I didn’t mean to… I just had thirty minutes between finishing off sending out a couple of review copies of Sylver and getting back to do the school run (spoiler: walk) and the idea seemed too good to avoid. Actually it was nice, not stunning but pleasant enough and it gave me a good opportunity to grab the iPod touch and start drawing:

and take a couple of pics while I was at it.

Then, before I knew it I was back on the treadmill again. And now to sleep….

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/colorful_india.html

as ever. It’s an every other day visit for me in the hope that there’s a new update up there. Lovely stuff.

As is www.abduzeedo.com which is a daily hit for me for similar reasons. My major regret at the moment is that the places I visit out of awe for the work contained on there will always be above my skill level… But hey ho. Vicariously living through the work of others and all that.

It is a very picturesque walk near me… So I felt compelled to talk the camera for a walk

is, alongside www.abduzeedo.com (occasionally nsfyourgrandma), my favourite websote to sit on and noodle around.

This week they’re doing three awesome things and, I assume, a fourth to follow. The first is the Hubble pix advent calender which is awesome. The next three are a collections of the pictures of the year. If you’ve never been there have a look it’s staggeringly impressive, moving, awful and sometimes unintentionally humorous stuff.

Also did this for no real reason, just doodling with a photo on my hard drive:

Went to an exhibition with the art students the other day and, like most things, I seemed to find it more interesting and exciting than they did. Sigh… You can lead a horse to water…

Anyhow took a few snaps, even though I only had my poor diddy struggling camera with me and here they is. Aiming to pop in today with a slightly better camera, especially after I took son boy into town earlier and it was a teeth grindingly awful exercise.

There’s more artwork going in soon, I’m told, and there’s more artwork than I’ve photographed – it was a bit of a rush in and rush out time – but if you want to check out the artwork in the flesh it’s in the old Black’s shop, near Nando’s at the bottom of Guildford North Street. Open on Weds, Thurs, Fri (I think). Worth a check out and your support.

Sort of kind of.

The Tate Modern to be exact, which I enjoyed a lot more than wifey and daughter did. Oh well, will have to waddle over there another time without them.

Also a couple of gratuitous shots, total new camera syndrome beginning to wear off now though.. A little.

Keen on the Repository of the Past shot, ahem, sorry, I mean St Paul’s Cathedral… The horses at Camden Market are OK but I didn’t quite get the angle I wanted. Bearing in mind it was a quick snap while waiting for wifey and daughter to go somewhere on their own and carrying half a hundred weight of bags it was OK.

Tres hot day on holiday was helped immensely by a bottle of this with a huge amount of ice. Very pleasant indeed. Sadly can’t find it to buy anywhere locally and, even though I bought two bottles back with me they’ve both been earmarked for others I’ll just have to look at it and pine.

((St Helier Pear and Blueberry cider, if you’re wondering)).

.. total new camera syndrome.

Anyhow: sunflowers

((plus one pic of cabbage leaves RAVAGED by bugs.))