Monthly Archives: January 2016

R and I went to Cardiff today, on an urgent parental mission to deliver a backpack to the Animator, who is about to go on holiday. You may be perplexed to read that the capital city of the Principality appears … Continued

…is what I was, that he skulked about in the depths of a flower bed, when I was kneeling in the conservatory with the 400 lens at the ready to take his photo. After about quarter of an hour (with … Continued

The weather this morning was quite promising, so when I went to town to have lunch with my friend P I took the camera, thinking that I’d be able to get some shots at the river on my way back … Continued

The light wasn’t too bad this morning, so I went out into the back garden to have another play with my new lens – this time using a monopod to give it a little stability, a shutter speed of 1/000 … Continued

There was a blipmeet today in Stratford on Avon, attended by chantler63, hildasrose, Mr hildasrose, sdg92, Mrs sdg92, JaneW, orchid99, FrankS, and 57Daisies, as well as me. The weather wasn’t very kind to us, so after coffee and a chat … Continued

I decided yesterday that it was time to stop obsessing, choose a supplier and order a 400mm lens. Early this morning, just after I arrived back in the house from photographing a sunrise, I received an email telling me that … Continued

Alternative title: Nokia, with frizzy bokeh. Second alternative title: Oh, Suzannah – what have you made us all do??! I had a wonderful surprise this morning: a parcel arrived from Canada, containing a portrait of Roley, and a lovely fleecy … Continued

Meet Bertie, a fifteen-and-a-half week old wire-haired fox terrier. “We’re having to do a lot of training,” said Bertie’s mother, “because there’s quite a lot of terrier in these. I mean – we had Westies before, but these… well, yes, … Continued

Firstly, thank you for all your kind thoughts and good wishes about Arthur. I have to report that we’ve had a mixed day today. This morning he seemed fine, and ate his breakfast with relish; he then went to the … Continued

We’ve had a rather difficult week here, for reasons that I’ve found it hard to blog about. Last weekend Arthur’s health took a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse, and for several days we feared that we were about … Continued