Toilets and followers

As my followers are growing in number, today's content is especially interesting to keep them keen. 

I try to leave the house and particularly the toilets in good order before embarking on an overseas trip. As I peered down the first toilet to quality assure levels of cleanliness, I experienced a flash of nostalgia. I certainly don't intend to inspect Nepalese 'drop' toilets. I couldn't help but photograph my efforts and only wish I could share the pungent springtime fresh air of cleanliness which I'm unlikely to experience in the near future. As English toilets aren't particularly photogenic, I've included the whole room.

I'm hoping to add to my collection of pictures of toilets of the world, although this is an area which is totally unpredictable. One of my all time favourites (from my expanding collection) is a contrasting outdoor version, photographed by the Okavango River, Botswana in 2008 - try and better that, any toilet snobs out there!

I'll be back at the end of the month with more gripping content.

Two Moors Way

Walked a chunk of the above yesterday, in the Teign Valley near Castle Drogo. It was fantabulous.

Nepal will be something of a contrast next week.

Another lovely sunny day

I tried out the new technology and had some fun finding out how not to go about it. As a result, I have plenty of blurred pictures of bits of bird. I couldn't make up my mind which was the best of the worst. Here's one.  

Can you guess what the right side looks like?

For more colour here's another wedding picture, with the scene set for the evening action - definitely a preferred subject compared with moving creatures.

You'll have to imagine the people and the sound.

If today's contribution is somewhat lacking in whole birds/animals/subject matter, be grateful it didn't focus on the results of the ear-plug research which has been ongoing since the arrival of the mixed pack from the Snore Store a few days ago! The latter almost rivals the excitement created by having a pile of bricks inside the house a couple of weeks ago, the results of which are still to be disclosed.

A beautiful sunny spring day

At the end of the above beautiful sunny spring day, the telescope was dressed with its new outfit. It was fortunate that I had help as the instruction leaflet contained only diagrams with arrows and no written instructions. It was only when assembly was completed that I realised that my little camera was trapped and unable to record the finished product. I would therefore like to record my thanks to the stand-in photographer who suffered under my direction.



Notice the air of importance assumed by the little camera on the left. It was getting late in the afternoon when I pointed the above contraption through the kitchen window, towards some rabbits which were sixty metres away, at the bottom of the garden.

Try and imagine what these rabbits would have looked like before they were magnified approximately sixty times. How awesome is that? At this rate I will be photographing ants and spiders in yonder fields.

All the above happened as the sun went down on the beautiful sunny spring day. During it, I took more random pictures of familiar places.

As Philippa would like to see more pictures of the recent wedding, I'm posting the following image of the groom re-living his youth for her and for followers who are not excited by digiscoping technology.

His drumming skills were very impressive.

The Wedding

I spent most of the time looking with my eyes rather than through the lens of the camera which resulted in very few pictures. I didn't manage to get one of the bride, so you'll have to make do with the one from the last posting.

The church was perfect for the occasion but absolutely freezing, resulting in a desperate retreat to warmth after the ceremony - fortunately not during. 

...first impressions

And some more, before the ceremony...









As there is no picture of the bride and groom, you'll have to make do with another happy couple, captured yesterday, quite a long time after they made their vows.

I've devoted so much time to looking at other people's outfits that the telescope will have to wait.

Weddings and telescopes

Today I collected a very special outfit (onesy) for my telescope and can't wait to get it fitted. This is it without the outfit.

We are attending a very smart wedding at North Bovey Church tomorrow, followed by a reception at Bovey Castle. If I manage to get ready without technical hitches in the morning, then I'll dress the above scope (no - not in clothes for those of you who haven't been paying attention to recent postings). You'll then have a pretty good idea of what constitutes the latest fashion in scopewear.

As for me and what I'll be wearing, that will probably be left to your imaginations. The following picture is all about dressing up, except that the bride's hair is not a wig.