Monday 31 January 2011

... is Good for You






Grandad Fuzzy recommends Guinness. He gave me this bottle and I was happy until I tried to get the top off. Then I found it was a stress-busting rubber ... DUMMY! What's the number of Childline again?

Sunday 30 January 2011

Dave & Sue's Place




The boxroom, the kitchen/diner and the back garden. Thanks for your hospitality, Dave and Sue.

Saturday 29 January 2011

Shop Window


A display in King's Parade in Cambridge before Christmas.

Friday 28 January 2011

That Darn Cat!


Midge watching Casla from the safety of Ann's knee. Cats hiss, dogs bark and wag their tails in her face - it's like a zoo here, hence the worried look.

Thursday 27 January 2011

Portrait


Midge looks up like this occasionally, almost as if to clear her brain before continuing what she had been doing.

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Work Experience Continues




Sadie is learning how to use a mobile phone and is persevering with Microsoft Office. Checking invoices is a little more difficult when you can't read.

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Restoration Job


The Hurricane beyond looks like this Hind/Demon wreck under the skin.

Monday 24 January 2011

Sunderland Mk V


The light from below is very attractive.

Sunday 23 January 2011

Winter Maintenance




The Catalina on the jacks.

Saturday 22 January 2011

Aviation Art




Some images from out-of-season Duxford.

Friday 21 January 2011

Stall Turn




The Blackburn B2 approaching a stall turn and rolling off the top at Old Warden last summer.

Thursday 20 January 2011

Reds in Hyde Park



Two from 29th December.

Wednesday 19 January 2011

Getting in practice for the season


The 7D snaps into focus more quickly than the 5D, but there is more 'noise' at ISO 500. Paxton Pits.

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Ann's Birthday


While it was Ann's proper birthday, it was only Sadie's two-thirds anniversary.

Monday 17 January 2011

At the Bowling Alley










I liked the orange ball in the blue light. This is Pete bowling. The girls check out the scoreboard while Sadie looks down the lane.

Sunday 16 January 2011

Swan Lake on Ice


One from Kensington Gardens at the New Year.

Saturday 15 January 2011

What planet am I on?


Jupiter, I think. Or it's dirt on the sensor! I used a 400mm lens and 2x converter, and this is the largest blow-up possible. ISO 2000, 1/1000th second at f/8. Could do better!

Friday 14 January 2011

Photography 101



Sadie gets a lesson from Ann.

Thursday 13 January 2011

The Cotswold Arms


Cotswold stone, too. Burford, Oxfordshire.

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Ligier


Another from Snetterton (the old Snetterton, as it will be from this year) in October last year. 135mm 1/80th f/10.

Tuesday 11 January 2011

It's that Tutor again.


I couldn't think of a picture to illustrate 11.1.11, so I fell back on the archives.

Monday 10 January 2011

Wings


The European White Stork in flight.

Sunday 9 January 2011

Sundae Sadie


Midge in her frogger.

Saturday 8 January 2011

When Saturday Comes


A Barrington FC striker wins the ball in the home game today against Girton FC.

Friday 7 January 2011

Kite Flying


On a dull wet January day, what better memory than a sunny day in Oxfordshire watching red kites.

Thursday 6 January 2011

Conversazione


Neither Ann nor Sadie knows what the other is saying, but they're having a wonderful time saying it.

Wednesday 5 January 2011

S6b


The Science Museum also has the Supermarine S6b, the aircraft that won the Trophy outright for Britain. Its Rolls Royce R engine is the same size as the much later Griffon, a third larger than the Merlin and developing more than twice the horsepower of the Mark Two Spitfire behind. The fixed pitch prop is very coarse and must have taken ages to get the aircraft off the sea.

Tuesday 4 January 2011

Schneider Trophy




I discovered the trophy in the Science Museum. I'd never even seen a photo of it. It's surprisingly erotic and surrounded on the base by octopuses! The nymph is kissing one of four men rising from the waves.

Monday 3 January 2011

I spoiled a very good rock band


Yes, this angelic anthropoid is Duncan's daughter Hannah.

Sunday 2 January 2011

American Cemetery


Ann and I visited Madingley on a very drear and drizzly New Year's Day. This sailor died on 28th December 1943, and his grave had been visited recently, the engraved name being filled in with sand so that it stood out.

Saturday 1 January 2011

The First Blog of the New Year


Sadie was very patient with GDF pointing a camera at her. Get used to it, princess, as her dad would say!