New job is settling in well. I'm waking up in the mornings looking forward to my working day at the moment. That's a good thing. Less time for blogging and dragondrop gardening in general though - I've still got a stack…
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- Settling in
Thing foundThing found, pebble beach , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Friday.. that was a funny old day! We set out with the intention of getting on the ferry to Dublin to visit relatives for the bank holiday weekend. Did I…
366 days - Day 181 to Day 216 (inc)366 days - Day 181 to Day 216 (inc) , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . I'm rather chuffed I'm still going with my 366 day project (a photo every day for a year) I nearly blew it on Day 210. It was only looking at the…
- Absurdistan
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart The premise for this book is along the lines of an overweight Jewish Russian wanabe American called Misha Vainberg who happens to be the son of one of the richest men in Russia. The…
- Life changer
It's been a life changing week for me. I've been feeling the winds of change for some time now, this week, they blew. I mentioned in a blog some time ago that I was presented with a path split. I decided to go with the…
- Portugal
We went to Portugal to Bongo's stag tour. Much fun it was as well. We had hired a nice villa in the beautiful Algarve town of Carvoeiro. Arriving on the Thursday afternoon in high spirits, we took a walk into town for…
- Shh!
Well - it's adventure eve for me. Another stag do. I can't say where it is just yet in case the stag reads this but he already knows it involves setting off at 4am to Manchester airport. Stay tooned!
- Sophie
Test Video Originally uploaded by DragonDrop So flickr (the photo sharing website) has today launched the option to add video as well as stills. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I can see why they have done it - it…
- Winning on the nags
I won on the Grand National today! A tip from a mate who works at SkyBet led me to have a small fultter - I put £6 on "Comply Or Die" at 10-1 each way and it went and won! £43.50 return. Sweet. Went to Shipley Glen…
366 days page 5366 days page 5 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Nearly at the half year point with my 'photo a day for a year' project. Here is 'page 5' - days 145 to and including day 180. click here to visit the set A large…
- Teleprojer
So we built this 8 cube out of scaffolding, bolted some stage flats around the edges and made this thing. It's a Teleprojer. Insert head in the rear apperture, project image onto board in dark room with holes cut out,…
Good FridayGood Friday , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . This was such a lovely moment. You can say what you like about religion, we all have our own views - but Faith - now there's a thing. I was in Otley first thing (seemed…
- The Lost City
The Lost City by Henry Shukman Racing through Liverpool airport recently (on route to Barcelona) with not much time to spare and a notion to score me a new book I spotted this gem (I say gem, because it had a very…
- No DragonDrop
It's been strange having no DragonDrop. I guess that's how normal people feel. Now it's back up, and (touch wood) working I can type stuff at it again. Been a fun packed week or so. Last weekend was fairly chilled,…
Server not foundServer not found , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . It seems that it's back up now. I'm flat out at work and home - Newby Hall this weekend.