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I woke up this morning…

~aside~   Always a good start to the day, don`t you think?  Waking up in the morning is good for you, even if your man/woman don`t love you no more, or your pet spider´s hopped it´s clogs. You see, if you wake up things can get better, if you don´t they can´t.

Where was I?  Waking up. That`s what alarm clocks do for/to you, wake you up.

 Mine´s a cheap one,  

it can only be set on the quarter hours.

The choice is set it for half past and stay in bed five minutes longer, or set it for a quarter to and rush.

 Setting it for a quarter to and staying in bed five minutes longer is a nice compromise ;-)

I heaved myself out of the warm, cosy bed into the cold, dark pre-dawn.

A shot of pain, no, a minor nuclear explosion, rocked my skull. Direct hit by a `one too many syndrome.´ Staggered downstairs mentally flagellating myself, “Idiot! Fool! Don`t know when to stop, do you? This is the result!  Prat! Pillock!”

Suddenly searing light hit me in the red, half closed, piggy eyes. I mentally screamed and audibly groaned, ”Light.”

 I was passing a window. Eyes half shut, I squinted through it between my fingers.

My eyes snapped open.(Ouch) OMG! Look at that! Look at the sky, the shadows, the frost, the rime, the everything. Had to get a shot of that.
Scrambled downstairs, grabbed camera, climbed upstairs, all pain forgotten. This was going to be the shot of shots, the non plus ultra sky/dawn shot. The jaw dropper, the gobsmacker, The one to bring tears to old photographers eyes. Eat your heart out cruel wor..……. you catch my drift.

 I took a shot, shot another and another and another. Satisfied, I shumbled downstairs to a frowning breakfast of black coffee, aspirin and vitamin C.

 30 minutes later, feeling I´d returned to the outer fringes of the human race, I take the camera and wander PC wards.

 Plug in-couple up-switch on

  What do we see? The 27 photos of grey paint drying, not what I´d hoped for …….The dissected frog pics, hmmm.. red, messy.

Now what´s this? A fried egg? When did I take that? Don`t remember taking that. There´s another, and another..all out of focus..This one looks a bit like an ugly, out of focus sunrise…aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGH

I got a shock today. Not a 500,000 volts fry, or a finger in the socket, hair standing on end shock, but a shock nevertheless.

People read my blog!!! You included.

Didn´t realise it; didn´t dream it. Are you that bored??? Bet you´re my biggest fan, the one who looks at all my pics, no matter how bad. Welcome Anonymous Visitor :-)

Well, now you´re here I´d better try to entertain you. Here´s my poem of the month….;-)

            No sun - no moon!

No morn - no noon -

No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,

No comfortable feel in any member -

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,

No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -

November!

Thomas Hood

Yesterday, after a long afternoon spent wandering through the woods on the edge of town, I couldn`t wait to upload a few images because I thought some of the shots would be really good.

So, after six hours of walking, I rushed to share something. Instant disappointment, I just couldn`t see the wood from the trees or concrete or rust. Today, took my time and I´m a bit happier with the uploads :-) Hope you enjoy them as much as I did mooching around taking them.

I´ve been on holiday for a few weeks and had a great time. Now I´ve got 100s  of photos to process... :-( or will it be fun. I´ve started with three I took on penzance promenade..

I´ve been here a few days now and I´m still disorientated, can`t find things or speak the language, but I´m rather used to that kind of thing.

 I have the feeling it´s going to be rather fun.   Now excuse me, I´m off to unload a pic "docs."