I know a cat who goes crazy when she hears someone flossing their teeth; she just loves to play with and bite on the dental floss after her human has finished with it.
The first photo was taken when I was in London in August. It's of Regent's Canal and was taken with my daughter's point and shoot Sony DSC-W150.
What's the oldest article of clothing you own? Bonus points if you show us a photo!
I've got several items of clothing dating from the very early 1990s and many from nearly as long ago. I tend to keep my clothes until they fall to pieces.
When was the last time you received a hand-written letter in the mail? Who sent it?
I think the only time I receive hand-written letters is when people enclose a note in a Christmas card to me. I've got a few friends with whom I don't want to completely lose touch, but the only contact we have is Christmas cards, so we usually write a note in the cards, but one or two people actually write on separate paper.
What's your favorite room in the house? Bonus points if you show us a photo!
One of favourite rooms in my new house is the lounge room which is really just the other end of the dining/computer area. (It's a very small house.) I like the whole place because it's so light and bright, but I'm not prepared to show a photo of my bedroom on here. This photo was taken before I had completely finished unpacking so the room is a bit messier than I normally keep it.
Who is the most famous person you've ever met?
I once met Cliff Richard (now Sir Cliff Richard) when I was volunteering as an usher at a concert he was giving in Perth and I also once got Rolf Harris's autograph. I'm not sure if either of those examples qualify as actually meeting the person, though. Also, I'm pretty sure that neither of them was known in the US.
When I read about this week's photo quest I remembered that I'd taken a series of afternoon photos of some dead trees in a lake near where I live. I was only going to post that series, but then I decided to go out early(ish) in the morning and take some photos of the same trees with the light coming from the other direction. So here are my efforts. (Pentax K100D) I did not crop or edit these in any way.
Afternoon:
36mm, f11@ 1/190 sec:
45mm, f11@ 1/190 (this is my favourite):
34mm, f9.5@ 1/190:
On Saturday I arrived back from ten fantastic days in London with my daughter. I was really sad to leave and it wasn't easy to come back to my normal humdrum life here. I saw lots of interesting and beautiful places and things in London and also out of London, but I thought I'd share with you some of the quirkier things I saw.
Many of the shops in the Camden Market area display samples of their wares on the fronts of their buildings:
In the Southbank area on the Thames, near the London Eye (a giant ferris wheel), there are many funny performance artists:
1. Michael Jackson
Across the river in Trafalgar Square, this man was tossing food to the people below, as it is now forbidden to feed the pigeons:
1. Stilt man:
And finally, one day we were walking towards Earl's Court train station when this group of guys came out of a doorway and walked along in front of us. We were very curious about why they were dressed as they were, so when they went into a bottle shop we hung around outside, and when they came out they were very happy to pose for a photo op (naturally they turned out to be Australians, on their way to a rugby match):
I've been very quiet here lately; first, I had a houseguest, then I had to move - moving day is Monday 3rd August - and then on 10th August I'm going to London to spend ten days with my daughter. Whew! Things should be a bit quieter for the rest of the year, though.
I took these photos while I was away on a mini-break in the far south-west of Western Australia, at the southern-most tip of the state, Cape Leeuwin. It was an extremely windy day with showers alternating with sun and blue sky. It was quite hard getting the exposure right as the light kept changing, but it was interesting catching the sun shining on some parts of the scene while there were big dark clouds above or to one side. I learnt that I don't have enough patience to wait for exactly the right moment to press the shutter to capture the ocean spray flying up into the air.
All taken with Pentax K100D Super.
18 mm, f11 @ 1/250.
34 mm, f11 @ 1/250
50 mm, f11 @ 1/250
30 mm, f11 @ 1/180
30 mm, f11 @ 1/180
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Emjay said:
That's great that you have stayed the same size all those years. I've been a yo-yo dieter all my life... read more
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Oh, I completely forgot about my wedding dress - from my wedding in 1978. I was only thinking of clothes... read more
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I have a sweatshirt that I wore when I was pregnant with my now 23 yo - I drag it... read more
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I love both photos but really, really like the blossom. read more
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