Fulfillment: Tigerlily arrives, and is set up
Wow, I haven't put out a blog post for six days! Some must think I have died in my sleep, and will only be found - mummified, presumably - months hence, by accident. No, rest assured that it would...
View ArticleTigerlily's camera - what the new Samsung Galaxy S8+'s photos are like
Modern phones have all but replaced the little cameras that people sometimes used. Even if 'compact', those cameras were bulky, and might be noticeably heavy as well. They certainly weren't chic. They...
View ArticleThe best pictures won. But I tried.
When I was down in North Devon last year my Appledore friend Jayne drew my attention to the local Appledore Visitors Association annual Amateur Photographic Competition - open to everyone, including...
View ArticleSelling the old phone
Of course, once a new phone is up and running, and shows no sign of faltering, and the bond between owner and phone has started to develop, there is little point in keeping the old phone. I mean, what...
View ArticleReach for it
I don't normally given my photos a special title, but this one might very well be called 'Reach for it'. To me, it conjures up a scene in a sci-fi movie where a seeker after forbidden knowledge...
View ArticleAn impressive night-time performance
No, not some sexual adventure! More arcane stuff on my new phone's camera, specifically what it can do at night. I'd had an evening meal with friends Emma and Steph in East Preston, and was now, with...
View ArticleSt Michael's Mount 1
I continue to be astonished at the number of people I encounter who have never been to Cornwall! What? Well, this is for them. Go and see. To tempt them, I'm selecting for this post - and the next - a...
View ArticleSt Michael's Mount 2
I'd had my St Michael's Mount harbour village tour. Now I wanted to see the house on the top on the hill. Behind the 'village' on the island were gardens that extended most of the way up to the St...
View ArticleVoice control. Moogoodoogoo.
Nothing to do with changing or enhancing one's voice! Although, in a way, clear enunciation will help here; and if you haven't got it, then a little tuition and practice might work wonders! This is...
View ArticleWe're really in business now! A Sony lanyard comes to the rescue.
The saga continues. Let me see. I'd bought a proper Tech21 case for my new phone. I'd made a leather sleeve to protect my new phone's screen when bagged. I'd discovered that voice control of the...
View ArticleNightflight To Venus. Penmere, actually.
Hmmm! An electric conversation going on there! What's the story? (It's not one of my pictures, by the way) But first, a pub-quiz question. Which very popular late 1970s pop group had a big hit with a...
View ArticleAnother weight-loss breakthrough
Earlier this morning - soon after I'd got out of bed - I weighed myself at home, nude and pre-breakfast. My electronic scales told me my weight was now 12 stones 13 pounds - 181 pounds - which meant...
View ArticleMy Postal Vote on 8th June
I won't be at home when the General Election takes place on 8th June, so for the first time in my life I have applied for a Postal Vote. The first pack - for the election of two local councillors -...
View ArticleMy Postal Vote reprised
The last post related how my very first attempt to vote by post - the election of two local councillors - turned out to be rather difficult, although I got there in the end. Well, the main voting...
View ArticleData woes again
Whoops! I must do a post without pictures! I'm very nearly up to my monthly data limit with BT, which is 25GB. You'd think this ample for somebody who doesn't stream films, and doesn't even watch much...
View ArticleNowhere?
I was talking with a friend, and somehow we got onto the subject of Piers Morgan, whose present career has clearly escaped my notice. I really must make a greater effort to follow what well-known...
View ArticleA tap on the window
It was a childhood dream of mine to have large-scale Ordnance Survey maps on a mobile apparatus that I could have on my lap in a car. Back in the late 1950s I thought only of a paper map in a long...
View ArticleSo...
Phew! The afternoon has turned very hot. I ought to be getting back to shifting and raking soil in the back garden, but I'll wait until it gets a little cooler. Meanwhile, I can spend time usefully on...
View ArticleEbbor Gorge, Eastwater Cavern, and the Mendip Flood of July 1968
There are one or two leftovers from my last caravan trip. I'd better get them out of the way before setting off again! This post is about a day out in the Mendip Hills, an upland area south of Bristol...
View ArticleAfter the election
Despite being on holiday, I sat up very late in my caravan on General Election Night, all in accordance with family tradition. Pre-election events had changed the picture, and I thought it was going to...
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