Embedded video Slow Mo Elsie, playing with snow earlier today. A week and a half or so ago, I mused with a rather smug tone that I suspected we'd seen the back of the winter. 'Winter's last hurrah' I spouted. I didn't…
DD365
The ‘DD365’ Category is all about me trying to do a post every day throughout 2013 starting Jan 1. I’m going to try not to make it too “Here’s a blog about my lunch” but I can’t guarantee it’ll be entirely lunch free.
364 posts
- Snow day
Photograph tasticThis photo of us being photographed was taken by Henry (who's up north to take part in a ultra marathon race tomorrow). The local news paper heard about our recent birth experience and as a result, we've been…
- Designer Glasses
A pet hate of mine is the phrase 'designer glasses' (see also 'designer sunglasses' and 'designer frames' - heck, I'm going to throw 'designer outlet' and 'designer clothes' in there as well for good measure). This…
Eyes Day 3 and we were blessed with quite a lot of Annie's eyes today. Albeit slightly confused and out of focus but still - we got to…
- First walk
We're (so far, touch wood) finding that Annie is slotting into our lives like she's always been part of it. Annies first night home last night and we had a fairly good nights sleep; she hung out with us 'till 10 ish,…
The birth of Annie MoEuphoric smiles in an ambulance. That doesn't happen very often. Back at home now, all splatting around the family room after a life changing 24 hours. Yesterday morning; St. Patrick's day, Eirene had our new baby. A…
- Initiating semi automated post sequence
If you're reading this, it means that Eirene's labour has started and were having a baby sometime rather soon.
Standing on the shoulders of giantsI've cited a fella called Lomokev a couple of times recently and how I like his work. I asked myself what I liked about his work, and came up with some stuff that can't be replicated or emulated - like his natural gift,…
- Some photos that I didn't take
Photographer Nicola Radford took a series of photos over the past week or two of mainly Eirene but some with Sophie. Eirene was keen to snapshot this point in her life, at the poignant bookmark of 39 weeks pregnant.…
- Winter's last huraah
There's this phrase - probably borderline 'old wives' tale' territory, that's been on the periphery of my thoughts at a certain time of year for the past few years; "Summer's last huraah". It epitomises the Indian…
LOMO LC-A test rollWho says you have to wait ages to see the results from shooting film? Got camera at 18:00 yesterday and by 17:30 today, I was looking at photos from a test roll I shot last night and this morning. I wanted to check that…
Choose your own adventure blogExperimental blog post.. I got a new hat today. I got a new camera today. I watched a video featuring a cricketing hero today. I watched a video featuring a photography hero today. Both of them surprised me for the same…
DragonDropsMy DragonDrop has been around since 2000 AD. The about section of this site goes into more detail, but the main reason is that its a play on the words "drag and drop". There's also a connection to the Dragon area of…
Bodgers, branding and bloggersJamie Roberts in a rather fetching T-Shirt An old friend and I arranged to meet up for lunch today. We'd planned to meet at The Bull at Broughton, but on arrival, we discovered it doesn't open Monday's, so we jumped…
Creative Commons and the CompfightI like to include a picture with my blog posts. Primarily because it looks nicer than without and helps tell the story. Secondly, because it works better when it gets shared - particularly via facebook (for further…