…from some viewpoints this may just look like a snapshot of an insect in a bush. And that is of course true – it is the rear view of ‘bombus terrestris’ – but in reality it represents so much more… This innocent creature has no contemplation of the complicated world it occupies as it hastens [...]
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Look a little closer…
September 26, 2009 – 7:24 pm
…and you may be surprised what you see. You can read as many namby-pamby spiritualistic Dao-esque publications as you like, telling you to ‘live in the moment’ or ‘become one with you inner self’ but you’ll never reach enlightenment. You can ‘Om’ yourself into a state of nausea or stick crystals up your Chakras till [...]
Pay attention…
August 8, 2009 – 1:51 pm
To capture above amazing image of water-dwelling insect creating fantastic wave/interference pattern across surface tension of nearby lagoon take the following steps… invite slightly hilarious Canadian friend of Tango to stay for a night take above guest to meet loverly local friends eat dinner, drink wine, laugh a lot and conclude evening with one too [...]
Nice weather for ducks…
January 26, 2009 – 10:01 pm
…personally if I was a duck and it had pissed down non-stop for over a week I’d be pretty bleedin’ miserable. A light shower on an April afternoon and I’d be fluffing and preening and looking all jolly in a ducky ‘I’m quite waterproof’ way but on a freezing cold afternoon halfway up a mountain [...]
Six hours in Santurzi…
November 13, 2008 – 6:02 pm
…not much to do in Santurzi on a Monday morning when your boat is late. Maybe have a coffee or listen to big swarthy men hitting big bits of metal with big manly hammers in the shipyard. Wander around for a bit. Sit over there for a bit. Wander over there and sit down again. [...]
Gorillapod…
October 17, 2008 – 1:10 pm
…I received a loverly present in the post yesterday from some loverly people. It is the new DSLR/zoom sized Gorillapod for people with large … er … camera extensions. My camera can now climb mountains, hang from trees and eat bamboo for days on end. Taking the photograph was somewhat vexing but with the use [...]
Look what I made Ma…
May 23, 2008 – 6:40 pm
…I am a rubbish son. My mother often asks me to take photos of work so that she can check up on me see what I’ve been doing (in a loving, maternal type way). I have not performed this simple task for quite some time so here are a few pics of ‘Quinta do Cabril’. [...]
I would have bought this jacket…
October 28, 2007 – 11:02 am
…but some things just don’t need to be said… I didn’t surf today. My mind was on other things…