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Another great theme. I love black and white photos. I agree with Tara, they really do give a greater depth of emotion, and you see things you don’t necessarily see when you have colour there too. This isn’t a picture I took in black and white, it has been edited that way but it is one of my favourite photos on my phone at the moment. Showing three of
The bloke’s perspective on Barbados, including rum, golf, going out, cricket and beer.
. This is a final goodbye to a friend. Well it might not be a goodbye forever but for now it is. I have to get this friend out of my life. Because. Well because they aren’t really my friend. I thought they were. You see they were always there for me. Already I see I am referring to them in the past tense. I have been gradually
Keeping your stuff safe Keeping your stuff safe, either actual things or your online accounts is something we should always be mindful about. “Hands off my stuff” is, essentially, my mantra to my teens. We have all read or heard stories of children borrowing stuff and it coming back broken, bits snapped off, or not at all, so I now have a real “hands off” approach. Even to borrowing
. My memories of summer holidays when I was growing up are sketchy. They all tend to merge into one, with the specifics blurred. One thing I do remember though is that they were always a huge amount of fun and involved tents. But not tents we had dragged with us from England, only to find we had left various bits in the garage, tents that are ready
. I’m a cheery sort of chap, quiet when I’m grumpy, but generally fairly easy going I think (WHAT????? Ed) so when I was grumpy for about 3 weeks last year, it was quite noticeable. I had seen that Judie Tzuke was playing the Union Chapel in Islington at a midweek gig, bought some tickets as a surprise and was sitting at work, looking forward to it as I’d loved
. I have been meaning to write about this ever since we got back from Kenya and I think it is the perfect topic for this week’s Gallery theme of colour. HOVIC, was a hive activity, in fact one of the noisiest and busiest projects we saw during our time in Kenya. The boys were eating, dancing, hanging out of trees, having lessons, or just generally sitting around with their
. I know we’re all mad busy running around after people, chasing work and doing what our boss “needs” (sometimes I think our bosses actually need something else entirely but that’s another story) but I want you to do something for me, dear reader. I want you to write a letter to someone. A nice letter too, not one from “Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells”. Because nice letters really make a
.The Lumie Iris Bodyclock — A Review I was offered one of these amazing gadgets as part of my Valentine’s Gift guide and loved it so much that I have decided to do a whole review on it because, well, because it could be life changing. It landed on my doorstep at a time when I didn’t know which way was up. The tail end of last year
. You first came into my life in a dark, wet and gloomy November. There was another at the time, you knew that, and actually, the other knew that and that once you were in my sights they didn’t stand a chance. The other knew that once I knew you were mine they were going to be relegated. Kicked out into the cold of the garage until you could
. God I hate this film. And I haven’t even seen it. I hated the books and I hate that we now can’t move for having it rammed down our throats. Twinnings made a tea (but have since back tracked after a huge furore), Tesco are selling dressing gowns, Walmart in the US is selling a gift basket that comes with handcuffs. Can we all just calm the
. This year I am all about the staying in. My new phrase is “Staying In is the New Going Out” and later this week I will share my ideas on food and gift ideas, but for now, let’s focus on the booze. First up you have to have fizz, right? It’s sort of the law on days like Valentine’s Day. And Christmas. And Birthdays. And New Years. And “today