tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34879674095854097272024-03-08T22:12:38.883+00:00Life Observed... Can you tell me where it Herz?Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-69914816991537464612023-02-14T12:18:00.003+00:002023-02-14T12:18:59.185+00:00Yum<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXDnktN5HhzWwBQCKGZlKaodMrdrF72GekF2UTSdZRmmq1pyIla7d2JDfSEL6d9gjoDxCbD2eltqmFG9UBFVpUcHHimHM79sGqKVGegv9hbqKybTGLYlr6kTgVItX4auVGLtbhw5_J-3_lZcrkYt9coYvxzcFsdD3XJwDTQNIdZRxRxZs5x3Gy_1W/s4032/PXL_20230207_151944508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXDnktN5HhzWwBQCKGZlKaodMrdrF72GekF2UTSdZRmmq1pyIla7d2JDfSEL6d9gjoDxCbD2eltqmFG9UBFVpUcHHimHM79sGqKVGegv9hbqKybTGLYlr6kTgVItX4auVGLtbhw5_J-3_lZcrkYt9coYvxzcFsdD3XJwDTQNIdZRxRxZs5x3Gy_1W/s320/PXL_20230207_151944508.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Light and shade. Patterns. Colour. And the subject is edible. Always a bonus.</div><p></p>Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-42074192697174905552023-02-14T08:43:00.000+00:002023-02-14T08:43:08.094+00:00Cold<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI1ZSHGndh36ubnaZS6FRyFXJu0EwYYF4txRLNPRkl8pT80G7U0eHK7xLuuZbWgucuUKBo-hPzyT86LThWespCBlfazoSe7yuPJ-o6OXDjr_ZLqpITqiI0oDtlfwmpHDv0YoOpGfnn68Wp1nI1mXLPLIQNwc8xGsq75g6D9SyOUWzDtvMVIQhvnLO/s3888/PEN40173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEI1ZSHGndh36ubnaZS6FRyFXJu0EwYYF4txRLNPRkl8pT80G7U0eHK7xLuuZbWgucuUKBo-hPzyT86LThWespCBlfazoSe7yuPJ-o6OXDjr_ZLqpITqiI0oDtlfwmpHDv0YoOpGfnn68Wp1nI1mXLPLIQNwc8xGsq75g6D9SyOUWzDtvMVIQhvnLO/s320/PEN40173.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cold morning. The only way to get that foggy picture is to go out there.</span><p></p>Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-13698550186764913252022-09-17T16:18:00.003+01:002022-09-17T16:18:24.995+01:00Hello?<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Is there anybody in there? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just nod if you can hear me, is anyone home?</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVtBJg4Sx10_neBmQU-ofJ_59OblopgiesD8AHg6MXOGqLRmVgfiv56n-1apWJh5gByaX4tdLWy3Qe5PbtiufNAdjBdmwecvPoQbUyBs1-YNzE3qzOotZD39j1-frBsOpJ_nXyNdfv-sOXMbutIJFPFYmbXN90JmunidYHx8WyCv3aLHfZ7LY3xIE/s2048/PXL_20220905_104656315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVtBJg4Sx10_neBmQU-ofJ_59OblopgiesD8AHg6MXOGqLRmVgfiv56n-1apWJh5gByaX4tdLWy3Qe5PbtiufNAdjBdmwecvPoQbUyBs1-YNzE3qzOotZD39j1-frBsOpJ_nXyNdfv-sOXMbutIJFPFYmbXN90JmunidYHx8WyCv3aLHfZ7LY3xIE/w671-h394/PXL_20220905_104656315.jpg" width="671" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-60921662163495828782022-03-24T09:15:00.002+00:002022-03-24T09:15:58.422+00:00Bournemouth at a distance<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Miles away to the west at sunset, Bournemouth with its high rise towers and its fancy ways...</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaXflJqzDvpM-sURU_paiAfWgNaATIup9LwZkkQEJysssN0642F-AWZTZ3akP0CwRtU2GO4cJdkIb99bjbijJZkmJLvR5FUHmKcWimwGrfGsrPN5mVTWcDH6zjtZ2-N75QRnL7VdPWKbbVkd37bL94kWRGqZtgsCI7I0DHhVHQ-Um5-SH-x_233ov/s1024/PEN30008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaXflJqzDvpM-sURU_paiAfWgNaATIup9LwZkkQEJysssN0642F-AWZTZ3akP0CwRtU2GO4cJdkIb99bjbijJZkmJLvR5FUHmKcWimwGrfGsrPN5mVTWcDH6zjtZ2-N75QRnL7VdPWKbbVkd37bL94kWRGqZtgsCI7I0DHhVHQ-Um5-SH-x_233ov/w640-h480/PEN30008.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-57939636062191410752022-03-23T08:40:00.002+00:002022-03-23T08:40:37.500+00:00Monumental<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ah! Victorian workmanship. 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My final day of paid work after fifty two years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fifty two years! Really? Where did the time go?</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-83562650788041112652020-05-18T12:43:00.003+01:002020-05-18T12:43:46.822+01:00Scared but bored<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new distraction while locked down:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watching my cactus grow.</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-34181273226591743622020-05-18T09:12:00.003+01:002020-05-18T09:12:58.764+01:00Bored but scared<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuck indoors forever. Scared stupid about going out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the new normal they tell us.</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-28416065417404082322020-03-20T08:05:00.000+00:002020-03-20T08:05:14.998+00:00Stuck indoors<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In between times I have stripped and refurbished this Fender Squier stratocaster and customised the switching*.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then I made this odds and ends guitar from odds and ends, also with customised switching*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*In both cases they got the Gilmour Mod - if you know about these things :)</span></div>
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-49549979813919047702020-01-28T13:23:00.004+00:002020-01-28T13:23:48.223+00:00Short Days<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again Phoebus has finished his journey south. We're in a dark place at the moment...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am mighty impressed the sea can lift this gravel two meters and dump it all against the beach huts. After all it's only salty water. It doesn't have a mind or anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm just as impressed that the council will come and put all the gravel back eventually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you have too many guitars? Yes I expect so. But this one is fifteen years old and was for sale locally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would have been rude not to buy it, surely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know where you are with an Imaginary Friend. Someone who won't let you down or complain or object to your socks. </span></div>
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-11963330986215039252019-11-22T14:41:00.001+00:002019-11-22T14:41:08.015+00:00By the end of half term<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He'd had enough :)</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-64454969995374023122019-11-11T16:11:00.000+00:002019-11-11T16:11:02.812+00:00Felix the cat<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Felix the cat. Only £3.99. Includes shortbread biscuits.</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-65936434155909147962019-11-04T09:48:00.001+00:002019-11-04T09:48:20.226+00:00Its only water<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sea misbehaving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put those flagstones back and don't do that again.</span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-52308998831286116372019-10-29T19:08:00.003+00:002019-10-29T19:08:30.708+00:00Head in the clouds<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't leave your mobile phone on the windowsill at this monastery. That's probably why the monks don't have mobile phones.</span></div>
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-24664932149436875472019-10-27T08:23:00.003+00:002019-10-27T08:23:18.214+00:00Awkward<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An embarrassing historical moment captured by quick thinking sculptor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the Corinthian rugby team saw the strength of the opposition, their heads literally exploded.</span></div>
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-91429499896299492612019-10-25T16:39:00.001+01:002019-10-25T16:39:09.082+01:00Cold<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine sitting in a bath of cold water all day long, and then all night as well. </span><br />
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<br />Pete (The Snaarman)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349708051436625293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487967409585409727.post-91205539780004281112019-10-24T12:08:00.003+01:002019-10-24T12:08:25.987+01:00Usually..<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greek Orthodox churches are beautiful and new inside. They generally look like they were repainted just last year. Perhaps they were.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, there's always an exception.</span></div>
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