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Whoops, where has the time gone? Can’t believe it’s been 6 days since I was last here.
It’s half-term in Scotland, meaning I have the boys at home for 18 days…… oh, joy! So this week, Steph’s taken a few days off and we’ve been eating walking our way around the autumnal landscapes of Aberdeenshire.
I’ll put [...]

First of all, I must point out that I am a rank amateur, who’s only been doing this a week - if you need an expert, move along there’s nothing to see here…… However, I’ve got some good results already, and most importantly I can tell you how to do it using only free software, [...]

Just don’t, OK?
I mean really, what goes through these people’s heads as they design these signs? Sure, you can use the ‘you’ve just got a dirty mind’ defence but just how innocent are they claiming to be?
I mean, really……
On a somewhat unrelated note, I wonder if I’m one of the few people in the world [...]

This is up near Braemar, and we were up there this Sunday.  It is as beautiful as it looks, and immediately behind where I’m standing, the water has cut a deep gorge through the rock with whirlpools and hidden caves and all sorts of beautiful but dangerous things!
This image is a HDR - High Dynamic [...]

Since getting my shiny new digital camera just over a week ago, I’ve found myself spending more time playing with that and Flickr than blogging - I really just haven’t felt like getting in front of the keyboard to be honest.
Hope you’re all well, because I’ve been doing precious little reading as well, and I [...]

Ho, and indeed ho. Having just looked at the calendar and realised that official summer time ends this month, we might as well make the most of the sunny weather Aberdeenshire is currently basking in. Here’s an autumnal scene from Leith Hall taken yesterday:

Where does the word Autumn come from anyway?

Have you ever gone to pull away in your car, only to find you’ve left the parking brake on? That moment of confusion when you’re doing 10,000 revs and wondering why you’re not moving?
Imagine doing that in a plane.
A 737 to be precise.
During Landing:

Lots more photos showing the full extent of the damage here, although [...]

A tree at Tyrebagger Stone Circle.
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Thanks to the wonderful tool that is Stumble Upon, here’s yet another cool website: Shorpy.
It’s simply a photoblog of old pictures from a variety of scenes: Pin Boys at a bowling alley, street scenes, family photos, old buildings and much more. A simple idea, and all the more compelling for it.

Shorpy Himself 
Highly recommended.

There aren’t many people who don’t have a digital camera these days, and whether you’re just a click-happy maniac with a simple compact camera, or have just spent hundreds on a digital SLR because you don’t have to pay until Oct 2008 (ahem), if you want to get a little more out of your photos, [...]