The Sleeping Place

We went to Penrith cemetery today for a wander around to look at the various forms of memorials, headstones, and grave markers. I took the camera along of course which to some may be a bit of an odd thing to do, but those weathered stones have some wonderful textures on them. When we returned home I decided to look up the word ‘cemetery’ as I could not remember where it came from, trust the Greeks to come up with κοιμητήριον: sleeping place. Sorry for the image overload, I took…

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Catching Up

Long time no blog, well a few days at least. I gave in and caught some cold bug which kept me away from the computer for a while, today I can sit and stare at it, then every now and then remember to click the mouse button 😉 luckily the computer is not voice controlled as I still can’t speak 🙂 Anyway, I did manage the odd photograph in between trying to turn myself inside out coughing and sneezing. This morning I decided to try and take a photograph of…

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Change of plan

When I returned home this morning I thought I’d play with the camera taking photographs of the misty valley and the Moon above; as the morning wore on my plans changed slightly 😉 At this point I thought it would be a good idea to go for a wander with the dog and the camera along the lane – As I took this photograph I thought, wouldn’t it be good to take the Sun poking its head above the hills through the telescope rather than with the usual lenses, unfortunately…

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