- Dignitea
Dignitea
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Sunday, January 26, 2025, 9:36:46 AM- | ||||||
I have a thing about socks, always buying them, but seeing these ones, Just had to give them a try. ![]() They do feel weird at first, but now, I really like them, now have I bought more, yes. Like I have said many times, I have a sock thing. The storm we had on Friday, fair changed my little landscape, lost the General and the Duchess, names I had for my two favourite trees, Duchess especially was a bad one, I had 3 little projects around that area and well,, now will never get finished. But for me, I just see it as Mother Nature deciding that I need to change my focus to other things, that she decided. The General was a massive Beech tree, but it lost its top main trunk, maybe 40ft up, when you see how large this was, it just shows the power of nature, very much a case of good bye old friends. The plan when I reach 60 was always to stop posting as much online to cut back on time spent and to get back to, well other things. Things I have learned, well, still dance badly, but I can still smile madly. There is a video somewhere to prove that. ![]() I took this about a month ago, usually it is the whole of the moon,, I go for, but have to admit, much prefer this view | ||||||
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Sunday, January 19, 2025, 8:11:41 PM- | ||||||
Over half the first month of the year is gone , Life sure does move faster the older you get, it is like chasing your tail at times. But for the me, it is more slower focused, life was so fast paced so long ago, in a lot of ways, I liked what I was able to achieve. My next little talk is the night before my birthday, just me standing there, got a few pictures picked, all new work from this year, will only need 12 at the most, mainly just to give some focus. I think in the last few weeks, I have taken some of the best images, I have ever taken. Most will be kept for my little books or zines, I will eventually do. I was asked to take part in an exhibition, but declined this time, You have to take your opportunities, I was told, yes if you want too. We were snow free, during the recent cold spell. dropped to -9, some of the best pictures I f got was abstract shots with the macro lens. ![]() This was one of them. Till the next time,, be kind. | ||||||
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Friday, January 17, 2025, 7:20:25 PM- | ||||||
First time logging in for close too, 2 weeks, it was nice to see, no pm or anyone wondering where I was or if everything was all right. For me, not being missed is a good thing. I finally worked our, where I fit in. Only has taken close to 60 yrs and all the time, I had actually found it, with out ever seeing it. Beaches, woodland and the open fields, that is my fit in place. Clarity has finally came.. | ||||||
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 7:05:58 PM- The last Blog | ||
Tomorrow a further press of the reset button, next year, will be one of change. I was sitting looking at my Flickr page and I think, this year has seen a change and one I am very happy with how the pictures look. I know where it will head next year and looking forward to it. I got talked into doing another talk, It will be Social media, i really do not care. At first it was going to be called Who gives a shit ? It is just too the little local group, that I gave my very first talk too , they are a good bunch , plus you get a rather nice sandwich there. I got the picture Eve took of me. I just broke down. Could not speak. ![]() It was suggested that I should take more pictures of birds, there is more chance of that than the other recent suggestion, that my real talent is in taking pictures of people, I took a picture on Christmas Day, the young one had just given me her camera too just take candid pictures, i just done my usual point and shoot and then gave her the camera back., but one picture was rather special, so much so, it has been printed 3 times and hangs in 2 different houses. She is also going to make a little zine with 14 others. Still just not my thing. | ||
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Thursday, December 26, 2024, 9:23:32 PM- | ||
Christmas turned out a really nice day. Seeing smiles on faces and squeals of joy as well lol, I like to think I am a good gifter, knowing exactly what to get someone. it does not even have to be an item. Today, was so dreich all day, might have mentioned that a lot, but I watched the cyclo cross and then popped out, seeing the sky change a little. ![]() Mother nature decided to give me a little gift as well,, been so long since, I have had any hint of a sunset, but the clouds caught some colour and my smile, I could feel, it is these small things, these are the special moments. | ||
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024, 7:23:11 PM- | ||
The weather the last 2 days was supposed to have been dry and it has rained all the time, would not even call it moody weather, just so dull and very mild, think we had a high of 12C today, I was going to put the wets on, but ended up catching up online with a few things. I am hoping to get a walk along the shore on Friday, it has been 5 weeks now and fancy looking for some pictures. part of the new project. Other new project next year will be getting a nice printer and printing a picture each week, once I get it, but like most things, no hurry , I will know when the moment is right, photography gear wise, will buy one, maybe two lenses and maybe another camera. I am keeping it my hobby. I just want to keep doing what I love. People had been telling me, I need to do this, I need to do that, that i should not be wasting my time with some things and I should go where my talent really is.. But the thing is, I would stop being me. I just love seeing something, lifting the camera or setting it up on the tripod and taking the shot. I am a simple man in so many ways, but also so complicated at the same time. I looked out on Friday night, 105 people sitting there and I knew, this is not for me, it's not my world. Maybe one day, there might be another world where I fit in, but for now i truly am happy where I am.my world is where my feet take me. ![]() This fungi is called Dead Man's Fingers, does kind of look like it trying to escape from the tree. | ||
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Sunday, December 22, 2024, 9:29:42 AM- | ||
I gave my talk on Friday, it went well , the hotel was very nice, breakfast was really good, weather coming home was terrible. I have decided to start afresh with the photography. Main thing is, I still get the same buzz that I always have gotten when out with the camera, i know it really is for life. All those other things in life, I participated in, I do not miss them. I think it goes back to when I won a National championship and was asked how it felt and I replied, i feel nothing. Gambling was like that too,, there was no feeling of joy, it is not because like I use to think that I am emotionless person, that ice run through the blood, it was it never gave me the joy, that feeling. Now, as I get older, I just do what gives me that feeling. Life can end just like that, so do what makes you smile. Taking the first step to change can be hard, but over the next few days I will make another. ![]() This was a changing moment for me, the morning, I decided to see, if I could paint with the camera, using intentional camera movement, yes it is not good, but it was that first step in trying | ||
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 10:30:08 AM- | ||||||
That first walk back is always the worst, but managed to walk for just over a hour and so over a mile as well, I never even went the easy route planned but changed it a little as I walked, but i do know my limits now. Today I would like to try and get out again, forecast is not the best looking, but I saw a nice little macro subject inside a fence post, that I would like to get a photograph off. Just realised that one week today is Christmas Day, not planned what me and mum will be having, the days for massive meals is over, one because I hate to see waste, but mainly because I watch, what I eat. ![]() Fungi, has been what I have been taking pictures off mostly, mainly stacked images, this one is made up of the best bits from 30 pictures, I use a programme called Helicon Focus to do this and it works well, a lot quicker than, when I used Photoshop. The perv in me, wonders all the options, you could have with a waterdrop on a womans nipple. | ||||||
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 9:23:56 AM- | ||
I am always one for doing a little experiment, I was trying one out on my Flickr , When I post a picture there, I usually just add to 3 groups, this time I added to all 14 groups, just to see if I got more interaction. The answer is no. , which I am very happy about. Bit like my blog, I just post what I want, what I am shooting at the time, going forward I know it going to be mainly macro type images, I get my pleasure out of these. I think I have my own little competition to see, how not to get noticed on social media. I got asked why I never post any pictures on one off my villages facebook groups, people would love to see them, thing is I have never gotten involved with anything where I have lived for close to 60yrs. My focus just now is getting my energy levels back, not walked much at all, still feel it after just walking down to the shops and back, but each day now is a little better, keep thinking of going for a longer walk in the afternoon, but I listen to my body more, than my head. got the route planned not even a mile long, decided this afternoon,, will report back. ![]() For the first try at this type of image, I was happy with it. I know to do it better, I should have cut the flower off, set it up inside and worked from there. | ||
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Sunday, December 15, 2024, 9:53:19 AM- | ||||||
I was going to blog about nipples today and if I have a type of woman, that attracts me . I pretty much had the basics of the blog in my head, but then my train of thought just drifted as I looked out at another dreich winter morning here. I was lucky in the fact that I always seemed to attract woman who really enjoyed making love, never dull or boring, Julie once said to me, that it seems we are weird, she had been talking to one of her friends and her friend was say she was happy with a quickie, Julie said yes,, a quickie is nice, but then when she said her idea of a quickie was a hour lol. not quite what her friend meant. Julies said once nips and lips,, when i see one poster on here, she always reminds that yes, it is what like. 3 weeks of illness now, a record for me, it keeps hitting me in bouts, hoping that the last bout was Wednesday , never watched as much TV, watched the whole series of the Jackal in one night, was around 3 am, I got to sleep and woke again at my usual 4amish time Last night I watched Kin I think I watched 5 out of the 6 in that first series. I hope by midweek, that I can get out for a wander, those withdrawal symptoms are kicking in now. Today will clean the camera and all the lenses, get them all ready for future adventures. ![]() We never get much of winter conditions here, but I do keep hoping for a really nice snow day. | ||||||
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