View allAll Photos Tagged squeezed
On Saturday the 14th of August, we had a school picnic!
We helped the teachers to prepare the picnic food on-site - we only had one knife between a lot of us, so we were mostly using our fingers!
The Oxford English Dictionary's word (phrase?) of the year for 2011 is "the squeezed middle". First used by the Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, it refers to the large section of UK society that is too poor to thrive in a market economy, but too rich to rely on state benefits and how they are being squeezed at both ends by the economic recession.
Perhaps the defining issue of 2011?
Guardian Camera Club March assignment entry: Photographing Found Objects.
I gave myself two constraints with this assignment: To only photograph objects that had been thrown away or abandoned & to photograph them in situ.
Ringtail possums normally build a nest in trees, but a couple of these have found the top of a wall suitable for their nest. This one is in an uncomfortable-looking spot, having been squeezed out of the nest. Later on, I moved the brick to enlarge the space inside the plastic lattice.
here she is making this squeezing gesture that's just hilarious. her head vibrates super fast with her teeth clenched.
I nearly fell backward over the coffee table, trying to fit everyone in frame, thus eliciting genuine laughter on their faces!
over the taro for the mumu
------------
I've sorted all my pictures based on which are my favourites. Click to see the pictures in each category.
5 - the best of my favourites [PNG5]
If you like my pictures, visit my blog, living in the south pacific.
Route 91-branded Enviro200 4017 (GN58 BUA) does a stint on the 36 instead, seen here battling its way through the usual problems at the junction of Commercial Road and Leapale Road/Woodbridge Road.