I had two jobs outside to do today, the first was to go back to the print shop where we get out competition prints done. It would be our third visit this week, and the most awkward. The first set of prints were just wrong. We decided it was a comms issue – our problem.Continue reading “1882 – Rain!”

I had another U3A session today, my first visit to Exploring Art. The session is run by Maggie, whom I know through Elayne’s Women’s Institute. There were about 10 of us in the room. This weeks topic was funerial art, which I have to confess, I expected to be quite depressing. But actually, it wasContinue reading “1881 – U3A Exploring Art”

These two rather forlorn wrecks lay at the western end of Forton Lake. I think the one in the foreground is probably much older than the one to the back, The shoreline here is at the back of what is now St Vincents College, but until 1969 it was one of the Navy’s main trainingContinue reading “1880 – Monday at The Shed”

OK, I did do a bit of housework this morning, so that is all the main jobs done. I spent a bit of time on the computer, having a chat with ChatGPT about swing trading. I like the idea of it, but some issues have come up meaning that i’m very likely to not botherContinue reading “1879 – Another Lazy Day”