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memes, photography, topographical

Diptych for 08/08/08


Diptych for 08/08/08, originally uploaded by kcm76.

This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 24/52 (2008 week 32).

Looking upwards from our lawn thru’ my ultra-wide lens: at left this lunchtime on a grey day and at right late this evening after nightfall when the sky was slightly clearer. Notice the horrid orange background of London street lamps in the night shot. Thought this might make an interesting comparison for a Flickr888 contribution as well as for my 52 Weeks self-portrait (bottom left).

amusements, medical, memes, personal, photography, pleasures, science, thoughts

Getting to Know You Meme

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Getting to Know You Meme, originally uploaded by kcm76.

1. A perfect weekend watching Tom & Jerry on tv and laughing…, 2. Amur Leopard, 3. A TRIBUTE TO A DEAR FRIEND. (KILKENNY, IRELAND), 4. Untitled, 5. ₪ Rhizomatic in-between typewriter ₪, 6. “Timemachines”, 7. 14th August 2007 / Day 226, 8. The cake i Made for my mother’s birthday, 9. Embracing the sun … {}, 10. day 151 Caught with crabs in my merkin! , 11. Walking in the rain 1_2499, 12. Smiles of Tibet in Exile

The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste the html into your blog or Flickr stream (the easiest way is to copy the URLs and then head over to the fd’s flickr toys link above and use the mosaic maker).

The Questions & Answers:
1. What makes you laugh? Cats
2. What makes you cry? Animal suffering
3. Who is the one person you trust the most in the world? My Mother
4. Who broke your heart? Jill (no, not you Mistress Weekes; long before that!)
5. Where was your first kiss? I really don’t remember
6. What body part do you love most (your body)? My mind
7. What body part do you love least (your body)? My fat
8. What candy fits your personality? Coffee creme chocolate
9. What color would you paint your room if you could pick any color? Magnolia
10. A word that makes you laugh? Merkin
11. What emotion do you express most often? Depression
12. Who inspires you? The Dalai Lama

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys. for the Flickr My Meme group.

arts, memes, photography

Playing with Mosaics


Playing with Mosaics, originally uploaded by kcm76.

1. autumn leaves, 2. week 31/52. 28 days; 4 weeks; 1 month., 3. The Mood O Meter, Independent Subarus, Victor Idaho, AKA Gallagher’s, AKA Sue’s Roos, 4. green veined white
5. red cabbage, 6. Tomb plate, Standish, 7. summerishere, 8. Looking landwards across Slapton Ley
9. Bloom, 10. Red Arrows Lowestoft 08, 11. The Drunken Ducks, 12. Untitled

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.

I was just playing with the Mosaic Maker tool at Big Huge Labs and created this from the most recent 12 of my Flickr favourites. Thought it was worth keeping. It’s a super sample of some of the brilliant photography on Flickr: follow the links to each one; they’re well worth it.

beliefs, memes, photography, thoughts

Reflection of a Window

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Reflection of a Window, originally uploaded by kcm76.

This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 20/52 (2008 week 28).

I think it is also time that I did another 13 things list, mainly for the Flickr “Thirteen Things” group, so here are …

13 Thinks I Believe

  1. There is no supernatural deity.
  2. All Christians (indeed all theists) are actually Devil-worshippers.
  3. Evolution is the only testable explanation we have for life as we know it.
  4. There is life elsewhere in the cosmos; but we’d better not assume what it looks like.
  5. All life does not have to be based on water and/or carbon.
  6. The scientific method works well until scientists get preconceived ideas or stop testing their (all too frequent) assumptions.
  7. Time, like space, progresses at a variable rate.
  8. Religion has done more harm than good in the world, however religion has also been responsible for much of the great art in the world.
  9. We should all be taught much more about sex and our bodies and this should be discussed openly; this would make us a lot more relaxed and able to talk about such things with each other, our children and medics – which has to be good for everyone’s health.
  10. Freedom of speech is sacrosanct. You are entitled to believe, and say, anything you wish. But I do not have to listen to or agree with you.
  11. Nudity and sex are both natural but do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.
  12. There are more things in heaven and earth than we understand.
  13. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
medical, natural history, personal, photography, pleasures, science, thoughts, topographical

What I Done on My Holidays

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At the beginning of June Noreen and I had two weeks holiday (well time off work anyway). For a variety of reasons, not least that we couldn’t get anyone to feed the cats, not even our local cattery, we didn’t go away. As always we intended to have lots of days out but due to basic knackeration and idleness we failed. So here is what I did done on my holidays …

  • Took lots of photographs of the garden and especially the roses
  • Supervised the gardener reconstructing the compost heaps
  • Got a boot-load of old stuff (dead printers, garden shredder) taken to the tip
  • Proofread Anthony Powell Society quarterly Newsletter and sent it to printer
  • Paid loads of bills
  • Turned out the toot from our wardrobes and threw out a load of old shoes, underwear, etc.
  • Reviewed the draft new Anthony Powell Society website (still under development at the time of writing)
  • Got a haircut
  • Tidied up my PC hard disk
  • Photoshopped lots of photos and posted them to Flickr
  • Caught up on the pile of magazines to read by the bed
  • Had some extra sleep
  • Cooked lamb curry, vegetable curry and trout & pasta
  • Decided not to buy a new bike (‘cos I know I’ll end up not using it, like I didn’t use the last one)
  • Attended a charity trustees meeting, and unexpectedly had to chair it
  • Went to London Zoo
  • Went to the garden centre and bought loads of plants (some acers, a rose, a passion flower, lots of small things) and some terracotta pots for the patio
  • Had a major tidy-up and repotted lots of plants on the patio
  • Stayed up late but still got up fairly early (at least on some days)
  • Had several siestas
  • Went to Kew Gardens
  • Spent lots of time pottering in the garden
  • Got slightly sunburnt
  • Wrote several weblog posts
  • Had sex, several times
  • Totally buggered my sleep pattern and failed to get up early on the days I wanted to (which is why we didn’t have as many away-days as planned)
  • Processed a raft of literary society membership renewals and other admin; three afternoons worth!
  • Tried to agree what we should do for an autumn holiday – and failed!

Such is the stuff of doing nothing.