Life Observed

After the gloomy grey rain filled skies of your typical warm front, the weather clears, the temperature drops and we see clear skies for a few hours. Then the clouds start to boil up and on come the showers. Green and pleasant land: It's all due to rain.

Well, the big storm, long predicted, swept over perfidious Albion this week leaving leaves and twisted trunks in its wake. At work a small tree fell prey to the forces of nature, but the rest of the wood seems OK. This shot was taken with a camera that dates from the five megapixel era with a modest autofocus lens I bought on ebay for £12. You don't need the latest and greatest if the lighting is right.

This is mine, isn't it? You did say I could play with it. What have I done? Why are you looking at me like that? Wrigs looking shifty during a photo session at the weekend.  Four flashes:  Key, Fill and two Backgrounds all triggered with poverty wizard wireless gear.

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. ... And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. In my case, looking at some old pictures, fifty years have got behind me. No-one told me when to run, I guess I missed the starting gun. Here's an unrelated image. PS. Nice Bokeh from that 45mm Zuiko lens. Mental note. You don't need another lens Pete.

Are you against the day? You think you don't like Mondays? Maybe you are suffering from Jambes Lourdes mon ami.

The new Government. You know it makes sense.

I'm still waiting for my next bright idea. I'm starting to get worried. Does one eventually run out of bright ideas? If you have a spare bright idea that you don't want, send it on a postcard. Contributions will be plagiarised mercilessly...