smile hiding worry
Taken at about the same time, this is me in the main lounge at Haven Lodge, where I spent a week on respite at Easter for the second and final time. As things later turned out, it was my penultimate time there. I had thought this photo was lost but, while having a clearout on my old Acer laptop (the one I had at the time) I found this and others that I’d taken that week…not to mention those that I took while staying there for the final time that August.
By the time this was taken, we’d been into I think Lancaster for a drink and I’d changed into my satin pjs. I may be smiling but, as the title suggests, that smile was hiding a lot of worry, about whether I’d be able to come back again or not, if MY funding would be cut. As things turned out, it wasn’t but the writing was on the wall for Haven Lodge…especially those of us from Liverpool who liked going there.
As for the original description and title, I have no idea because, two years ago on 28 March, the account I had under the name of Barbara Cortina was terminated by Flickr for violating their terms and guidelines, without a word of warning. Not only did I lose nearly 2500 photos but also their descriptions, not to mention 11-12 pages of favourites and people who I followed as Barbara Cortina. It'll take ages to build up what I have left because half the photos are gone forever.
As Barbara Cortina, I'm no longer allowed to have a Flickr account, because, apparently, I violated their terms and guidelines but did they tell me HOW I'd done that? No. Many of the photos (including most of those I took while at Haven Lodge) are gone forever because I didn't think to back them up by downloading the relevant folders - it's really fucking crushing. Right at the end of March, the same thing happened again when another account I set up (under Barbara C this time) got terminated as well...also without warning for violating their terms and guidelines (which I never did). As a result, I lost 2447 images but this time THIRTY-ONE pages of favourites. Again, it's really fucking crushing.
smile hiding worry
Taken at about the same time, this is me in the main lounge at Haven Lodge, where I spent a week on respite at Easter for the second and final time. As things later turned out, it was my penultimate time there. I had thought this photo was lost but, while having a clearout on my old Acer laptop (the one I had at the time) I found this and others that I’d taken that week…not to mention those that I took while staying there for the final time that August.
By the time this was taken, we’d been into I think Lancaster for a drink and I’d changed into my satin pjs. I may be smiling but, as the title suggests, that smile was hiding a lot of worry, about whether I’d be able to come back again or not, if MY funding would be cut. As things turned out, it wasn’t but the writing was on the wall for Haven Lodge…especially those of us from Liverpool who liked going there.
As for the original description and title, I have no idea because, two years ago on 28 March, the account I had under the name of Barbara Cortina was terminated by Flickr for violating their terms and guidelines, without a word of warning. Not only did I lose nearly 2500 photos but also their descriptions, not to mention 11-12 pages of favourites and people who I followed as Barbara Cortina. It'll take ages to build up what I have left because half the photos are gone forever.
As Barbara Cortina, I'm no longer allowed to have a Flickr account, because, apparently, I violated their terms and guidelines but did they tell me HOW I'd done that? No. Many of the photos (including most of those I took while at Haven Lodge) are gone forever because I didn't think to back them up by downloading the relevant folders - it's really fucking crushing. Right at the end of March, the same thing happened again when another account I set up (under Barbara C this time) got terminated as well...also without warning for violating their terms and guidelines (which I never did). As a result, I lost 2447 images but this time THIRTY-ONE pages of favourites. Again, it's really fucking crushing.