Monday, 31 August 2015

Marriage Lines

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It's a bank holiday for us in the UK today, and of course it has rained all day, which is about normal for us. It's the last one ...
Sunday, 30 August 2015

Obscured By Clouds

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There was a full moon last night, a blue one at that. I took this last night when I got home from the Midnight Special gig. The sky w...
Saturday, 29 August 2015

Midnight Special

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Popped down to see two friends of mine who play under the name of Midnight Special. Joe usually plays the blues, while Emma does folk. ...
Friday, 28 August 2015

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Who can resist this cute toy lion, with his sly look and smile? I saw him in a shop window display and the child in me went "ah...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

As If By Magic

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Roy Bond is a local close-up magician. I have met him a few times now at local Twitter meet-ups that I go to. He is very good, and I st...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Meals On Wheels

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On my travels down in Hockley and the Lace Market yesterday with my fellow photographer, we came across this handcart that was being used...
Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Facing The Future

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Walking through the Lace Market at lunchtime today with a pal from work, we came across a road that was closed due to some building work ...
Monday, 24 August 2015

Sunk

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Over the weekend I was reading about some people who had been boating on Highfields' lake and got stuck in the mud at one end of the ...
Sunday, 23 August 2015

Jazz. Nice

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Here's Jeanie Barton entertaining the audience at the Proms in the Park. Her light style of singing was just right for the early even...
Saturday, 22 August 2015

All Aboard

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Phew, I've had a busy day today. Firstly I took some photos to a local shop where I have a small display, as part of Beeston's ...
Friday, 21 August 2015

Wrapping Up Well For Winter

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Yarn bombing is a fairly new phenomenon. It was Beeston's turn yesterday evening, as a group of three ladies were decorating the Beem...
Thursday, 20 August 2015

Ship Ahoy

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Today apparently is World Photo Day. The day when everybody is meant to take a photo. But some of us try and take a photo every day anywa...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Brutal Architecture

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No one can really say that this is great architecture. It's part of the Broad Marsh shopping centre, and it certainly is ugly. Even...
Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Secret Squirrel

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Another dull day, and another cycle ride through Highfields. One of the many squirrels that inhabit the park posed for me today, whilst...
Monday, 17 August 2015

A Touch Of Pink

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A quiet Monday, so here's a shot of one of the flowers that I photographed at the garden centre yesterday. A lovely little pink flowe...
Sunday, 16 August 2015

Post Man

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We went looking for plants this afternoon at a local garden centre called Bardills, as Gail wants me to update the garden a bit, as it lo...
Saturday, 15 August 2015

Lucy

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I went to see my favourite local band The Madeline Rust tonight at Rough Trade; a record store that opened earlier this year. It was quit...
Friday, 14 August 2015

Remembering

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It's been an awful day today. Just rain, rain and more rain. But there was only very light drizzle by home time, so I was able to cyc...
Thursday, 13 August 2015

Orange

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A bit of colour on a fairly grey and overcast day. Saw these growing in a bed in Highfields. Their bright orange colour certainly stood...
Wednesday, 12 August 2015

The Clatter Of Bottles

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Anyone over a certain age will remember the milkman. That early morning delivery of fresh milk, just in time for breakfast and the first ...