Struggling to fit in the 'to do' list before my big adventure (6 sleeps to go!), so not much time for photography, but made a trip to Waitrose and bagged another shopping list. I don't understand other people's shopping lists;…
DelNovember 15, 2013
I don't know where I stand on dog coats. On the one hand, I often find they look really stupid and question whether dogs need them because of their fur coats (the attached ones, that is, not the mink variety).…
DelNovember 13, 2013
Impressed with the magic show of a few weeks ago, MisterMac would like to start dabbling, so R offered to introduce me to a few of the shops in the real Diagon Alley so that I could buy MM the…
DelNovember 12, 2013
Yesterday I went to St James's Park for the Remembrance Service and Parade and, as always, it was very emotional and moving. I didn't want to spoil the mood by having a rant in yesterday's blog post and I think…
DelNovember 11, 2013
The Garden called Gethsemane In Picardy it was, And there the people came to see The English soldiers pass. We used to pass—we used to pass Or halt, as it might be, And ship our masks in case of gas…
DelNovember 10, 2013
Getting ready for my trip, I thought I’d try and learn a few useful words. From Chapter 1 of my Teach Yourself Russian book, I can now say ‘coffee’ (although I don’t yet know how to say ‘I’d like a…
DelNovember 9, 2013
No, MisterMac and I are not going into the crystal meth production business. This was the sky after the storm and I found it somewhat disturbing as it resonated of a science fiction sky after some terrible disaster, but as…
DelNovember 8, 2013
Signing autographs after his talk. What do Tim and I have in common? Pandas! I wonder how baby panda is getting on - I have had no news of him recently. I expect he's a lot bigger now, as they're…
DelNovember 7, 2013
Well the most exciting news today is that I have booked my trip to Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukraine. DNK (easier to refer to it by its airline code than its name) was a closed city - or a закрытые административно-территориальные…
DelNovember 6, 2013
… the fifth of November, for that is the date that I made an exciting discovery. Yes, a little piece of Vienna is about to come to Knightsbridge. And that little piece is dark brown, with apricot jam and a…
DelNovember 5, 2013
Oh dear, not a very inspiring shot for today! Now that I've joined The Chelsea Society, I'm trying to take some more conventional shots of the borough (there is more to it than discarded coffee cups and rubbish piles ……
DelNovember 4, 2013
A simple pic for today - shadows on the kitchen wall. I still seem to be on European time, so a mindless afternoon snoozing in front of a film!
DelNovember 3, 2013
And guess what sort of food we had for dinner tonight. Nick and Wilcey came over and we entertained Mr and Mrs K with fajitas, Sachertorte (not really a Mexican dish, but I understand that chocolate in a mole sauce…
DelNovember 2, 2013
There's nothing original - I've certainly done this shot before. Vienna was closed today, I didn't realise that it was a bank holiday and so walked miles to find coffee. Of course, the first district was open, so Kaffee al…
DelNovember 1, 2013
(1) To do the boat trip to Bratislava. We last went there before the iron curtain came down and so I guess it's changed since then! Anyway, the boat seems a very civilised way of doing this, so that's a…
DelOctober 31, 2013
I've virtually finished shooting for An dieser Stelle now (or diesel steel - as the Mac kindly renames it), but not totally convinced by everything I got today. Once again, the plans of mice and men were scuppered by the…
DelOctober 30, 2013
Or Autumn Leaves as it is often known. The weather here is still unseasonably mild, but there is much evidence of Autumn - the falling leaves and the pumpkins in the shops. Today I have walked miles, looking for particular…
DelOctober 29, 2013
Given the forecast and the howling wind, I didn't think I would be going anywhere, but there was no indication that the plane had been cancelled and sure enough, it took off on time and with a tail-wind flew to…
DelOctober 28, 2013
Jay getting into her stride judging the pin-up competition at the SIG Fair. This was an event to try and encourage the London members to join one of the RPS special interest groups. The weather forecast, however, led to many…
DelOctober 27, 2013