Sun-kissed

Crickley Hill, Gloucestershire

2006-04-09T08:34:00.000+01:00

1st April 2006

That is Cheltenham down there, which is Gloucestershire's largest town. I like the composition in this shot, how I have got the bench in the picture. The sky is great too.

A nice dramatic shot of a small cliff face combined with Cheltenham in the distance.

In this shot, I like the angles that provide perspective, and also the dramatic sky. At first, I was irritated that the person got into shot, but I actually think it adds character.

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Trees & Sunset

2006-04-09T07:35:00.000+01:00

Sunlight & Trees

2006-04-09T07:17:00.000+01:00

Holywell/Coombe, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire

2006-03-22T19:51:00.000Z

Has Winter Returned?

2006-03-12T17:39:00.001Z

It snowed this morning, as you can see...

Tags: photos | photography | snow | England | Gloucestershire

Is this the Start of Spring?

2006-03-11T07:42:00.000Z

Blue Sky & Clouds

2006-03-08T16:48:00.000Z

Sunshine Through Winter Trees

2006-03-05T07:38:00.000Z

Rope Swing on a Hill

2006-03-04T07:29:00.000Z

Blue Sky

2006-03-03T19:48:00.000Z

Shooting Into The Sun

2006-03-01T17:23:00.000Z

This was an experiment of shooting into the light. This was approximately 4pm, 26th February 2006, a few miles out of Dursley, Gloucestershire.
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Tags: photos | photography | gloucestershire trees | sun | sunshine

Crazy Cows

2006-02-28T19:09:00.000Z

Check out these crazy looking cows I saw on Coaley Peak, Gloucestershire, 26th February 2006. Apparantly they've been brought down from Scotland. I suppose they'd need that furry coat to keep them warm up there on the snow-capped mountains.

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Tags: photos | photography | cows | animals

Nice House

2006-02-27T20:38:00.000Z

Saw this nice old house whilst walking near Dursley, Gloucestershire, 26th February 2006.

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photos | photography | house | gloucestershire

Church & Cemetery

2006-02-26T20:40:00.000Z

Stroud, Gloucestershire, 25th February 2006.

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photos | photography | churches | cemeteries

A View Through the Trees

2006-02-26T07:38:00.000Z

This was taken whilst walking near Bull's Cross junction in Gloucestershire, 18th February 2006. I thought it was a nice view through the trees to the gentle hills.

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Tags: photos | photography | Gloucestershire | countryside

Track & Sky (again)

2006-02-26T07:24:00.000Z

This photo was taken on the same walk as the other Track & Sky photo, 18th February 2006, Gloucestershire.

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photos | photography | Gloucestershire | countryside

Pigs in Somerset

2006-02-26T07:17:00.000Z

Some freaky looking pigs I saw in Somerset, 19th February 2006.

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photos | photography | animals | pigs

Two Monuments

2006-02-25T18:09:00.000Z

This was taken on 18th February 2006 in Slad, Gloucestershire.

This was taken on 19th February 2006 somewhere in Somerset.

Tags:
photos | photography | monuments

Foggy View From My Window

2006-02-25T06:46:00.000Z

This was the view from my bedroom window on 14th February 2006, with the fog just touching the tops of the trees.

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Mysterious House

2006-02-24T09:06:00.000Z

I discovered this interesting house whilst on a walk near a road junction in Gloucestershire called Bull's Cross. I was walking down a path which goes through some trees, and in an area of private land was this house. I was considerably further away than it looks, because I zoomed in fully to get this shot. I got various other shots of it from various angles too, as shown below (click for larger versions):

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Track & Sky

2006-02-21T20:13:00.000Z

Near Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.

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photos | photography | Gloucestershire | countryside

Big Country House

2006-02-21T06:48:00.000Z

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photography | photos | countryside

Lake

2006-02-20T19:33:00.000Z

Technorati tags:
photography | lake | Water

Construction Time Again

2006-02-19T20:42:00.000Z

Technorati tags:
photography | photos | building | construction

2006-02-11T19:54:00.000Z

Sunset

2006-02-11T19:47:00.000Z

Woodland path

2006-02-04T07:23:00.000Z

altered photos

2006-02-02T21:00:00.000Z

red

spiral and fall and sink into red
oh so beautiful

2006-01-31T20:00:00.000Z

grey and orange

2006-01-29T19:27:00.000Z

near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire

2006-01-28T13:49:00.000Z

Trees and sunshine on a cold and frosty day

2006-01-27T20:07:00.000Z

alone on a hill

Sunset

2006-01-24T19:32:00.000Z

What do you think of these sunset shots?

2006-01-23T17:12:00.000Z

This castle is actually somebody's house

2006-01-22T19:19:00.000Z

Is it to the sky?

Unrequited Lust?

2006-01-22T19:07:00.000Z

You didn't notice me,
As I sat right next to you.
Your back turned to me,
Was I invisible?

We only spoke once,
When I passed you the vinegar.
So I passed the time
Admiring the waitress instead.

It was time to leave,
And you offered me a smile,
Or two,
And then I thought,
For a while,
That you,
Maybe...

Pittville Park, Cheltenham

2006-01-22T03:27:00.000Z

Pittville Park is a wonderful park in the town of Cheltenham. Last time I went here was two years ago, and it snowed. Isn't it wonderful how a sunny day makes all the difference!

Winter Trees - Different Colours

2006-01-21T23:44:00.000Z

Which version do you prefer?

Winter Trees

2006-01-21T18:54:00.000Z

This picture was taken on 11th January 2006. I personally quite like the mood of this photo, and think the jagged silhouettes of the trees nicely contrast against the beautiful blue evening sky.

2006-01-21T08:32:00.000Z

Sunlight on Winter Trees.

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2006-01-20T20:05:00.001Z

Sunset

Pete Burns

2006-01-20T19:51:00.000Z

I hate Pete Burns. I hate him. He is evil. I want to kill him with an axe.

2006-01-19T16:56:00.000Z

A Lack of New Years Resolutions, part 2

2006-01-18T20:15:00.000Z

You can't touch me when I'm on my own

2006-01-17T18:51:00.000Z

Leo

2006-01-17T07:53:00.000Z

A Lack of New Years Resolutions

2006-01-16T18:57:00.001Z

An Awakening

2006-01-15T16:57:00.000Z

Reach for the sky

2006-01-15T08:33:00.000Z

There must be somewhere for me to go today
But I don't know where

2006-01-14T19:48:00.000Z

Optimism and memories
The future's bright
Come with me
And it'll be alright

My 2005 - In Pictures

2006-01-11T19:52:00.000Z

January

Solitude

Revelations

February

Time out.

Nightmare

March

Escape

April

Cows

Conversation

Lay down in the flowers, and think of the summer that's yet to come.

May

A nice day for wearing a T-shirt.

One day we're going to get so high.

High

June

Somewhere else.

Pause for thought, to remember and to imagine.

I dream of you and me here.

July

Hidden.

Optimism.

Alone in a crowd.

August

Euphoria

Heat

Being philosophical

September

Obsession

Leave me alone

October

Don't wait for me.

Thank you.

November

Sea of fog.

So bright.

December

A true friendship

Perfect.

My Cat Lives In A Blue World

2006-01-10T20:10:00.000Z

Oh how I wish I knew what he was thinking, all those hours spent paused in thought.

Trees & Sunshine on the Edge of Town

2006-01-08T09:51:00.000Z

17th December 2005

Bibury, Gloucestershire

2006-01-08T08:38:00.000Z

Fun Website-linking Word Game

2006-01-07T14:51:00.000Z

Okay, I'm going to start a new fun game.

I want people to e-mail me with a paragraph of text featuring the following words
elephant
cheeseburger
underpants

Any that I like (because they make me laugh, for example), I will post here, along with links to your blogs, plus the next few words to write about.

GO!

Wank Mountain

2006-01-06T19:59:00.000Z

Purely for my own amusement, I typed the word "wank" into Wikipedia, and was deslighted to discover that it is the name of a mountain in the Bavarian Alps. Not only that, but there is a cable car that goes up it called the Wankbahn, and an inn called the Wankhaus. That's made my week, it really has!

Winter Sunshine

2006-01-05T17:31:00.000Z

4th December 2005

Derren Brown

2006-01-05T17:29:00.000Z

Derren Brown is amazing!

Autumn Snow

2006-01-04T18:27:00.000Z

Snow arrives in England, as November draws to a close.
29th November 2005.

Perfect Autumn Day

2006-01-03T19:35:00.000Z

These photos, taken on Stinchcombe Hill on 20th November, represent what I personally feel was the best day in Autumn 2005. Apart from my trip to Westonbirt Arboretum, of course.

Sea of Fog

2006-01-03T07:35:00.000Z

19th November 2005.
This was taken from quite high up on a hill. What appears to be a small island in the sea is actually another hill poking up through the fog.

Beautiful November Trees

2006-01-02T19:51:00.000Z

Photos taken 13th November 2005

Golden Leaves

2006-01-01T17:22:00.000Z

Picture taken 12th November 2005.

Other pictures from the same day:

My Special Place

2006-01-01T06:40:00.000Z

Where memories and dreams are one.

Green November

2005-12-31T19:40:00.000Z

In 2005, November began with an abundance of green leaves uncharacteristic of England. Is this the future? An autumn that starts in August and doesn't end until well into December, that gets my vote.

Unknown Beauty

2005-12-31T19:27:00.000Z

Always judged by others ideals.
Why can't they see,
Sometimes I'm everything I ever wanted to be?

Autumn Sky

2005-12-31T07:25:00.000Z

Photo taken 30th October 2005

Sunny Autumn Woodland

2005-12-31T07:17:00.000Z

Photo taken 28th October 2005

Leo

2005-12-31T07:11:00.000Z

Autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum

2005-12-27T14:05:00.000Z

See all of my Westonbirt Arboretum Photos
See all of my Autumn Photos

Autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum

2005-12-27T10:49:00.000Z

See all of my Westonbirt Arboretum Photos
See all of my Autumn Photos

Strange Search Term

2005-12-27T10:46:00.000Z

What the heck?! How the hecking heck did someone arrive on my blog by searching for "Falling Sand" Java Game ????!!!!

Autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum

2005-12-26T19:12:00.000Z

2 months late is better than not at all....

This photo is sideways. I thought it looked better like that.

See all of my Westonbirt Arboretum Photos
See all of my Autumn Photos

Go on! They are great!!

Quiet Walk On The Hill

2005-12-25T11:56:00.000Z

I love going for a short walk up on the hill on Christmas morning, because it's so quiet and peaceful with everyone else gathered indoors. Just think of all the excited, happy kiddies playing with their new toys.

Most Bizarre Search Phrase

2005-12-24T19:29:00.000Z

nude camel toe

Yes, that's right, somebody actually searched for that and arrived at this site.

Photos Coming Soon

2005-12-24T19:14:00.000Z

Sorry to anyone who visits this blog, I seam to have gone for 2 months without posting anything. Oh well, my life has been so full lately. I have MANY photos going back to the end of October, which I will upload when I get some time soon. Until then, everyone have a lovely time over the festive season.

Bathurst Estate, Gloucestershire

2005-10-25T20:11:00.000+01:00

23 October 2005

I have lots more Autumn photos

Comments Out, E-mails In

2005-10-25T09:15:00.000+01:00

Due to the large amount of spam comments I have been receiving lately on this blog, I have made the decision to disable the comments feature. Instead, I now invite you all to send me e-mails if you have any comments on anything on my blog.

There is now an e-mail link at the bottom of every post, and also on the right side of the blog, underneath the About Me section.

To be honest I prefer the idea of receiving e-mails anyway, it makes it a bit more personal. I've always found it a bit irritating when you get a comment and then you can't reply via e-mail because it has that generic no-reply address on it.

Wye Valley, England/Wales Border

2005-10-24T10:03:00.000+01:00

Photo taken 22nd October 2005

See more of my Autumn photos

The Valley of Colour

2005-10-22T20:58:00.000+01:00

16 October 2005

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Random Lie #12

2005-10-21T20:46:00.000+01:00

In the county of Cornwall in the far south west of England, 57% of the population cannot drive, 62% list "being told not to wear sandals" as one of their hobbies, and a gigantic 73% of the population claim they are able to survive entirely on seaweed.

Random Lie #11

2005-10-21T20:43:00.000+01:00

If you lined all the world's pencils end to end, they would poke out the side of the universe.

Autumn Photos

2005-10-20T20:18:00.000+01:00

Photo taken 15 October

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Unidentifiable Music

2005-10-19T20:44:00.000+01:00

Back in the summer, I got into the habbit of recording from internet radio, and then editing the results and saving the bits I liked. The problem with this, was that I have lots of music that I like but which I don't know the name of.

There is one particularly good piece of music, and I wonder if anybody can shed any light as to who it's by, based on my description of it.

It starts off with a harp melody, and it it is mainly based around a piano/harp melody, with many other sounds mixed into it, some accoustic and some electronic. This is all set to a groovy (but slightly minimalistic) mid tempo electronic beat, along with occasional voice samples. A little girl's voice keep's saying "artificial", whilst a woman's voice says things like "electronic" "incantations", "co-dependency", and (at one point) "audiology". These voices sound American.

The whole thing sounds like somebody has very cleverly sampled classical accoustic instrument performances, and then merged them seamlesly with electronic sounds, textures and samples.

In fact, I have uploaded the piece, so why not hear it for yourself.

But in terms of raw emotion, this other piece I recorded off internet radio is really big and emotional sounding. You really will have to hear thsi one for yourself, because there are no samples in it to identify it at all. My only problem with this piece, is that it doesn't really go anywhere, it just keeps going round in thsi big circle of big raw emotional sound.

If anybody knows what either of these pieces music are, I'd be delighted to know.

Random Lie #10

2005-10-18T20:14:00.000+01:00

David Bowie once lived in an eleven dimensional house. This enabled certain rooms to exist outside of the space-time continuum, thus enabling him to withdraw from the public gaze whenever he wished. Legend has it that it was in one of these rooms that he composed the majority of the songs for the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.

Random Lie #9

2005-10-18T20:11:00.000+01:00

The first ever space shuttle was invented in 1746. However, its primitive wooden structure meant that it caught fire just before take-off, killing all 5-thousand people on board.

Random Lie #8

2005-10-18T20:08:00.000+01:00

Sir Randolf Pogo first got the idea for the Pogo Stick in Australia in 1901 after spending 2 years travelling across the desert on the back of a kangaroo.

Random Lie #7

2005-10-18T20:03:00.000+01:00

Special Clever Scientists has just recently discovered the gene that stops us being able to fly. It is thought that by the year 2023, the Scientists will wind a way to turn this gene off, causing people to float upwards into space and die.

Random Lie #6 - How The Universe Began

2005-10-16T20:34:00.000+01:00

First there was nothing. Yes, that's right, nothing, not even the word "nothing". Then suddenly from out of nowhere a supreme being (let's call him "God", just for fun) appeared when a loud bang happened. To begin with, God looked like a monkey and climbed an imaginary Space Tree, but later made himself a cave out of rubber, and lived there alone for many years. Then he created the planets, most of which didn't have life except for one which he called Earth, plus a few others many miles away, the inhabitants of which would fly many hours in their round dish-like vehicals to see Earth. The life on Earth was mainly monkeys and lizards and blind fish type things. One day, an apple fell sideways from a tree, and this gave God the idea to invent gravity, which pulled the aliens more towards the planet and made it harder for the monkeys to climb the trees. As a result, the monkeys went in search of bananas elsewhere, but couldn't find any away from the trees, so they died. God created Adam in the image of himself and told him to eat the apple. Adam ate the apple, and a women appeared naked before him. They had sex, and Eve got pregnant. Unfortunately, this first baby was just a giant eye, and so they had to have sex again, this time producing a huge litter of humans, enough to make a whole village. Soon, these people travelled and bred, and filled the entire planet. By this time, Planet Earth had developed its own independant conciousness called Satan, and destroyed itself in a gigantic explosion. The End.

Random Lie #5

2005-10-16T20:25:00.000+01:00

The world's first solar-powered hovercraft was invented in 1736 by a man called Benjamin Arthur Hovercraft. It was shaped like a giant tricycle and could seat 7 people. The last one was dismantled in 1872, its parts subsequently used to build a small shed on stilts for a man called George (who later died during major elbow surgery).

Random Lie #4

2005-10-16T20:24:00.000+01:00

Stilts were invented to enable humans to strangle giraffes.

Random Lie #3

2005-10-16T20:20:00.000+01:00

The word "octopus" originates from the Latin words for "to swim" (octo) and "cat" (pus), and dates back to when certain breeds of rebel cats first began to swim in the sea. Many marine biologists believe that the modern octopus evolved from these swimming cats.

Bredon Hill, Worcestershire

2005-10-16T07:04:00.000+01:00

Photo taken 9th October 2005

See more photos of Bredon Hill

Random Lie #2

2005-10-09T18:50:00.000+01:00

Due to a bet placed with Sylvester Stallone in 1989, Michael Douglas will win $5,000 if Oprah Winfrey ever climbs Mount Everest in a wetsuit.

Random Lie #1

2005-10-09T16:59:00.000+01:00

The world's first ever pair of trousers was invented on the 20th of February, 1965, by a man called David Trousers, after he became ill with pneumonia from cycling to work every day in his underpants.

Dreams & Desires

2005-10-05T20:14:00.000+01:00

The Dreams...

Dream 1:
I was in a city, walking past a place like a bus station or something, and young woman was with me. We saw another young woman in the bus station, being beaten by a man. We rushed over and saved the woman from the man. The next day, she came to work in my office. Everyone was sat in different places, and all the desks were round the wrong way. All the colours was brighter. She fell in love with me.

Dream 2:
This one's a bit vague. I was on a boat (don't ask me why), and I felt really sad for some reason, and decided that I wanted to give a particular woman a big hug, so I went and gave her a hug, and felt like I really needed it. It was really emotionally intense.

The Desires...

Warning: The following section contains themes of a sexual nature. Not that that's going to stop you reading it, you filthy minded weirdo...

There is this woman on my college course. I don't know what it is about her, but there is this real spark between us. We get on really well, and she keeps touching my arm. This week, I told myself I would try not to be distracted, and that I would try really hard to concentrate on the lesson, but she looked really nice this week. I think she'd had her hair done, and she was wearing that black top, which meant I kept staring at her breasts.

There is another woman in the same lesson who I also think is quite cute, but there was no spark between us. We sat together in the very first lesson, and there was really no spark. She's nice though.

There is young woman in my badminton club. She's quite nice, but the problem is, I'm really not sure how old she is. She could be only 16 for all I know. She's quite cute though, and is quite funny when she makes a mistake and misses a shot.

This one makes no sense: There is this young woman in my office. I can't explain what it is, but somethign draws me to her. I wouldn't say she's especially great looking, and I've never even really spoken much to her, but still something makes me want her. There is this vibe. I want to rub oil all over her and play with her nipples.

Then there is this new young man. To be perfectly honest, the majority of guys don't really do anything for me, but occasionally, just occasionally, there's one that does. When he first arrived, somebody thought he was supposed to be working with me (which he wasn't) so he got introduced to me, and when he shook my hand, he seamed to look quite intensely at me, like he found me really interesting/exciting. And I keep catching him watching me from time to time, including a time when he seamed to look me up and down like he was really checking me out. I could be completely wrong about this though, he may be just a curious person, finds me visually interesting in a non-sexual way.

To be honest though, I just want somebody, anybody (but preferably female), to play with my penis. It's such a lovely penis, even if I do say so myself. It's going to waste at the moment.

Sunny October Morning

2005-10-05T20:12:00.000+01:00

1st October 2005, Gloucestershire, England.

Early Autumn, Gloucestershire

2005-10-01T11:13:00.000+01:00

Photos taken in September

Random Poem Generator

2005-09-24T20:20:00.000+01:00

http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Poem/

Flick my nipples
I'm at Carleton, where they call me a frosh.
Or rather lumpy tables
My socks are wet, and my shoes now slosh.

The world is my elephant
smother the fish in blankets
into the waiting jaws of the fire ants
so just remember, don't fondle your pets

Squeeze my tiny earlobes
Their freezing feathers shatter and dissolve
Mashed potatoes, where's the gravy baby?
And in other times we baste the elves

I want to dance with you in the rain
I take a hit on my hooka-bong
Its just easier than feeling the memory of you again
I think I'm a penguin but I'm always wrong

Fall sideways into a cupboard
and left a goat for hire
Wallet, Mallet, Mallard, Walloon, Balloon, Bollard
And it fueld her fossils with Phryggian Fire

Come with me, we'll wipe our sandals
Whilst off in the distance my stomach is rumbling
And I think this is all very tiring
A Stipean paen to Vedderian whining

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast
Beyond the shady shadows there's little else to do
i don't believe nothing, even if its true
i don't believe nothing, even if its true

Walk with me into the sunset
and you look down and your feet stinks
She said to the screaming marmoset.
without regret or even time to think

I wondered lonely as a cloud
Thrown into the sky like all so many figs
while dolphins tweeted the dephts of the cloud
Cause after the beating they all have to wear wigs.

I Have Asbolutely No Idea Why I've Written This Message

2005-09-19T17:33:00.000+01:00

But I have, so there!