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A picture taken at sunset. Really, a grab shot which I didn’t expect, but the piece is mainly about my morning and afternoon walks. This was part of a rather spectacular sunset. The people are included deliberately, adding a sense of scale, and a degree of atmosphere. Talking of atmosphere, that;s what’s my writing lacks,Continue reading “1400 – Photography”

The crossways all marked up ready to go, but the bus stop is still covered. I don’t think it will be long now, the main bus halt is still being prepared. I reckon the end of the month. Then the demolition of the old bus station will start. In the mean time, there was aContinue reading “1399 – Morning walk”

Ok, I agree not the best picture, but really surprised to see this on our lawn after I had gone out to shut up the shed tonight. It definitely hopped as it moved, so I think it’s a frog, but wouldn’t swear to it. Really lovely to see it though. It has been raining andContinue reading “1398 – Frog or Toad?”

It can’t be just the wind? If it were, wouldn’t the smoke be blown as soon as it left the stack? So yes, I think this picture of one of the Virgin cruise ships at berth in Portsmouth Harbour give a good example of a temperature inversion. The ship was in berth on Sunday. IContinue reading “1397 – Temperature Inversion?”

I took this photo today whilst out on a bit of a walk. I think that the hut at the end of a dilapidated pier is full of character, but I’m not satisfied with it, because I would like the background to be out of focus. I may have another go at it, but thisContinue reading “1396 – Out for a walk”

On the bus. I wanted to give my bus pass a run, so I took the X5, which runs from The Hard in Portsmouth, via Fareham and a few other places ending up at Central Station. I wanted to visit a particular shop which is about a mile further on, and was easy to find.Continue reading “1395 – I went to Southampton”

Not a recent picture. I am in conflict with myself as to what to write about. I’ll think of a possible topic, and another part of my brain will say; “You can’t talk about that”. What I can mention is my ridiculous inability to get up on four out the five days of past workingContinue reading “1394 – Not walking”

Sometimes I get the urge to write with a pen. I do my best to make sure that the lovely cartridge pen that Alex gave me at his and Sian’s wedding, I love using it. I had to cliean nib the other day. I was changing from blue to black cartridges. I was surprised howContinue reading “1393 – Writing”

The NHW for the road where we live is something I set up several years ago now. I think it has pretty much fallen by the wayside. I don’t interact with the neighbours in the capacity of NHW Coordinator. It started going down hill as the move away became a prospect. For some reason IContinue reading “1392 – Neighbourhood Watch”

Tonight we went to HEDCA, one of the local community centres. It’s where the Gosport Camera Club meets. It was the first night of the 24/25 season. We are both going to join. Here is an outside activity that we can both share and enjoy. GCC seems to be an active club with a membershipContinue reading “1391 – Joint venture”