Well, there are still 348 days left of 2014, so I will say Cheers! to the New Year, albeit rather belatedly. I wish you all the best for those 348 days, hoping the first 17 haven’t been too dusty for you, either.
And I seem to have been making a bit of a Santa collection, mainly from photoshoots at Croome Court, a joint volunteer venture between National Trust and our camera club, plus a visit to the Worcestershire Camera Club exhibition in CrownGate, Worcester, with the odd drive-by Santa at home!
Rather fine robin action image by Douglas Gregor ARPS. Does look as if it’s about to feed Santa a maggot!
The Lions’ Santa and sleigh in Droitwich.
Santa in the cellar at Croome.
Croome tree decoration
Shhh!
Down the chimney at Croome.
Worn out!
Another Shindig do tonight – the local touring arts scheme in Worcestershire. They provide a wonderfully eclectic selection of music, drama and dance and we have sampled many of their offerings.
This time it was a candle- and lamp-lit Regency Christmas concert with period ‘Early Romantic’ guitar players Dodici Corde and their guest reader and soprano, at Lower Broadheath church – a very welcoming place.
The guitar playing was super, the readings well chosen and the music both in period and suitably festive – altogether a very pleasant evening. At £12 including mulled wine (before and in the interval) and mince pie, an absolute bargain! Actually even more so for us as we actually won the tickets, so an extra thank you to Live and Local/Shindig!
Sadly I managed to mess up the settings on the camera so they are very hit and miss pics, not helped by the heaters in the church that glow red and gave everything an unsuitably demonic glow! Sorry folks, not sure I’m doing the cause of live music (or photography) much good with these, but hey, I’m having fun!
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Just a few of the photos from Ava’s christening day on Sunday, a lovely family occasion at St Nicolas’ church in King’s Norton.
Hard to credit the great-granddaughter is a year old! A very happy chocolatey birthday party was had, as you can see!
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The house was candlelit and the garden illuminated… very atmospheric. well worth the dash up & down the M1.
Time to bite the bullet again (at least that would be calorie-free).
The fridge has been detoxed and is full of butternut squash soup and other duly worthy stuff. Here we go, Orville and I…
(Orville above is in fact one of the orangs at Durrell on Jersey, where they had a world first earlier this year… Take a look, visit, and perhaps support their work if you can.)
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A pleasant day… A long-delayed meet-up with friends… A few good laughs… Better weather than anticipated… A tasty and convivial pub lunch… Good news of friends and family on the mend… A couple of photos published… Booked for Kate Rusby’s … Continue reading
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I decided on a night away at Lacock, Wiltshire, for the OH’s birthday recently. Apart from the idiosyncratic Abbey and quaintly period village, the Fox Talbot museum offered photographic interest, so it seemed like a good choice of venue. Topped that … Continue reading
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