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The next PM? #ramble
Read more: The next PM? #rambleIt is Sunday morning and here in the UK the sun is shining and it is a pleasant 20C with a cool breeze. I haven’t written so many posts this week as I haven’t been too well. I keep on going, though. New PM? The battle for leadership of the Tory party continues with Liz…
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In the dark #photography
Read more: In the dark #photographyToday’s picture is of a Midland Metro tram and obviously, the only light available is the lighting at the tram stop and in the tram itself. If something is lit up like that tram that makes getting the shot much easier. There wasn’t much light and so I raised the ISO to 3500 and took…
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Living for today #ramble
Read more: Living for today #rambleIt has been a week since my last post on this site. I haven’t been too well this week, I need to sort myself out! After the intense heat of the heatwave we are back to “normal” English weather this week and it’s raining as I write this. I like to take photos on a…
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Mad dogs and Englishmen #ramble
Read more: Mad dogs and Englishmen #rambleIt is Sunday morning and so as usual I’ll share my thoughts with you. It’s wet and cloudy here in the Black Country but I am thinking of an afternoon out taking photographs today. This week was one to remember as the temperature soared to 37 C. Noel Coward’s song said that “Mad dogs and…
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Hasta la vista, baby #financefriday
Read more: Hasta la vista, baby #financefridayYes, Boris is on his way out and I think Rishi Sunshine with the permanent smile will be in. Boris, uttered that well-known phrase, Hasta la vista, baby, at the end of PMQs. I assume it was directed at the Speaker. Commentators have suggested that he was hinting at the fact that he intends a…
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Enjoy photography #photography
Read more: Enjoy photography #photographyPeople have different ideas about photography and I suppose none are right and none are wrong. We take pictures and if the images are fairly sharp people will regard us as skilled photographers. I think we have to be connected to the places where we take the photos too. Street photographers feel at home in…
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A national emergency #ramble
Read more: A national emergency #rambleThe UK has declared a national emergency as the country will see temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the next two days. My friends in other countries regularly experience such high temperatures but for us, this will break records. It has made me think a bit and if we are going to have such high…
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Producing more oil? #financefriday
Read more: Producing more oil? #financefridayPresident Biden was in the Middle East this week talking down the oil price. He has been critical of Saudi in the past but now wants them to increase the supply of oil. The talks did drive down the oil price and the share prices of oil majors. That made me think it might be…
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Looking for patterns. #photography
Read more: Looking for patterns. #photographyI look for patterns when I’m out and about taking photographs. In today’s picture, it is the steps down to the cut, that is the canal in Black Country dialect. It was very sunny and hot on Sunday so I took a few photos on the Walsall canal. My camera picked up the dark shadow…
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In the summertime #ramble
Read more: In the summertime #rambleIt’s Sunday morning and as usual, I’ll share my thoughts with you. It is really looking like summertime, it’s 18C already and it’s only 9:15. I might go wandering today and see if I can take a few photographs. I must admit I have photographed everything and anything in the area over the past 14…
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