Useful font for adding some authentic lego lettering to any project. A simple frame allows you to add one row of lettering at a time without the fear of total collapse that comes with most of my other lightsaber based MOCs. I built a spreadsheet to calculate how much space the lettering will take up but I'm still tweaking that. goo.gl/sbjtkF if you want to have a play around with it. Be warned though it's rather primitive and probably wrong at this stage!

We got the grid covered and here's your guide to the Halloween Shop&Hop for 2025! Come join us at Fab Free, read us daily and join our group in world!

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a new one (I do of course already have Cotoneaster horizontalis) for my much beloved and very nerdy spreadsheet:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

pollen load clearly seen - grey cream colour with quite a wet looking texture

Let's put down the chaos, let's stop with the rushing, let's take a minute to just breathe.

We spend so much time running from one thing to another that we often forget to take a minute for ourselves.

It's not selfish or greedy, it's healthy and necessary.

Let's find that balance between responsibility and relaxation. Let's aim for a little more zen, a little more tranquility.

Let's work to live and not live to work. Let's pick up a book and put down those spreadsheets.

Let us just be.

Hope everyone has had a good day.

Click "L" for a larger view.

His owner has been slaving over Excel spreadsheets all sodding day long, so he took Danbo to the skate park just before it went dark today to unwind. A robot really is man's best friend. The dog came too.

Rowallane Gardens

For my Honey bees on named flowers set set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

I adopted Jimmy and Mack a couple weeks before Christmas 10 years ago. Both had colds (feline herpes) which is contagious to other cats so I kept them in our fully furnished basement away from Ella. In addition to their colds, they also both had coccidia, giardia, congestion, conjunctivitis, diarrhea and neither would eat. And if all that wasn't enough, Jimmy also had a urinary tract infection, crystals in his urine and a horrible eye ulcer. During those first couple getting-to-know-you weeks I had to have a spreadsheet to keep track of all their medications and when each needed to be administered.

So, that Christmas season I spent every minute I was home in the basement medicating sick kittens, cleaning up diarrhea and wracking my brain trying to come up with something tasty and smelly enough to tempt them to eat. They were so sick. Since bringing them home I had never seen them play or heard them purr. I was exhausted and questioning whether everything I was putting them through was worth it to them or if euthanasia would be more humane.

One afternoon, I turned off all the lights in the basement except for the tiny lights on a table-top Christmas tree. I laid down on the couch under a downy comforter to look at the pretty lights and just be near my sick kittens. I closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when I felt Jimmy's little feet walk up along my body until he settled in the crook of my arm and for the first time, started to purr.

In that dark, quiet moment Jimmy was content, I was at peace and we were together. It was perfect.

Happy Caturday: Memories

Holly.

I used to call myself an experimental photographer, then I became a bit embarrassed about it so I thought of something else.

But, unfortunately, it’s a true description. I’m experimenting at being a photographer. But I doubt I’ll get much further than that because whenever I try something I never hang around to perfect it. There’s always the next idea to try, the next lightbulb lights up and it always looks far more interesting than hanging around to get better at something…

This is my second attempt at combining intentional camera movement with a close-up subject. I think it works because of the colour contrast, and the still-evident prickles of the Spring holly leaf. It was taken when I first had the bright idea in March, in the local woods.

This is another one for my 100x project exploring motion in photography. Apparently, according to Andrew’s spreadsheet, I am currently about 14 images behind, so you can expect more blurry pics sometime soon... provided I don't get another idea :)

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the blurry bits. Happy 100x :)

A rather more popular meadow flower than my previous picture (creeping thistle).

for my Honey bees on named flowers set!

...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)

Protex - Popularity

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ZQiOvWZho

I got to 100 subs on Youtube last night. I am so thrilled. I'm like Monk. I love round numbers.

My livestream last night was a lot of fun for me as Mia popped by for a chat and we talked for a couple of hours. First time for me to talk to Mia. She had popped by because she'd seen an earlier stream where I talked about takoyakis and decided to try it out.

youtube.com/live/JxD0TMl7Taw

Unfortunately there was music that YT had to clip out due to copyright -- which they did and magically they kept my voice and the video visuals. However YT cutting the music out for a minute also chopped out the chat for the whole 2 hours so you won't be able to see Mia's side of the conversation. I probably sound like a crazy person talking to myself, lol.

I showed off some free stuff I got at Valentine Shop & Hop, picked up some more free stuff. I found FabFree's spreadsheet on all the gifts invaluable in choosing what fits my current needs. Then took a detour to Cica Ghost's Dark Fairytale exhibit and a hop over to Digital Art - Cammino & Vivo Capovolto.

FabFree's Valentine Shop and Hop list of freebies

fabfree-hopandshop.vercel.app/

In my video description is the list of free stuff I'm showing off in my thumbnail and opening scene. You can use the FabFree spreadsheet to search the store's name and get the store's V S&H slurl.

Free stuff Showing:

Eden Garden Forgotten Fountain by Naughty Bits (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Gleaming region)

Dog&Cat on the heart by DUMAY (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)

Free stuff Wearing:

little hearts on head by Lf Design (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Hollyhock region)

Off-the-shoulder sweater - LaraX by Web Dew (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Gleaming region)

Divine Roller Skaters Maitreya & LaraX by Spoiled (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Frosted region)

LOVE Female Earrings (PBR Material) by Hipster Style (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)

Billie BB Rainbow by Mina Hair (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Hollyhock region)

Ombre - Lips (Evo X) - Sweet Kisses - Glossed & Tint by Liv Black (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Golden region)

Heart tears- Pink Metallic by RBento (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)

Heartskip Eyes by Adore & Abhor (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Frosted region)

Places I visited in this livestream:

Cica Ghost's Dark Fairytale

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Digital Art - Cammino & Vivo Capovolto

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Retrospect/149/91/23

My YT channel

www.youtube.com/@caylacatz1

and distinctive red pollen load

Melanoselinum decipiens is aka black parsley - impressive big flower heads.

At University of Dundee Botanic Garden

for my spreadsheet!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Happy Beautiful Bee Butt Thursday !

Twistleton Scar End, Ingleton

Part two of our adventure into the Yorkshire Dales saw my trusty Sherpa Eddie Norgay and I head south west to Ingleton for Twistleton Scar. A major accent carefully planned down to the smallest detail although spreadsheets were not required this time.

We parked the car at base camp in sight of our goal on the more difficult west face before changing wellies for boots (it's not easy driving in wellies so note to one's self for future expeditions). After a gruelling walk along difficult to follow paths and across fast flowing rivers we reached camp 1, which was identifiable by an ice cream van, that had driven up the same path but from the east side. We needed to fuel our bodies ahead of the final accent - apparently they don't stock energy bars so we had to make do with a couple of 99s!

We left the day trippers to circumnavigate around the ridge and headed for the switchback path that leads to the plateau and our goal. Clearly this was a very difficult climb as my Sherpa, weighed down with all our photography equipment plus two tripods (Mrs R had declined this trip) was feeling the strain and stopped momentarily to catch a breather.

I pressed on, against the howling winds... no wonder the day trippers had faltered at this final hurdle! Upon reaching the summit I surveyed the landscape - not a single solitary person could be seen, apart from my trusty Sherpa making the final push up the infamously dangerous section simply known as "the path". I unpacked my Union Jack and planted it firmly between some cracks declaring this peak for Queen and country as well as naming the area - The Lancashire Dales, after all, it is on our side of the country.

Since our accent was unsupported, we both knew our time on the summit was limited due to the thinness of the air and so we took our photos of the limestone pavement and wind ravaged trees before making the long decent back to back camp, which surprisingly you can see from the top.

People may ask why we undertook such a dangerous expedition to summit one of the most difficult accents in the UK but as George Mallory once said about Everest... because it's there!

Many thanks to the Yorkshirephotoexplorer a.k.a. Sue for the info and excellent directions. Found it no problem and parked on Thornton Lane (approx postcode LA6 3PL for future reference)

Note: some fabrication of the facts may have crept into the telling of this story but the ice cream van bit is true... ask my Sherpa.

Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'- sneezeweed

In the walled garden in Rowallane.

For my Honey bees on named flowers set

I have put an easy to search spreadsheet of the whole set of honey bees on named flowers here:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

The composition emphasis clutter rather than having the subject near the middle third, but that's they way it looked. A slightly late 6E54 discharged tanks to Humber passes 6M57 arriving from Lindsey, the radio about to be handed over. An intermodal from Birch Coppice waits its turn on the branch. You can see from the heat haze over the distant trains that this is a 'real' photo, not one of my composites. I've spent too long recently filling out spreadsheets to make the effort....

At Rowallane

Good view of the pollen load - mustard coloured on a lovely black bee.

A new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Apologies, I have just realised that this photograph has already been uploaded due to an error on my spreadsheet for 1986.

20192 & 20191 - Kilwinning - 0834 - 08/05/86 (Un-identified [Headcode / Departure tim] Speedlink trip working from Falkland Jn S.S [Ayr} to the ICI works at Stevenson via a run-round in the sidings North of Station [instead of using the direct line from Byrehill Jn to Dubbs Jn just like 6S61 an hour later], which consisted of 5 individually numbered ICI TTAs loaded with caustic soda).

The other locomotive working Speedlink trips from Falkland Jn was 26029, which visited Dalry with a single TTA:-

www.flickr.com/photos/151904976@N08/39743646504/in/photol...

& ICI Snodgrass with 4 VDAs:-

www.flickr.com/photos/151904976@N08/39743647204/in/photol...

The January 20, 2019 Super Wolf Blood Moon rising over the Space Needle in Seattle, WA. January 20, 2019.

I love the challenge of combining astrological events and landscapes. It requires a truckload of planning (and a bit of trigonometry) and it is so, SO rewarding to see it come to life in the field right before your eyes. I also strongly believe that adding the sun, moon, or stars as a compositional element can result in something unique. Everyone here has seen a photo of the Space Needle, but hopefully this version that includes the January 20, 2019 total lunar eclipse is a little different.

I planned the shoot in advance using PhotoPills and Excel to line up the moon with the Space Needle and to confirm the angle of the moon from horizon would put it above the Space Needle if shooting from the ground looking up. For the base image, I shot the Space Needle at a low ISO for a clean foreground. As the moon moved into the Earth's shadow to enter the total eclipse phase while simultaneously aligning with the needle, I shot 5-8 images of the moon in burst mode at 1/2 a second at ISO 3200 (or ISO 6400 - I forget). In post, I stacked the multiple captures of the moon together to reduce high ISO noise and increase detail (this is a common astrophotography process, kind of a manual version of what what the new Sony A7R camera bodies do when they go into the super resolution pixel shift mode).

If interested, I have a tutorial on how to plan shots like these here: Blood Moon tutorial.

I've also made the spreadsheet I use to check angles in the process available here: Google Sheets

I don't actually know much about the science behind birding but I learned something this morning. I try and keep families of birds together in Flickr Albums. I keep a life list that I got from the The American Ornithological Society (NACC) a long time ago. It's an excel spreadsheet. So when I went to see all the birds in the family Passerellidae on the NACC list I only found two. Here's why:

From Google -

The American Ornithological Society (NACC) separated New World sparrows into the distinct family Passerellidae in 2017 based on genetic evidence, separating them from Old World buntings (Emberizidae). Older lists or different taxonomic authorities may still group them together, causing this common discrepancy in sparrow classification.

I worked from the comfort of my dining room today instead of going into the office and part of the work I needed to get done was verifying information line by line.

Half way through the job, Fyero decided I needed close supervision and curled up on the "done" pile. She insisted on staying so I just piled more paper on her while she rested.

Eventually she decided I was capable of working without such intense supervision and went back to her usual place on the chaise.

Whew, didn't get fired.

Hope everyone has had a good day.

Photography gear - Macro Mondays

203/365 pictures in 2018

The items in the photograph are less that 3" wide. See first comment for the "measurement" photo.

© All Rights Reserved. Please do not use or reproduce this image on Websites/Blog or any other media without my explicit permission.

Nueva edición de los Retos de la Familia Fotera dedicado al color rojo. Y como hoy es festivo, parece que a nuestra parejita se le han pegado las sábanas.

No dejéis de visitar al resto de participantes y seguir el hashtag #RetoRojo en Twitter

+info: thinkinfreak.com/blog/2013/05/01/retorojo-la-foto/

Beehive grid - hiding behind it (tens of) thousands of human lives, ambitions, disappointments and hopes...

One for my Honey bees on named flowers set

nice light yellow pollen load on show

And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

& some music if you like - no real connection to the photo but feels good to me

Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8

Pelican Cove

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

03-02-2015

Processed: 05/17/25

I've been going through old photo folders in search of cloudscapes to add to a new "skies" folder I can use for sky replacement. I discovered this previously unprocessed image from March of 2015 (a decade ago. sigh). It's been waiting a l-o-n-g time. 😀

I'm also making this post my first announcement that I've booked my next trip, and it'll be coming up fast.

I'm going on my trip to the "American South", Tennessee in particular, from May 29th through June 7th. I'll be flying into Memphis, staying three nights, renting a car, driving to Nashville, where I'll stay another three nights, then driving to Gatlinburg, the gateway to Great Smoky Mountain National Park, where I'll stay a final three days. I'll fly from Knoxville back home on June 7th.

Now I have to devour my guidebook and create my trip calculator spreadsheet, add many potential photo ops to my google maps saved folder, and pack! So I'll be off social media for pretty much the last week of May and the first week of June. Beale Street, Graceland, Grand Old Opry, Music Row, Centennial Park and the Parthenon, Natchez Trace, Chickasaw State Park, Smoky Mountains here I come! (Maybe even Dollywood if I have time.)

There's been lots of extreme weather in the South, including storms, floods and tornadoes, but hopefully I'll miss the inclement weather and if there are storms, (like in Idaho last year at almost this exact time frame) I'll get some great cloudscapes before and afterwards, like the one in this post! (I seem to remember, even though it was 10 years ago, that I took the day off work specifically to go photograph the clouds.)

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Music for today : Hang you from the heavens by The dead weather

In Botanic Gardens, Belfast

And will eventually go on my much loved, botanically sorted, spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

well tucked in!

Quite a few honey bees on this buddleja at our gate- all working for nectar only.

For my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet when I get around to updating it again at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

The Raveonettes - You Want The Candy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA0do9e33Rg

Remember that spreadsheet in 1995?

in a herb garden at Kew

This plant has a much more intense citrus fragrance than the lemon thyme I have grown in pots. Also it has dark green leaves rather than the yellow edges that I am used to.

& some music if you like

Ramones - Time Has Come Today

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI2bsmZEFpE

One for my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

I've been trying to get a picture of a bee on this for ages. So often the ones I am familiar with have flowers that are a bit too high. These ones in Dundee were all at head height or lower. Made for an enjoyable 10 minutes with the camera! Such a beautiful heady scent too - i hadnt realised that before!

Orange pollen load on view.

Will go on spreadsheet!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

They came. They saw. They conquered. Back in September of 2010, an abbreviated Cleveland Mafia contingent traveled east for a week of P&W that was stellar to say the least. Weather and operations meshed perfectly for the best out of town slay job that could possibly be accomplished. It began on the night of the 18th with night shots at Worcester and Plainfield and continued for 7 straight days, conveniently ending with Massachusetts Central's NW5 for the icing on the cake.

The lead off single was GP38-2 no. 2008 at the Worcester shop. So much has changed. The big sign on the building is long gone (donated to the P&W Railfan Museum in Webster, MA). The "Owned & Operated" badge above the front truck is probably in Steve Carlson's basement. I'm sure the 2008 is looking ratty and filthy...if its even serviceable. Most importantly, the orange borg has completely annihilated this company as we knew it. Their "management" has beaten the morale, productivity and pride out of the workforce, decimated the motive power fleet, and alienated a good portion of the customer base that took years of hard work to build & maintain. Operations (if you can even call it that with a straight face) went from Swiss watch to Timex and then some. Impressive to pitiful. Congratulations on spending 125 million dollars you will NEVER get back. This RR is proof that safety vests, brake sticks, safety slogans, catch phrases, "safety stops", posters, signs, decals, Excel spreadsheets, and meaningless titles on business cards carried by people with ZERO practical experience don't always miraculously get the job done. Arrogance and ignorance don't help either.

Here's to the good ol days. Flashbulb lighting by the one and only Terrance Chicwak Esq.

in Botanic Park, Belfast

They seemed to be working the myosotis for nectar only.

A new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Ivy here just starting to take off properly. Great to see the bees working it so hard. I hope they get the weather to make good use of it this year

Clear view of yellow pollen load

For my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Bueno, en el último minuto jejeje.

Este mes la fantástica Familia Fotera ha lanzado el reto Sombra, y me ha costado encontrar una idea, que aunque ya se que no es original, al menos me ha servido para llegar jejeje.

Para ver las aportaciones de los compañeros, pincha aquí

aaaaa y participa el mes que vieneeee.

Fab Free is famous for a lot of things, and this spreadsheet is one of them! Make sure you share our blog with your friends and we thank you for your support!

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“ The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. "

Frances Willard

Taken by Hoàng Tư Nguyên

Ảnh film, màu nguyên thủy

Đôi giày xinh spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHIxQ0...

For my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Plant label said Cistus cymosus but looking on the web I think this is an older synonym for Cistus parviflorus

At Kew

Orange pollen load to be seen

for my Honey bees on named flowers set

And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

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A Quick Trip to see the Hudswell Clarke Event at the Aln Valley Railway near Alnwick to see 2 Hudswell Clarke Locos working.

As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.

Here, Richboro No 9 is ready to join in the fun when Fox No 20 returns from hauling the first train of the day.

For more Info about Richboro No 9 ...>>>

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a big flowered cherry

At Rowallane gardens

Yellow-orange pollen load clearly on view.

For my Honey bees on named flowers set set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Come visit Fab Free, the home of the Shop & Hop Spreadsheet! Fab Free is spreading the love with our guide to the Valentine's Day Shop & Hop and I'm here to show you something I bought with a free credit gift while I was there!

Fab Free: fabfree.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/lavender-hill/

"Lavender Hill" by The Kinks

I want to walk eternity

In through the land of make believe

And watch the clouds roll over me

And let the sun shine down on me

The only place that I wanna be

Lavender Hill for me

Wish I could live on sugar and milk

Then I could live on Lavender Hill

Then I could raise my head to the sky

And let the sun saturate me with love

Mr Spreadsheet,

Do you recognise this man? He is world famous for his use of spreadsheets and devising Itineraries, he can create a spreadsheet for anything you desire from your weekly household budget to the number of rivets per girder in the Forth Road Bridge, including where they were sourced and cost per thousand.

You see that number, 3003, well to this gentleman it’s not just a simple number on a Metrolink Tram, it is symmetrical, it has 4 digits (even number), it has 2 sets of 2 numbers (two 3’s and two 0’s), although the number 3003 is in actual fact an odd number by the time he is finished with it in a spreadsheet it would end up even, trust me. It is also a palindrome (reads the same backwards as it does forwards), there is no end to what he can do with this number; in fact any number. What this man can do with numbers and symmetry is just beyond belief.

So if you do recognise him could you please inform his family where you saw him,’Deansgate-Castlefield’ Tram Station. Oh and in case you are wondering who the TOG is, it’s Mr. Andy Rouse, my partner in crime for the day.

Not sure of the cultvar or species

Yellow pollen loads clearly shown on a nice dark bee

At Rowallane Gardens on Thursday. I had the day off but needed to book this visit a week before as part of the crowd control Covid arrangements that the National Trust have had to put in place. Nice to see Rowallane again after a gap. In normal times i'd be here once a week.

for my Honey bees on named flowers set!

...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

Camera Obscura - I don't do crowds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfXY362SyE

Helleborus x hybridus (Ashwood Garden Hybrids) 'Ashwood Fascination'

Another from Rowallane gardens yesterday - in the walled garden. Of the several different helebores in flower, this was by far the most popular one with the bees today. So worth taking note of if you are looking for a helebore that is good for bees. And it is a great looking flower and plant too.

For my Honey bees on named flowers set set

And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

with a good view of the yellow pollen loads

a new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set

And also on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...

This Eucalyptus was planted as seedling that I was given in 2004. Then killed back to the ground in the bad winter of 2010 then surprisingly regenerated from the ground as 2 stems and now part of a crowded hedge. This plant is about 3 or 4 metres in height now. I think last year was the first that it produced flowers. I am really loving it this year! no idea what the species is.

edit - probably Eucalyptus pauciflora

Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWlg3JFFTU

A lone tree on Bishop Hill in the last light of day.

By the way, I'm inordinately pleased at winning the Edinburgh Photographic Society Print Competition this year. Woohoo!

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Must be Monday... time for a refill.

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"Anybody Seen My Baby?" by The Rolling Stones

Salty tears

It's three in the afternoon

Has she disappeared

Is she really gone for good

Anybody seen my baby

Anybody seen her around

If I just close my eyes

I reach out and touch the prize

Anybody seen her around