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Taken this morning at Cardiff Bay - a rare selfie of me in The Water Tower there. I'm hesitant in explaining this but here goes........ The reason for this is because an altercation with a man who had parked his massive delivery lorry in a disabled parking bay taking up two spaces set aside for Blue Badge Holders had somewhat rattled me. Many will know that I find walking any great distance to be challenging so when I spend time at Cardiff Bay whilst Huw is in his monthly meeting at MS Soc Cymru, we need to park the car here because I use my 'Doris' Bike' . We both challenged the lorry driver over this and in brief, one of his sentences got to me .... "I'm fed up of the likes of you" as he took a phone shot of the inside of the open boot of our hatchback car (!) Anyhow I scooted off in the direction of Cardiff Wetlands Nature Reserve , a place where nature knows no boundaries nor discrimination.
I must say though that I did laugh when Huw joined me there and told me that when he returned to the car , there were three armed policemen looking at it ( presumably on the way to The Senedd / Welsh National Assembly) lol!!
Whilst at Summerleaze Pool, I was sidetracked by the surfers coping with challenging conditions at Bude.
The camera club Challenge fpr this month is "Landscape with a Structure". I planned to go here on my way to Sainsburys, but it poured. After shopping the sun was out, and the clouds lovely, so a quick detour to grab the shot after all.
Dave decorated the house with our prayer flags, bought in Kathmandu in 2016!
The calm before the storm. 26 people including ourselves, with no easy access from house to garden due to unfinished work and a lost backdoor key.
This is the only way round the house to the back garden. Luckily the weather was kind to us, glad it wasn't on Sunday!
Our annual Christmas jolly to Cardiff today where once again we popped into Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes to see a 20 minute 'live' Nativity Play called "The Story"
Link to read about it the-story.org.uk/about-us/
Back on the road tomorrow again but to Cardiff Bay for Huw's official handover to his successor of Chair of MS Cymru Council.
So today, we’d pre-booked a Puffin Island Cruise from Beaumaris out and around the Island for a wildlife trip. As we were half way there in the car the phone rang to say that it had been cancelled due to very high NE Winds, and were offered instead a cruise in the opposite direction down the Menai Straits. Did we take it ? You betcha we did because it’s been on our bucket list for years .There is only one boat licensed to carry passengers on this voyage and it’s often dependent on the tide times and many other factors so to date we hadn’t made it.
This is where I chose to sit – on the corner of the stern of the vessel and quite possibly the most turbulent position but I’m a good sailor anyway.
My mistake though was not to double check that we’d left our waterproofs in the car. The outward voyage was quite pleasant but we got soaked to the skin and covered in saltiness on the homeward voyage. Great fun and a dream come true to sail under the two bridges (in comments)
As I got ready for work I kept nipping back to see what the light was like - I love to see the day arrive
Waterlilies in the lake on the nearby golf course.
What a day of sport! I needed to get out after the F1 at Silverstone, Wimbledon final and cricket World Cup final. Also had to catch up on the Tour de France for Saturday and Sunday (Bastille Day). Well done to Lewis, Novak and England, and Geraint is still in the mix after a day when the Tour may not have been won, but could easily have been lost after a crash at a pivotal moment.
A slow dash to Carmarthen and back today killing two birds with one stone - needed to pop to Carmarthen Cameras and also to see son who lives and works there. Taken from inside the car ..
Another walk, this time one from a Pub Walks book from 1996.
Going up Wepham Down (surely it should be called Wepham Up?) Dave stretched his legs, leaving me behind. I was pleased that the couple behind us didn't catch up with me though!
FCB 52 Week Challenge Week 33: Solitary
A phone shot due to today's horrendous weather conditions . Today in that case, we took advantage of a voucher than my friend Jan in Hampshire had given me for my birthday last January - a voucher for Afternoon Tea for two at the Rasoi Waterfront, Swansea SA1. You'd think that this kind of tea would overly sweet and sickly, but to the contrary , it wasn't as heavy as it looks.
A crazy busy morning to the extent that by early afternoon, I gave myself a good talking to ;-) and decided to photo this. It's a small pebble I have on my desk , one which I've photo'd before ( in comments) but this is the reverse side of it.
A return to Cardiff Bay today - pleasure for me but business for Huw. This is the Lego installation at Mermaid Quay.
Drove to Lavant, then cycled on mainly off-road tracks to West Wittering Beach. It was absolutely heaving, and the queues appeared to go for miles almost back to the A27. Felt very smug arriving by bike.
Nice little swim, then lunch and return ride. 26.6 miles in total on the Centurion and Salterns Ways.
Treasure Hunt 52: Panorama
Today we went for Sunday Lunch at a place owned by one of Huw's cousins who we chanced upon on last year's visit to Anglesey, one which we didn't know he had . Not only was the food good but we loved the games provided in the bar area .
After that we moved on to Cemlyn Bay Nature Reserve for a spot of bird photography but we sat in the Car Park and watched the birdlife because it came to rain heavily - and then some.
A link to where we ate..
My turn for a play with a glass vase and stripey paper, trying to get the refracted lines à la Gavin Hoey.
Not entirely successful, and I can't work out how he managed not to get lots of horrible reflections in his glass...
(A little cloning later)
For the FCB's 52 Week Challenge Week 17: Refraction
Went up to Guildford to see my aunt again, realising on the way that I'd forgotten a camera...
Good opportunity for the FCB's 52 Week Challenge theme of "Use your mobile".
Apart from the really white bit of sky, its not done badly for an old Samsung.
Spent quite a bit of the day making marmalade, with my tripod set up as on previous years. Thanks to the radio, I remembered it was the Great Garden Birdwatch, so I watched these guys... The feeder was full at the start of the day!
Sadly, the marsh/willow tit I was hoping to photograph didn't show up, but plenty of blue tits did, and five of my favourite long-tailed tits, as well as a songthrush and Great spotted woodpecker(s).
A dark old day today so I tried experimenting in Photoshop. This is a mosaic-ed white marble that I placed on a white plate. I went out later in the day when the sun broke out but that was short lived - phoneshot next along in my photostream
Clearing the patio and pond this morning. A quick trip out with my camera in the afternoon, but the butterflies were rather active.
Hoping I've ID'd correctly...
A late afternoon wander around next doors garden (they're away, and have said to help myself any time).
This piece of old car just goes to show that one person's junk is another's treasure.
Treasure Hunt 41: Junk
The love for life is fresh in the air. The prayer, "to be my highest and my best" has been said and soon the chaos of the new year will be upon us, but you must believe that the new year will be full of opportunities, infinite possibilities, worry free, joyful times and peace; And don't forget to love, laugh and give.
So, I got a new lens from lensbaby.com/lenses-composer.php for Christmas and this is the first shot with it. I don't know how I feel about it but I think I will learn to love it.
A wander around Brighton before helping out with a My Brighton & Hove mentoring session.
Kym and her friends were having fun!
Taken outside the Riverhouse Restaurant, Swansea SA1 after a delicious meal with an old school pal at The Rasoi Waterfront Restaurant
Another busy day.
I had seen a single eye like this when researching for Macro Mondays Pareidolia theme, but already had an idea for that.
A new marble bought for the occasion, but one eye didn't fit with my preferred title, so a quick flip in PS, and we have "Blue Eyes".
Humble apologies for the earworm, it is vying for attention with the Welsh anthem heard just now at the beginning of Wales-Australia in the RWC...
I was hesitant in choosing this for today's Photo a Day for fear of it being construed as bragging, so I double checked lunchtime with Huw who happens to be in Birmingham today.
Last night when I turned up for our MS fundraising group meeting followed by a Support Group meeting , the four of us who make up the group were given these awards by the Director of MS Cymru. If you look closely it's for the £5000 which we donated to research alone last month . We only started this group less than three years ago but in those three years we've raised over £20,000 in total ( distributed where it's needed ) Events have included Sky Diving, Charity Dinners, 10 k runs - you name it. I'd hoped to do the Velocity Zipwire in Bethesda myself on June 8th but there's another event that I'm to be at.
I don't know where to put it though so for the sake of the photo I moved my laptop from my desk and placed it there..... and cleared some dirty mugs away ;-)
Lovely husband just sent me this 😳 Luckily those on iPads won’t see the ‘live ‘ link 😉
Captured in MS Cymru's Celebration Event in Cardiff - an event in which people living with the condition got a chance to showcase what they CAN do. There were displays by photographers, authors, artists and other kind of crafts. Also a medley of songs sung by the newly formed aMaSing Choir. I chose this though for my POTD - it's the Director of MS Cymru presenting certificates to two MS Nurses from the team in Cardiff ( Rachel Wallbank and Gail Clayton ) for raising over £2700 by taking part in The Beacons Trekfest, a hike of 25 K culminating in climbing Penyfan.
A frustrating morning, so I flounced off to have a short walk from Chantry Post. I'd hoped for mist in the valleys, instead it was thicker on top, with visibility down to around 50m.
Taken at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales today during The British of Prey Centre's daily Christmas show based on the book (in comments) written by one of its co directors. Great fun for children of all ages - who ever could have thought of naming their Tawny Owl 'Tinsel' their little owl, 'cousin Sprout' Other feathered characters are named ''Nanna Fairy" and 'Uncle Crackers' ? 😁Hilarious from start to finish.
A visit to Lordington Lavender, which wasn't too bad when we arrived, but got very busy. Waiting for Oliver to have a sit on the tractor, this little girl was trying to operate the levers with her feet, and I promised her Mum I was just taking a picture of this.
Lights over the Market Car Park in Chichester. These may well have been the donor image for Liz's twirled one of the same day!
Spherical for the FCB's 52 Week Challenge.
Taken from Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility
[March-June 2015]
The Guggenheim (officially the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Founded by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1937 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, it was renamed after it's founder's death in 1952.
The current building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and built in 1959.