Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It’s a little easier if you’ve got a god to forgive you.[Ian McEwan; Sunday New York Times Magazine;
02 December 2007]
Category Archives: photography
Sunrise with Crow
Sunrise with Crow, originally uploaded by kcm76.
Taken early this December morning through the study window.
Crab Apple Star
Autumn is here, with all its glorious colours!
Excessive DUST?!
Absolutely brilliant — so much so it is stretching my credulity neurons.
As @j-sin syas: I’ve lived in the UK long enough to know that this is the only country where “leaves on the track” stop our trains but this seemed a new level of sillyness. Was the dust “high in fat or low in fat” I wonder?
Our Cats – Happy Furry Friday
As it’s furry Friday I thought I ought to upload pictures of our current two cats. So here they are: Harry above; Sally below …
They are now about nine. And no, Harry and Sally weren’t our choices of names; they’re rescues which we acquired some 8 years ago when they were about a year old; they’d been dumped on the doorstep of our local Blue Cross centre (in Hammersmith, London) with Sally heavily pregnant; the staff chose their names. Sally’s six kittens were spoken for almost before they were born, but no-one wanted these two really lovely friendly young adults. Harry greeted us for the first time by rolling on his back and demanding attention; he’d obviosuly said to Sally “It’s alright dear, you look after the kids and I’ll do the PR stuff”! The staff at Blue Cross were so glad we wanted them that they wouldn’t even let us see any other cats!
Rauf the Taxi
One of my friendly local cab drivers. Totally unposed; he had no idea I was going to take it when he next turned towards me. Luckily we were sitting in stationary traffic at the time!
Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
I found this today on a rose bush in the garden; the first one I’ve seen; I’m pretty well certain of the ID. Not the best of pictures I’ve ever taken.
The Harlequin Ladybird is a recent arrival in the UK and it is spreading from the SE. It is a pest: it is aggressive, spreads quickly and predates other ladybirds rather than following their example and eating aphid. More information at www.harlequin-survey.org and www.ladybird-survey.org. Yes, I have submitted a report to the survey.
And now one has a dilemma. Do I destroy the beasticle on the basis that it is a pest, or do I let it go free rather than risk damaging my karma?
Berberis in Flower
The Berberis in our garden looking stunning in the Spring sunshine. It’s been in flower like this for at least the last week. It’s bee heaven too. You really need to see this full size on Flickr!
Back on Duty
Harry the office cat is back on duty after his operation. Although he’s still confined to barracks (and mighty fed up about it) his leg is healing well and, as you can see, he’s allowed to do light office duties. Amazingly he hasn’t (yet) removed the stitches! And he’s back to being huggy Harry, which is nice.
Time for a Change?
Somehow, I know the feeling! 🙁