GOODBYE AND HELLO.
A time for reflection about life and death as well as looking forward to enjoying new beginnings.
I said goodbye to my father a few weeks ago at the very end of January, 2015. He didn’t speak to me as he was concentrating so much on his breathing but after I had finished, he moved his hand which I took as a sign that he had heard me. My sister and I had just been told that our dad was dying, so it was a sad and sombre last meeting. The phone-call came in the middle of the night telling us that dad had passed away. He was a couple of months beyond 91. Up to the last 2 years he had been in pretty good health. He had a long, good life. I know he was ready for the end when it came. Dad was a lifelong chapel goer and as my cousin put it :”He died in Christian hope.”
Despite his Christian beliefs, dad was…
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Edinburgh Abstracts
part of a lighthouse light
from botanical garden
close up of a rock from the museum
more from the museum
its science week
part of a clock
t rex
strange fly on gold plate
random pier shots
al and nins
rock formation
cup containing melted icecream
cup in black and white
and again..
rock pool with hand
seaweed
Ive lost my photography mojo, I don’t know where it went or when but it has. Im trying a bit of iphonography to get back into the swing of things as one school of thought would be just by making a habit and taking photos even if maybe you dont feel like it will get you back in to the groove. So the local pier on the first nice day of the year (or so it seems) providing the opportune moment to test the theory out.
Out and about in Newcastle
view of the baltic across the millennium bridge
other side of the bridge looking towards Newcastle
view from hill next to The Sage
side of The sage with the Tyne bridge
Newcastle and the Tyne Bridge
the Sage roof
inside The Sage – amazing architecture resembling the hull of a ship
colourful autumn
images from the local quarry
love the burnt red
I love autumn
love the sunsets and sun rises at this time of year
my favourite out of this batch
processed this one with pixlr-o-matic
playing with aperture
Green Reads – what are we all about?
Fascinating grass roots project based in leeds – looking at environmental issues if you are local to Leeds the group meets in headingly see blog for more details – if not why not give it a follow anyway – sounds great
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