After a the recent sad departure of Fiona, Sid and Lemon Bun Just got a couple of new pet fish. We've called this Lion Head 'Goggles' and we got another fish - a baby Panda Oranda - currently about 2cm long. We've got a…
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Goggles and Panda
Solar bloggingThese are possibly the greenest words ever written on dragondrop. They are written on a device that is using 100% solar power. Arguably all devices are 100% solar powered really but this particular gadget is currently…
- Wordpress, RIP Blogger?
Well - after the unmitigated pain in the harris that google caused by ceasing to support FTP, my hitherto unyielding loyalty has been re aligned and I've plumped for a wordpress solution to run dragondrop.org. Very…
Another PlaceAnother Place , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Yesterday, on a bit of a whim we headed out to the coast to see a./ the sun and b./ Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'. ( My photo set : here | Google Map : here ) The…
- Newby photos
And here's some photographs from this years Newby Hall Easter Fun Day..
- Newby Hall - the last one
On Monday after a stint of 7 years, Anima Mundi completed the last ever annual "Newby Hall Easter Fun Day". The event set in the estate of Newby Hall focussed on family entertainment through arts of all shapes and…
- Hurray!
DragonDrop.org is working again – still a whole bunch of pics missing thanks to a server meltdown but the text is there and I can do what I want with it again. I’ve used the blogger engine to stick the blog bits back in…
Newby2010Newby2010 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . We're up at Newby Hall today. I've made a bit of a studio thing and am taking photos and printing them onto postcards for passers by. Backdrop painted by Loren, Tea by…
- Disc Golf in the Valley Gardens
What are those new baskets in the valley gardens in Harrogate? They are targets for a game called Disc Golf – that’s what. I was lucky enough to try out the course last weekend with the course designer – Conor Davies.…
- Site / Server status:recovery mode
(Arrgh factor 10) So I've had a major problem with DragonDrop.org. One of those compounded problems that cost time effort and money to fix. One of those problems that seemed to be two steps forward, one step back. I'm…
- BBC Old School
A few nights ago, a few of us were in my local, discussing Tomorrow's Word of all things. This science and tech program I'm sure had a massive influence on myself and a lot of my peers. We decided that it should be…
- Six words
This idea of 'six words' rocks. Write a six word essay everyday. Six is the minimum, more acceptable. As its new I'll do several. Tomorrow I may just do one.
- Spring
We're into spring now. No more driving home in the dark. I can now relax the strict 'shut the door' policy of our front room. Going out without your coat weather is just around the corner. We have had a 'proper' winter…
- Orf line
So its been over a week that dragondrop has been off line. It feels odd. Writing this blog to 'nobody'. I have always thought of dragondrop audience as an entity, an amalgamated body who I am related to, who I don't…
ScotlandHaving major problems with DragonDrop - going to dump the rough notes of this for now and tidy it up as I go along... A while ago I'd mused that I'd like to explore Scotland and thanks to some freebies through work it…