Bloemfontein, 3rd of January 1892, J. R. R. Tolkien is born, fast forward one hundred and twenty two years and I’m photographing a button 🙂 The connection between Tolkien being born and the button? Well….. ….if Tolkien hadn’t been born he’d not have started writing, if he’d not started writing he could never have written the Hobbit, if he’d not written the Hobbit they’d not have made the films, if they’d not made the films they’d never have made the acorn buttons for Bilbo’s waistcoat, and if they’d not made…
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Best foot forward
With the New Year upon us I was thinking about one of the traditions many folk still like to keep. First-Foot, (or Quaaltagh (Qualtagh), Pothariko, Mekvle, Lucky Bird, the name changes depending on where you live) traditions all have a common theme, bringing good luck to the household for the coming year. The First-Foot rules that I’m more familiar with (as they’re the ones relating to Scotland and Northern England) have the following requirements: the First-Footer should be a dark haired man, he should carry with him a number of…
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Dawn today made it worth getting out with the camera and wandering 😉
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“The light looks good on the Pennines….” I look up from my iPad, pausing a game bookmarking the quantum field theory article for later, and look out the window. Julie was right, the last rays before the Sun started to set were hitting a small patch of the Pennines and I pushed my digital distraction aside and pulled out the camera bag all the while glancing at the view out of the window. As I open the camera bag the light changes, and the hills are almost lost in shadow,…
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Sorry… Okay, I’ll admit it, I’ve been a bit remiss[1] of late. Someone pointed out that I’ve not really blogged as such for a while merely posted a pretty picture or two with a couple of words of introduction. There are good reasons for this, okay, they may not be that good a reason, but they’re the best excuses I could come up with:- I’ve been busy. I stubbed my toe. Inspiration had left me. I could not type due to RSI. I was paid not to write one. Some…
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