Pics and other stuff

A few more pictures from the marathon - observers, charity support groups, police and ambulance. Para-marathon, so to speak. Those ladies...

When we visited Benmore Botanic Gardens couple of days ago, rhododendrons were in bloom. Even without them, gardens would be great, but it ...

 Me and Yuri went to see London marathon today. I have a few hundred of pictures that I eventually will process (eventually, yes), but I jus...

Went to Birchanger Wood today,  in search of alternative place to see bluebells. Small forest next to Littlebury is very beautiful, but pr...

Photobucket was down for a day or so, and all the images dissappeared from my blog. So, this is me trying things inside blogger itself. If...

Went to Milton Keynes to see Buddha's Birthday celebrations at Buddhist's Temple by Willen Lake. I won't pretend I understood...

As our move to Fuerteventura approaches, I start thinking about all the stuff that I'll miss. And plentiful supply of fresh water is go...

today is the first time this year that I could give my right elbow a chance to tan by sticking it out of open car window while driving. An...

I really liked the way steam was caught in paella picture , so we repeated the setup today with my morning cup of coffee. I am pleased wit...

well, ok, maybe not quite. The pan's not right, there's no saffron in there and I added way too much liquid, but - it was deliciou...

My little niece had a doll with her when she was visiting here. Doll's name is Althea and here she is for you to admire. I am guessin...

Ely cathedral (or, to be precise The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely , is one of the places we tend to bring our ...

went to Ely yesterday. It was sunny and cold, and we had hot chocolate in a tearoom. Here's my charming little niece, sporting chocola...

just two more pictures from Somerset (again, no particular order obeserved) when we first came to Dulverton, there was a lot of old cars a...

this is an almost mandatory long-exposure shot of moving water - Barle river upstream from Dulverton. We went for a walk, aiming to get to...

Cottage we stayed in was full of old things. Some of them were just old, like the frying pan below - it had uneven bottom, so all the eggs...

A few more pictures from Sunday and that's it (it was dark). Those guys were clinging to a post of the last gates ( Paifang ) we pa...

although I prefer color photographs to monochrome, monochrome has its points. When I look at those two portraits of Natalia Bull , I find ...

"... has told me that you also owe Workshop £28-50 for a damaged bow..." Timur's getting to be a really reluctant model - ...