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From Sofa to Marathon – Week 2
I’m definitely on the mend, my cough and snuffly nose are much better so now that my Achilles tendon is also mended I really need to start jogging again, even if its really slowly to start with. I’m...
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From Sofa to Marathon – Week 3
This post comes to you live from an aeroplane almost in Egypt (actually, I scheduled it before I left…) I spoke to my doctor last Wednesday about my plans to try and get fit by doing Marathon training,...
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Egypt, an experience beyond my wildest dreams, Part 1; Cairo
When I realised I was going to be able to go with Peter on his annual winter holiday in the sun (Nobody wants their garden done in January) I was so excited to be going back to Egypt. This time …...
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Dear WordPress, Please take my Auntie out of the Spam Bin!
Please could you improve the ‘Spam’ section of the comments folder so that we can add our friends as a ‘trusted commenter’ and also consign persistent spammers to the ‘do not even consider accepting...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
This is a lot more difficult than it looks! Camels are a lot higher up than horses, and a lot wobblier than elephants. Kisses are very scary at that height on an unpredictable animal! I was going to...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details
I have been trying to work out how to take close up photos with my camera, and today I finally took one I like! So I invite you to become lost in the detail of my Orchid; I have 2 … Continue reading →
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details II
While I was playing with my camera, Wilson on the other hand was staying focussed For Wilson, it’s all about the detail He can recognise this one tennis ball if it is thrown in the air with 100 others,...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details III
I like detail, I like zooming in to a focal point to see what has grabbed my attention. I recently received a new camera (then I fell & broke it, and then luckily was covered by insurance so have...
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Phoneography Challenge for Comic Relief
Welcome to My Neighbourhood part II This photo is actually taken in my neighbourhood, some local children are having a cake sale on Saturday in aid of Comic Relief (I will update this post with links...
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Weekly Photo Challenge; Lunchtime
What better lunch than a selection of cakes from our local cake sale in aid of Comic Relief yummy!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Fresh This week we have been experiencing the third week of a wonderful heatwave here in northern Europe. We haven’t had a good summer in ages, probably since...
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Photography 101: The Quality of Light
I love the new series of posts devoted to photography as visual storytelling. For me, that is what my camera has been for many years. As a child I wrote a diary, but i would have phases of intense...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh Flowers in my Garden
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Fresh As I said in my last post for this challenge this week we have been experiencing the third week of a wonderful heatwave and nobody is complaining as we have...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Masterpiece Here are mine;
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow
My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge; Foreshadow, could better be named ‘Aftershadow’ On our Maiden voyage of our new boat Lady C, our voyage was to bring her from one side of...
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A dyslexic walks into a bank…“Air in the hands mother stickers this is a...
I’ve known that I was dyslexic from before I started school. My dad is dyslexic, he struggles with reading and spelling, he had a really hard time in school, he was always afraid of exams. Lots of my...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Portrait or Landscape
I love the new series of posts devoted to photography as visual storytelling. I read this week’s post ‘Finding the Best Shot – Portrait or Landscape‘ and was having a conversation with Jeff Sinon...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree
What can be more carefree than paddling in the sea! Monday was Peter’s Birthday, so we both took a day off and went to the coast. Normally we go to Chichester harbour because we have a boat there, but...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
I have only just learnt how to do this with my camera; To take a macro photo and have the background out of focus. I have been learning how to use my camera better and make it take the photos …...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
This week’s photo challenge Sea, has had me thinking. We spend most of our spare time in summer on or at the sea, preferably on it if it’s warm, even more preferably in it! I have a huge collection...
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