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| Wednesday, 31-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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more macros
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still trying out the features of my new camera - here are some 'super macro' shots i took in my dad's garden in cornwall . i am really pleased with the last one!
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| Tuesday, 30-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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on the train
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had to come back from cornwall to london by train ... and the services were all upside down because they were were doing 'essential repair work' on the tracks over the holiday period. the journey usually takes less than four hours, but today it took nearly seven! there was flooding on the track, two trains had been cancelled altogether, so there were three trainsful of passengers squashed onto the one, very delayed service (and to cap it all the buffet had run out of food before i even got on.)
however, the journey passed through some spectacular scenery, going right alongside the sea at dawlish and also along the river estuaries of the tamar and the exe - the first train i was on had filthy windows so i couldn't take any pictures at all, but on the last train from plymouth to london (via much of devon, somerset, wiltshire, and buckinghamshire) i got a seat in first class (they were letting anyone sit anywhere) with lovely clean windows ... and as i got my camera out, so did the guy opposite ... as he made the journey regularly he knew when all the best photo-opportunities were coming up, and he also gave me loads of useful tips. so i managed to capture some quite good photos from the moving train. (you can see him in the reflection in #4)
check out this website he told me about:
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01dec03.htm amazing photos! 
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| Monday, 29-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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Bodmin parkway station, cornwall
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there can't be many stations set in such pretty countryside (you may be able to tell from the number of pics i took that the train was somewhat late!)
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| Sunday, 28-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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drive to cornwall
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today i drove my dad back to his home in cornwall - the weather forecast was for rain spreading from the west, so we anticipated a pretty dreadful journey. However, it turned out to be one of those beautiful golden winter days (which meant that i had to keep pulling over to take pics!) Here are a few taken from the roadside and some of the beaches near newquay.
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| Saturday, 27-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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party time
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we had a great time at finchley cricket club on christmas night ... thank you richard and lynne
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| Friday, 26-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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london lights
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we took the grandparents for a drive to see the christmas lights in the west end of london ... lots of blur, because most were taken from the car window as we drove past, but nice impressions, (at least i think so!)
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| Thursday, 25-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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it's christmas day!!
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| Wednesday, 24-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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at the carol concert
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quite a few surreptitious tears were wiped at my grandaughter's school carol concert - the programme followed a fairly traditional line, with the nativity and favourity carols (chosen by staff and parents, with the children reading out the reasons for each choice) and culminating with a beautiful rendition of "C is for the christmas tree ..."
sorry the photos are so blurred, i couldn't use a flash and had to try to shoot without attracting too much attention!
Happy Christmas to everyone!
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| Tuesday, 23-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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birdtalk
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stop eyeing up that starling ...
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... who me? ...
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... you know i only have eyes for you ...
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this pair of collared doves have been visiting our garden daily for a couple of years ...
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| Sunday, 21-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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wrapping the presents
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christmas is nearly here!
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Splendid
. Thanks to all of you that participated in this weeks foto challange and I look forward to what Sue comes up with.
