There is something to be said for get up at stupid times of the day (or night in this case). So, at 0430hrs I was loading the camera gear in the car and hoping the cloud would vanish from in front of the Moon. As I approached Ullswater the cloud had completely covered the Moon, and I was about to turn around when I decided to stop the car and stand by the lake for a while. I’m glad I did, all I could hear was the water lapping against…
Read MoreYear: 2012
You have to wonder
I’ve been a member of Amazon Prime for a few years now, and it has to be said, the service is getting really poor. Or should I say it’s poor when they use a particular courier service. On Monday this week I placed an order on Amazon using their Prime service, it wasn’t a particularly exciting order but that’s beside the point 😉 Anyway, I received the usual emails from Amazon confirming the order and giving me details of how to track it on the couriers website. The following morning…
Read MoreQuick change
It wasn’t that much of a shock that the mini-heatwave we’d been experiencing didn’t last too long, it was a bit of a surprise to see snow falling so enthusiastically. At least I could get home from work and there was enough light for a photograph or two 😉
Read MorePanoramic time
A couple of panoramics from this morning.
Read MoreIt’s strange….
It’s strange how things develop and change when you’re playing with ideas for a painting. I’ve been wondering for a while how I’d paint Bilbo meeting Gandalf for the first time at Bag End, so I sat down with a couple of pencils and a large sketch book and pondered. Nothing came to me, I stared at a blank piece of paper and wondered if it was like they say about carving, the piece is already there you just have to chip away the waste. Well, I tried looking at…
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