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I have three u3a projects on the go, and a fourth non-u3a project that is becoming really quite interesting. The first of these, will be delivered on Monday Morning, that’s the stargazing diary for the month, which reminds me that I still have to do tonights entry, which is going to be a bit ofContinue reading “1940 – A sunny Day”

I think there’s an unusual, slightly 3D effect to this picture of a plastic toy bus that had been abandoned in the Cockle Ponds. I can’t quite make up my mind which I prefer the mono or colour version. What do you think? Anyway, on to U3A, which apparently we are no longer allowed toContinue reading “1939 – u3a”

For some reason, one of the local foxes, we think it’s a vixen. has taken a real shine to our garden. It seems able to be sufficiently relaxed that it it is happy to fall asleep for several hours. We’ve seen it curled up on the rockery, in the middle of the lawn, and hereContinue reading “1938 – Let Sleeping foxes Lay.”

I managed to select and get printed my three photos for the next competition. The header picture isn’t one of them. I thought that it was time that I tried to get back to a normal post about Gosport, and that includes The Cockle Ponds. I had noted that the ponds were being emptied. IContinue reading “1936 – Out & About in Gosport”

Most of the time, I really don’t mind if a day is gray. But, we have had so many gray days since the beginning of the year, that even I am pleased when the sun comes out as it did today. I didn’t even mind that there was a slight chill in the air. AsContinue reading “1934 – A sunny Day”

I think I got a bit too enthusiastic with my FaceBook post today. When it came time to do this blog, I realised that most of the pictures I’d taken earlier today had already be used and it would be the case that you would be seeing a duplicate. This header picture is one ofContinue reading “1933 – Facebook & Blog Cadence”

Looking back through my posts, I was surprised to see that it is nearly two years ago that I commented on the closure of the British Heart Foundation Charity Shop in town. That closure continues to be a sad loss to the community in terms of books. Not only did they have a good selection,Continue reading “1932 – Charity Shops & Books”