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The Time has Come...

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... to reveal my new blog:

www.geosynchronici-2.blogspot.com

As this old (geosynchronicity) blog is now full, I decided to start the new one rather than downsizing the huge number of photos on the old one. I'll be more careful with photo sizes, &c on the new blog, and we'll see how long it take to fill IT up. By then, I think, blogs will have been superseded by another form of internet communication altogether... if not the internet itself superseded.

Anyway, those of you who have been regulars here, including those who are its followers, please migrate to the new blog and follow it there. I'll make it as worth your while as I can.

If you're new to this blog... before you jump away from it, there are thousands of photos here, some, IMHO, worth looking at - that's why they're there. So please have a look, then go on to

www.geosynchronici-2.blogspot.com for the rest of the story.

Tony Hanmer

Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia

Written 20/9/2010

Kutaisi, Georgia, August 2010

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Returning from the caves, our bus passed a group of Georgian soldiers training - I photographed them through the window

Nr. Kutaisi, Georgia, August 2010

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Happy birthday for yesterday, Gill! Hope you had a great one!

Cave exploring - fascinating place

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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Don't be getting sick of these motion blur shots! I'm nearly finished with them for now!

This Blog...

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... is getting FULL after more than 3 years of regular posting. At the start, my photos were both too large and too often - up to 10 per day - to sustain the 2GB memory limit for more than this amount of time. Even switching to a digital camera, and making the jpegs smaller, while it made some difference, was too little too late.

SO I'm starting a new blog, conveniently at the outset of Lali's & my time in Mestia, Svaneti! We're here as I begin a school year of English teaching in the town's School Number 1. More on this new job, and on life in Mestia, soon. Stay tuned right here for details of the new blog's opening, which will be in a few days...

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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Slow shutter speed and moving the camera in the direction of motion - that's what this is all about. Digital makes it so easy to see results instantly & make further adjustments

Tbilisi & Svaneti, Georgia, July-August 2010

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Tony the amateur handyman wiring lights in his & Lali's new apartment! Didn't know I had it in me! But necessity is the mother of Give it a Go

Centre - a new icon for Kvirikoba

Bottom - Lali at Pari

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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Look at 'em go, they make it look so easy

Batumi & Svaneti, July-August 2010

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The church bell from K'ala's St Kvirike Church

Adjaruli khachapuri (Adjaran cheese bread), before the fork is stuck in & everything gets mixed together - yum!

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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Gonio Fortress, site of the TLG welcome to Adjara, is near the Turkish border. Matthias, the Apostle chosen to replace Judas, is buried here, and kiwi fruit is grown. Amazing place. How they danced in the heat I don't know

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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By the way, the dancing was in honour of the TLG first team's arrival in Adjara province, where most of this team will be stationed for its teaching work. (3 lucky ones, myself included, get to be in Mestia, Svaneti.)

British Columbia, Canada, July 1989

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Just noticed that I hadn't posted anything for today, so I slipped this in now:

Blast from the past, 21 years ago, a mountain bike trip with a good friend from Jasper to Sidney, BC. Scans from b/w negatives - not perfect, but not too bad either. 3 weeks of sunshine interrupted by only 1 stretch of rain lasting about 2 hours

Waterfall, central Svaneti, late July 2010

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A welcome stop on the way down - funny, all these 11 years driving by it, occasionally stopping, never knowing (middle picture) how great it was at the top...

Svaneti, Georgia, late July 2010

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Glacially fed Enguri reservoir, which, dammed, gives all of Svaneti's Mestia Region free electricity

View towards Mt Tetnuldi, Mestia

Unfortunate unintended victim of a mousetrap - at least the end was instantaneous

Wondering what the new background is...?

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R U S T

K'ala & Mulakhi, Svaneti, Georgia, late July 2010

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Wouldn't YOU feel better in this remote mountain village, potentially cut off by winter avalanches or summer rockfalls, knowing this shiny new machine was around to help clear the roads? I would - I've been cut off from the rest of Georgia for a month due to avalanches in Ushguli before...

Bottom - view from the pass between Ipari & Mulakhi, roughly halfway between Mestia & Ushguli

K'ala, Svaneti, Georgia, late July 2010

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This is a small 9th-century family church in K'ala, along with some of its interior - an angel fresco, middle, and icon, of the Virgin Mary and her Son, below

Kvirikoba, K'ala, Svaneti, Georgia, 29/7/2010

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Okay... if you've forgiven me for the gore of the last post's images, a regular part of life in Svaneti, here are a few shots from the interior of the church where Kvirikoba happens

Kvirikoba, K'ala, Svaneti, Georgia, 29/7/2010

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I TOLD you there'd be sacrifice! Did you think I was joking?

Kvirikoba, K'ala, Svaneti, Georgia, 29/7/2010

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Top 2: candles on the outside of the church wall

Bottom: boy with goat, the latter soon to be sacrificed

Kvirikoba, K'ala, Svaneti, Georgia, 29/7/2010

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Above the village of K'ala stands this beautiful little church, reachable by a somewhat tortuous track. The Kvirikoba festival, Svaneti's most important religious event after Christmas and Easter, happens here, visited by hundreds of people in late July from all over the world.

Top 2, people watching a strongman competition - the rock is not only very heavy, it's also very difficult to get a firm grip on due to its size

Bottom - view of part of K'ala, with Mt Ushba (top centre) presiding over all, nice weather for it

Gonio, Adjara, Georgia, August 2010

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Yes, it's time for a few more motion-blurred dancer shots, in my opinion the best way to capture dance in a still image. Take a Gravol if they make you dizzy

Becho/Mulakhi, Svaneti, Georgia, late July 2010

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A very convenient and nice group with which Lali & I traveled from Etseri to K'ala for the Kvirikoba festival, then back to Etseri, and down to the lowlands the next day. Bottom is a view of the south peak of Ushba from Becho as we were going up, in the morning. Top 2 - the same mountain, behind the group.

Introductions via Blog, Batumi, Georgia, 15/8/2010

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This is Bie (pronounced "bee"), from Belgium/Canada, in Georgia for the TLG programme. She came up to me recently in Tbilisi, said, "Tony?", heard my affirmative, then asked, "Geosynchronicity?" This stunned me, until she explained that she has been a faithful visitor to my blog for a long time now, from Toronto, Canada! She is the first person I have met as a result of the blog, which rates an introduction to the rest of you. Now, as I reach 20 followers and 20000 visits from 126 countries, is a fitting time to have met such a person - makes it all feel even more worthwhile.

Meeting the President of Georgia

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Yesterday, all current TLG people in Georgia were invited to Batumi, on the Black Sea coast, to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili. 2 from Mestia couldn't make the journey due to very bad roads after heavy rains, though they certainly tried, setting off at 0300!

More than 100 of us did meet the man, though. I was ready with a gift from home - one of my photographs of Tbilisi from the year 2000 (see it below); many thanks for the print from some years ago, NWB!

He talked about our coming to Georgia via the TLG programme, his own initiative, and what he hopes it to mean for the country - a chance for the entire country's population of schoolchildren to learn English, an ambitious undertaking which is gradually taking shape. By the beginning of September 2011, there should be more than 2000 TLG volunteers here, one per school, helping to teach English to all grades...

Etseri & Pari, Svaneti, July 2010

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Mineral water spring just outside Etseri

Mt Ushba peeking its southern peak above Pari

Fence gone horizontal

A New Adventure Begins

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I've signed on with Teach and Learn with Georgia (TLG) and will begin a school year of English teaching in Mestia, Svaneti, in September. Lali & I will be staying with a local family. Although I've been to and through Mestia many times over the last 11 years, I've not spent much time getting to know this town, the capital of Svaneti, home of nearly 70 ancient stone watchtowers. Should be fascinating!

NB If YOU decide to join the TLG program, please tell them that I sent you there...

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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Waltz, spin

Etseri view

Ruined house again, open to the sky

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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Happy 20th Christine! (left)

Swinger

Long-ruined house, tragedy

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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Views around Etseri fom a high vantage point - top, the hamlet where we stayed a month recently, a favourite haunt

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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View back the way we came, towards Zugdidi

Young hen in the hand... worth any 2 in the bush, being chased, avoiding capture at any cost though all I want to do is put them safe into their box for the night

Fallen leaf, cherry, I think

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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3 more from a favourite village of mine in this province

Etseri, Svaneti, Georgia, July 2010

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3 country landscapes in this magnificent mountain land

Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, June 2010

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Beautiful land

Hot spring bliss

Fortress perch

Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, June 2010

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Now THAT'S what I call a railway bridge!

Enjoying an unmarked, empty, ugly but very comfortable and welcome hot spring 1 km from Vardzia cave complex

Khertvisi Fortress

Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, June 2010

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More from the pass near Bakuriani, love it when the weather obliges

Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, June 2010

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Views from the pass near Bakuriani - the road up to it had been very close with clouds, but then they gave way to some intriguing landscapes, like the top one, complete with sheep

Kakheti, Georgia, May 2010

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Sunset over the grapevines

Bucket of guinea-fowl chicks gathered for bedtime

Sleepy chicken chick

Kakheti, Georgia, May 2010

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This is where the chicks - guinea-fowl and chicken - sleep at night

Twig broom

Final running guinea-fowl for now, I promise

Kakheti, Georgia, May 2010

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More guinea-fowl running away from the lens! But the week-old bird in the hand proverbially is worth any two of these!

Kakheti, Georgia, May 2010

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Back to Georgia at last, on May 20, & then almost straight away to Lali's family in East Georgia. This is the country's main grape and wine region, which has just hosted an annual international wine conference, at which a kvevri (clay wine container) from the 6th century, and another with a 4-tonne capacity, were displayed). Here are some scenes from Lali's parents' vineyard, early grape buds

Scotland & England, May 2010

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Swans, Stirling University

Another repro gargoyle, nr. Liverpool

Copper beech leaves, Shropshire

Hanmer, Wales, & Shropshire, England, May 2010

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Just reflections

Copper beech leaves

Two Hanmers at the family's coat-of-arms

United Kingdom, May 2010

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Top: some faithfully copied gargoyles at a friend's house near Liverpool, England

Middle: Landscape near Dunblane, Scotland

Bottom: Stirling Castle, Scotland

Scotland, UK, May 2010

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All black & white today, from colour originals. Top 1 is Edinburgh, bottom 2 are near Dunblane.

Edinburgh & Dunblane, Scotland, UK, May 2010

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Top 2 - the beautiful capital of Scotland (it took some doing to get the tones in the top shot separated, from a colour original)

Bottom - Dunblane

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Lali and a police box from another century (not the same as the one Doctor Who uses)

A book sale in a church - but my luggage limit to fly back to Georgia wouldn't allow me even to think about buying anything!

Bognor Regis, UK, May 2010

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View from our hostess's house

Thomas A Beckett's church, famous English martyr

Bognor Regis, UK, May 2010

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These, dear reader, are beach houses. How much one costs depends on its location in Britain. One of these, in Bognor Regis, on England's South Coast, will set you back 15000. GBP, pounds, that is. For the privilege of going to this particular bit of coast, opening the door, and having your time, your picnic or read or sunbathe or chess game, as often as you want.

Is it worth it?

Motion Blurs, UK, May 2010

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Bluebells in the forest, near Bristol

Lali on the train, near Bognor Regis

Been a While...

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... Sorry for the delay in new posts while my wife and I flitted (by bus) from Bristol to Edinburgh and back via various places! We're now back in Georgia, HOME, and I'll be posting regularly again soon, I hope.

Milborne Port, UK, late April 2010

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More tree climbing, Mark behind the lens. it was a silver birch, about a 50-footer, nice views of the village from the top

Milborne Port, UK, late April 2010

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Tree climbing lesson with Mark Petrauskas outside his house. Great fun!

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, April 2010

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June spinning wool

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Jackie Dunton Paintings, Dorset, 2010

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The top one's a composite from 2 photos of Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, England's most famous view. Acrylic on Canvas. The bottom is Jackie's version of a photo of mine of upper Ushguli, Svaneti. Acrylic on masonite. Both of these are her gifts for our house in Svaneti, yet to be bought but we're hoping. Thank you so much Jackie!

Stourhead House, UK, late March 2010

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Just a few paintings to liven the place up a bit - from the owner's 19th century European travels

Lichen (to rhyme either with liken or itchin', depending on where you're from)

Milborne Port, UK, Palm Sunday 2010

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Happy Birthday Dad!

A couple more of the crocuses outside St John's Anglican Church in Milborne Port.

Stourhead House, UK, late March 2010

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I came across this lovely old mirror and decided to use it as a frame for some group portraits. As I'd hoped, the damaged reflecting surface only added to the mood of the resulting shots. Light was low and I wasn't allowed to use tripod or flash, but it was a great experiment anyway, one I'd return to for more of the same, given the chance

Stourhead House, UK, late March 2010

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This is the "Pope's Cabinet", once owned by a 17th century pope and then bought by Stourhead's owner on his travels, and recently restored at great cost - read about it here if you're interested further

Stourhead House, UK, late March 2010

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The great thing is Britain's new National Trust policy: allowing one to take photos on or in any NT property, including this house, the most-visited such property in the country. No flash or tripod allowed, but other than that, help yourself. I certainly did just that - more to follow

Stourhead House, UK, late March 2010

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Lai & me at a pub lunch before seeing Stourhead House with our aunt

The House's library - massive and glorious, a small section visible here

Demonstration of the gentle art of book-cleaning

Milborne Port, UK, Palm Sunday 2010

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Crocus glory near the village's Anglican church, St John's

2 admittedly very similar shots at the top of East Hill, culmination of a walk from St John's made every Palm Sunday, the week before Easter. I last did this maybe 19 years ago, & have missed it timing-wise ever since. Milborne Port is below and to the right of this angle

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, March 2010

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Time I posted something new after all these days of quiet!

A couple of views of a lone daffodil which I saw recently, then ran home to get the camera and take them before anything changed. The next day and since, there have been many more poking their heads through the fence, altering the image completely

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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Archway again, vertical this time

Stocks in the churchyard, punishment for those cheating in their breadmaking in past centuries

Reflection again

Cerne Abbas, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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The Giant himself, an accurate representation in all his glory!

More reflections, a subject I never miss if I can help it

Cerne Abbas, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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Reflection

Keys

Archway

Cerne Abbas, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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Cerne Abbas is perhaps best known for the massive naked man figure cut into a field outside the village. (About which more pictures later.) Earliest references for it come from the late 17th century, so claims that it's 1500 or 2000 years old can't be proven yet. But the village itself is beautiful and fascinating, so my next few posts will all be from it

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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Crocuses just emerging near our house, despite frost - I had to lie right down on the ground to get these angles

Cabbage Rolls, Georgian Style (Recipe)

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By popular request. More recipes, perhaps, to follow.

Get a large pot of water boiling for the cabbage blanching.

Filling:

1 kg ground beef, pork or other meat

300 g uncooked rice (long/short grain, brown/white, as you like)

200 g raw onion, grated or machine chopped fine

4-5 med. cloves garlic, minced

c. 250 g chopped tomato, fresh or tinned, or taste equivalent in paste

salt & pepper, dry basil, & dill, & ground coriander, all to taste

300 mL boiling or hot water

Mix these all in a large bowl & set aside.

2 large cabbages

Cut out the cores from the cabbages, & put 1 of them into the blanching pot of boiling water to cover, letting it continue to boil. As the outermost leaves soften, carefully remove them & put onto a plate, continuing thus until all leaves are done. Repeat with the 2nd cabbage. De-vein the leaves of their large, thick central vein with a sharp knife, leaving some behind so as not to cut a hole through the thickness of the leaf. Save this pot of water hot to use for boiling the rolls, if you like, but you'll need to put them into the pot & THEN add the water.

Stuff each leaf with a tablespoon or so of the filling, placing it near the leaf base. Fold the base over the filling; fold in the sides; then roll it up towards the "upper" edge of the leaf.

Place the rolls into a large pot. When they're all in place, just cover with the hot cooking water, to which you may add some stock cubes, seasoning, etc. Simmer for at least 1/2 hour, then check. Serve several rolls per person in a bowl with some of the liquid too, garnished with a sprinkle of the seasonings on top if you like.

You can similarly fill bell peppers, eggplant (aubergine), tomatoes, and even blanched grape leaves! The latter version traditionally has a sauce of cold plain yoghurt with plenty of fresh minced garlic in it on top. Gemrielia (= YUM)!

Oborne, Dorset, February 2010

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More car reflections, with snowdrops interspersed

Oborne, Dorset, February 2010

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More scurrying ducks, slow shutter speed & panning the camera to follow them

Church wall

Reflection in car's front end

120th visitor country is...

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Bolivia! Congratulations and welcome to you! Been waiting for this number for a long time!

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, February 2010

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Lali cutting up fresh khachapuri (Georgian cheese bread) made with a mix of extra mature cheddar & a bit of stilton cheeses - yum!

Ducks moving along, Oborne, Dorset

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Espresso, meet capuccino. Tony, meet Ruth

Tony trying in vain to blow out the blasted self-relighting candles on his birthday cake, to the endless amusement of Anne Charlotte, June, Karen and Mark, with Lali behind the camera lens

Yummy mince-stuffed cabbage rolls, part of my birthday supper, which was mostly delicious and sorely missed Georgian food

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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New job: part-time chef (among other things) at a nursing home in Sherborne). First time I've had the proper uniform!

A couple of shots from the UK's Big Freeze of earlier in January. Not much snow if you're used to it, but if you're not, a whole new world in both good and bad ways

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Weeeellll, it's about time I posted some more photos before I forget HOW. Got a new part-time job which is keeping me busy - about which more later.

Eggs, shop window

Lali & our hostess, Anne Charlotte McDermid, outside the house (our window is top left)

Dogs patiently waiting for owner outside a supermarket

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Tony & Lali doing what the kissing gate tells them to

Katy & Paul doing what Tony tells them to

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Ice near Sherborne New Castle - structure and pattern everywhere one cares to look

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Pond ice at home... goldfish don't mind it at all, they're safe below

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Dear Me: Happy 43rd Birthday!

A frosted leaf, in shadow and sunlight

View over Sherborne including its ancient Abbey

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, January 2010

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Just frost scrapings off a car window... and observation drinking in the amazing capabilities of H2O to take on any form

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, late December 2009

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William McDermid doing his stuff - he's an amazing magician, baffling, self-confident, great at parties. Once again, I'm playing with slow shutter and flash to freeze at the same time.

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, late December 2009

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Bookshelf items noticed in passing for the umpteenth time

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, late December 2009

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That festive period between Christmas and New Year's Day... a Sunday pub lunch (hooked on blur/shutter), and late Christmas cake, which I hated as a child but have since grown to love

Pond Ice, Sherborne, UK

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A fascinating discovery: pond ice 1/2-1" thick, cracked with the heel of my shoe, reveals nice (polarised?) light patterns in the fault lines

Weymouth, UK

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Happy New Decade!!!

Seagull

Reflection

Window frame

Sherborne, Dorset, UK, December 2009

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Morris Dancer's splendid jacket

Ancient High Street architecture, Sherborne

Ivy

Morris Dancers, Sherborne, UK, December 2009

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More of the local Morris dancers doing their thing for the amusement of all

Christmas Preparations 2009, Sherborne, Dorset, UK

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Getting crazy with the combination of slow shutter speed and flash, to both blur and freeze motion in the same frame. Top: rotating the lens. Middle: moving it sideways. Bottom: zooming in!

Interestingly, some of the tree lights we put up are revealed to be flickering at a very fast speed, which is why they are not smooth lines but dotted ones. By the way, we DID also have fun putting up the tree...

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Counter reset...?!

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I noticed with great displeasure the resetting of my 16000+ viewers from 199 countries to... 12 viewers from 7 countries, this morning. Contacted NeoWorx to request that the old totals - still existing for my blog on their site - be returned. Frustrating!

Morris Dancers, Sherborne, UK, December 2009

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Slow shutter speed reveals the action of these wild guys. More to come.

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Check it out.

Bournemouth and Sherborne, UK

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LOVE the smell of salt air. And that of fresh bread, for that matter

London, England, November 2009

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Maple leaves near my cousin's house, Canada Water Underground

London, England, November 2009

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Welcome, at 17000 visitors, to Jersey's first!

My maternal uncle David's 80th birthday party, for which he traveled down from Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago; including his daughter, her husband and his 4 granddaughters and others. Great time.

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2009-12-02T14:43:00.004+04:00

You wouldn't know from the last few posts that my wife and I were going through a crisis last week, but I had posted them well in advance. Then, on November 23, after a couple of days in hospital in southwest England following days of severe stomach pain, she had a miscarriage, and we lost our baby. Too small at 18 weeks to know if it was a boy or a girl, even. So we've been grieving with all this.

I'll be posting regularly again soon.

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