I've always been a keen photographist but have long suffered from apathy, followed by enforced inactivity. However, I have to thank Stu for the weekly (er, what else would it be?) Tuesday Challenge because it has galvanised me into action and, although I missed out on #1 (People at Work) through a bit of silliness, to be honest, I am going to try and put an entry in every week. #2 (Water) was a somewhat hurried effort and I've got an idea for #3 (Front page) for which I had several failed attempts this afternoon - better luck over the weekend, hopefully! Anyway, I've resurrected my Flickr account and uploaded some miscellaneous piccies which you can see here. I need to keep practising!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Val-deri, val-dera, my knapsack on my back
Well, this is my last gasp entry to Stu's Tuesday Challenge #2 "Water". I had to deliver something somewhere so I thought I'd take my gert big heavy camera bag (that's the knapsack) with me and try and find some water, bearing in mind time was running out. So this is a view from a bridge on an old disused railway track (now called the Castleman Way) in Ringwood.
Not being overly experienced in the photographery department, I had to tweak it by adjusting the levels and jiggered with the saturation a bit. I even used an ND8 filter so I could use a shutter speed of 3 seconds - I couldn't make it longer as that took me up to the maximum aperture of the lens - how about that?!
It was possibly my first solo escapade since being challenged in the movement department - and I left my stick in the car! Mind you, it was only about 50 or 60 yards away from where I'd parked.
Well, there it is; I wasn't actually singing 'The Happy Wanderer', though I felt like it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Lightning conductor
This is my entry to Stu's Tuesday challenge "People At Work" (nearly too late)! It was taken in the summer of 2006 when I went to see Maris and her band perform in Bournemouth Pleasure Gardens. Whilst I didn't get a model release form filled in, I did upload all the pics to FlickR and send the link to her so the band could see them. I wonder if that's (nearly) OK?
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Take one tablet at night – and duck
So – the inclination to start blogs with “So” is continuing, as is the medical slant to them. Well, I’m sorry, but I’m just telling it like it is.
So (see?) - my annual diabetic review came up last week and, for the first time, I am now on medication, to add to all the other remedies I’m taking. Blood sugar - slightly up; cholesterol – slightly up; kidney function – very good indeed, actually; liver function – quite acceptable (hmmm); blood pressure – slightly up; weight – one at a time on the scale, please.
My medical centre (particularly the Sister who runs the Diabetes Clinic) is most assiduous in the care of patients with the condition and I have nothing but the highest praise for everyone there (I know nearly all of them by name and they of course know and love me). After all, one of the practice nurses had to handle my bare feet, sloshing blue gel all over them and pushing a pen-like instrument around that amplifies the sound of the pulses; sadly, it drowned out the classical music being piped into the treatment room but all was OK and, although not 100% kicking, I am apparently alive. And I was able to put my socks back on all by myself.
One of the new medications is called Simvastatin which is in tablet form; the label stuck on the box contains the dosage instruction: “Take ONE at night, avoid grapefruit.” Having never been attacked by anyone wielding that particular fruit, I am now on constant alert after taking one of the tablets in case some conscientious objector to statins chucks one at me. D’you reckon I’m being over-cautious?
In other news, my free travel pass came today so I will no longer have to bite the bullet and fork out the £1.20 flat fare to use the local bus to go just one stop to the pub. I’m going to try and drive my car next week – wish me luck with lifting the clutch! Ooh, and I nearly forgot, I also had a letter from those lovely people at the NHS to tell me that I would be receiving a Bowel Cancer Testing Kit in a couple of weeks – I can’t wait to play with that.
So (see?) - my annual diabetic review came up last week and, for the first time, I am now on medication, to add to all the other remedies I’m taking. Blood sugar - slightly up; cholesterol – slightly up; kidney function – very good indeed, actually; liver function – quite acceptable (hmmm); blood pressure – slightly up; weight – one at a time on the scale, please.
My medical centre (particularly the Sister who runs the Diabetes Clinic) is most assiduous in the care of patients with the condition and I have nothing but the highest praise for everyone there (I know nearly all of them by name and they of course know and love me). After all, one of the practice nurses had to handle my bare feet, sloshing blue gel all over them and pushing a pen-like instrument around that amplifies the sound of the pulses; sadly, it drowned out the classical music being piped into the treatment room but all was OK and, although not 100% kicking, I am apparently alive. And I was able to put my socks back on all by myself.
One of the new medications is called Simvastatin which is in tablet form; the label stuck on the box contains the dosage instruction: “Take ONE at night, avoid grapefruit.” Having never been attacked by anyone wielding that particular fruit, I am now on constant alert after taking one of the tablets in case some conscientious objector to statins chucks one at me. D’you reckon I’m being over-cautious?
In other news, my free travel pass came today so I will no longer have to bite the bullet and fork out the £1.20 flat fare to use the local bus to go just one stop to the pub. I’m going to try and drive my car next week – wish me luck with lifting the clutch! Ooh, and I nearly forgot, I also had a letter from those lovely people at the NHS to tell me that I would be receiving a Bowel Cancer Testing Kit in a couple of weeks – I can’t wait to play with that.
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