davids's PhotoBlog

Bridge over untroubled waters

2008-07-26T14:55:54Z

7 days, and counting. Well, it's just a week from today that I go off to Africa for almost 4 weeks so I'm officially in countdown mode. I think I'm both excited and a bit nervous. Excited because it's an overland trek from the Vic Falls on the Zambian border to Cape Town in South Africa via Botswana and Namibia... nervous because I have NEVER camped anywhere, anytime in my entire life. Oh well.

Secret Garden

2008-07-25T17:16:32Z

One of the nice things about having some time off is that you get the chance to do things you wouldn't normally get round to doing. So today I had a wander round Kenwood House which has a wonderful collection of paintings including my favourite Rembrandt, then lunch on the lawn followed by a stroll over Hampstead Heath to the village and a quiet look around the beautiful sunken gardens of Fenton House. There, it really is like being dropped into the Secret Garden of Frances Hodgson Burnett.

The Lynn of Lorn

2008-07-24T16:28:45Z

Time for another splash of colour. This magnificently named stretch of water is on the west coast of Scotland.

Goodbye Blue Sky

2008-07-23T11:48:08Z

"Ummagumma!", I thought as the Delicate Sound of Thunder washed over me. Enough to cause Brain Damage? Probably not, but enough for a Momentary Lapse of Reason. "Breathe", I said to myself. Take your Time. One of These Days you'll Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and in a moment you'll be on the Dark Side of the Moon. I Wish You Were Here and it could be Us and Them sitting Comfortably Numb considering the Relics of Your Possible Pasts through Paranoid Eyes. I had such High Hopes but On the Run, the Echoes of Empty Spaces and lack of Money have left us just One of the Few, little better than Animals. Welcome to the Machine!

What do you have to do to get noticed around here?

2008-07-22T09:25:59Z

And the band didn't play on

2008-07-21T16:30:33Z

Street Art

2008-07-20T14:55:08Z

There are holes in the sky where the light comes in

2008-07-19T16:48:40Z

Dales and Tales

2008-07-18T10:08:00Z

I have noticed a trend in Le Blog to associate pictures with songs but all I could come up with is: "Herd it through the grapevine" ~ Marvin Gaye So, I thought, that's not going to go down too well with my fellow bloggers. What else do people do? "Quotes", I thought. That'll work. So here are some cow quotes... to be honest I am surprised that there are so many quotes about cows around. After all, why would anyone sit around writing about cows.....? ...like this? ...Damn, ignore that last bit! Anyway, on with the "cowtations"! The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk. ~Ogden Nash Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter. ~Dave Barry Sacred cows make the best hamburgers. ~Mark Twain But as I look back on these I still find that it's not working out as deeply meaningful as I would have liked. I guess I'm just not up to it. Wait a minute. Perhaps I don't need a catchy tune or a witty quote, perhaps I'll just leave it on its own. After all, the picture must be able to stand on its own. That's it then, I've decided there won't be any words to accompany this one. Oh, bugger. Too late!

Breaking News

2008-07-17T10:35:19Z

Workmen feared lost as digging begins on the new tunnel under the Thames.