It has been a while since I did a writing challenge. There’s not much time until this one closes, so it’s been dashed off a little too quickly. QUAINT (adjective) 1: obsolete: EXPERT, SKILLED 2a: marked by skillful design b: marked by beauty or elegance 3a : unusual or different in character or …
Monthly archives: January 2014
Neglectful
I’m being neglectful here, aren’t I? Can I claim too much to do? It would not be true. The truth is that I have been unable or unwilling to do very much at all in recent weeks. I have made the effort to produce an image a day for my 365 project at Blipfoto, but …
A few minutes later
Today got off to a wobbly start. There was a sensational sunrise – of the “crack o’ doom” variety, really dramatic and fiery reds with purplish inky clouds and bright golden flashes peeking through the murk. Wonderful. Where was I? Was I out in the garden with camera and tripod? No, I was in the …
Tick, tick, tick
Fancy vous a little rumpy pumpy c’est soir?
Moving up a gear or two
Today is the start of the New Year for me. What has been thus far was only a taster. Mr L is back at his desk and I face a requirement to restore routine to my life. That meant being up before the sun, which I always feel is not a natural thing for a …
Collie wobbles
I always swore that I would never have a collie – “too much trouble” I would say. How we ended up with a pair of border collies and a border collie cross, I shall never know. OK, I admit that with familiarity and understanding, they’re not so very bad – but you really cannot keep …