Pics and other stuff

been there for the first time ever today. I must say I was really impressed. it maybe not as big and famous as Notting Hill carnival, but on...

battling with enormous energy dip, went shopping. it helps, yes. They had birds of prey charity display at scotsdales garden center, as they...

We drove to Haria, which I think the guide described as "the prettiest village on Lanzarote", via road from Teguise. That experien...

on the way back home yesterday we bought a bunch of asparagus and these strawberries from a roadside trailer. they must still be from a gree...

went to Cromer today. seaside places in hot weather are real time holes - you park the car, go down to the beach, spread the blanket and nex...

this allium proved to be a brave little soldier, battling against the pretty much unstoppable advance of garden mint and, if not succeeding,...

Verdens Ende I just read that it has panoramic views of the Skagerrak - a geographical name that I though was fictional up to last year, whe...

pretty plant with unattractive name. I mean - "liverwort" - why on earth? apparently the leaves look similar to liver - weeeelll. ...

wobble wabble. there were ripples on this lake and there was no decent reflections to speak of when we got to the far end. there were some i...

Norway this w/e

one of the main roads on Fuerteventura, FV-1 from Puerto del Rosario to Corralejo, passes through the most spectacular it of scenery. First ...

originally, we booked Parque tropical apartment for a week. There was no problem at all with the apartment itself and ground/pool maintenan...

Every Sunday, there is a market in Teguise, in approximate center of Lanzarote. The is quite a variety of stuff for sale - from foods, via i...

inevitable long exposure shot. eight seconds exposure, aperture - also eight. at this time the artificial light starts to show close to the ...

I just love the way wet sand reflects, especially when the tide is out and there is a large expanse of the beach covered in just a small fil...

since we had one whole week to spare, one of those extra days we went to Fuerteventura on a sea ferry. It was not cheap - with discount tha...

we found this old house in El Golfo - village where you come to eat seafood. I am not sure if anybody ever lived in it, or it was abandoned ...

Those small green peppers, fried and salted with coarse (sea)salt, make at excellent starter or snack. Actually, this picture is to (hopeful...

we are back from Lanzarote, arrived today in small hours. looks like we got off really easy with airspace closure, although not inexpensive ...

so far my attempt to follow any of the tutorials on "how to make a smoke brush" in illustrator failed. so I've made up my own ...