Chez Spud

Once upon a time, when Bertie was a baby, my mother-in-law was reminiscing with me about her own children as babies and how ‘everything is different these days’. She wasn’t being snooty or draconian, simply passing comment on how recommended practices change from generation to generation. She mentioned that MrSpud was fed on Carnation Milk [...]

A mere 17 hours after I received A Sign that I should blow a load of cash on a new camera…she arrived. And here she is, my [not very] little bundle of joy….my D700 accessorised with a Big Fat Lens. Since the incident of the Disappearing Wig back in the summer, Andy the Postman can’t [...]

Apologies, this question has been lurking for a while. Amanda asked a while back about how we can protect our images online, to prevent others using them. In short, there is no truly effective way of preventing someone who is very skilled and determined helping themselves to your images. So the basic rule is ‘if [...]

Happy Birthday lovely Anna…just turned 3! Look at her curls, look at the red, red hair…just perfect. AND she has the prettiest face, perfect creamy skin with freckles and chocolate coloured eyes. Gah, not fair….unfair distribution of pretties! Thanks to you all for your lovely comments on Aswirly’s post on making the most of your [...]

Life is definitely speeding up…ergo…I am definitely getting old. I hate that. Although now I’m all stocked up with No 7 Perfect & Protect Intense Serum I’m all set to be looking like a teenager again in a couple of weeks. But without the spots, attitude and poor judgement, I hope. In this Brave New [...]

News just in…stop press…stop all the clocks…hold the front page…those well-meaning people who say ‘time heals’ to those who are grieving, probably uttered in that slightly whiney, knowitall voice, head cocked to one side, perhaps nodding a bit for emphasis (“Believe me! I’m right, I’m nodding my head and using my special whiney voice, thus [...]

Very cool little photobooth on the South Bank in London with a live feed to Flickr. Fantastic fun…write your message on a whiteboard, stand in the booth, SMILE and you’re famous.Well, on Flickr anyway. Me and ‘the wife’ thinking about wine for lunch, exhausted by a long morning of culture, photography and gossip. More photos [...]

Playing along with Jane of Spain Daily, and her Corner View. This week it’s ‘A Place of Reflection’. Controversially, I snapped this with my old Sony P&S. The Nikon is thus sulking and pretending not to care, but I can tell that she’s hurting inside. Don’t worry trusty Nikon, it was a spontaneous shot..I was [...]

A week or so ago I spotted a little ‘nugget’ on The Fragrant Muse’s blog, where she’d jotted down a few of her ‘gremlins’ with a view to banishing them, or at least giving them a glancing blow, by putting them down in writing.  I admired her honesty for sharing and started musing on whether [...]

Spent much of the morning pondering on the word ‘meme’…what is it….what does it mean…where did it come from…how do you pronouce it…and does it need feeding like a small pet of some sort? Having established what it is  I pushed on and rose the not insustantial challenge of Molly’s 5 random favourite things. My [...]