Tonights Day of Dead festivities included a contest for the best Catrinas. This one was judged to be the second best in a field of 10 contestants; the extra was the winner.

Dahlias…..they were so late to bloom this year…and still weren’t quite finished but getting ‘raggy’ so they’ve been cut down now and in their Winter wrap ...

What a fantastic day we had! We had record high temp of 82° F ... and we took full advantage of it! I spent the afternoon reading the papers on the deck before we headed up to Jacobsburg State park ...

The day started with a drive down to the NEC for the Lab Innovations conference where there were plenty of treats to be had amongst the stalls and a few interesting talks thrown in too. The highlight ...

Early walk to get newspaper and croissant. Packed and left before ten, traffic not too bad but still a few slow stretches with roadworks. Stopped for coffee and sandwich and met a twelve week old ...

Lili did meet Uncle Simon and Uncle Lloyd very briefly earlier in the year, but as Simon had shingles it was a brief and distanced meeting. This weekend they’re having a chance to spend some quality ...

Our Grandchildren are away home so its all very quiet now! Gill and I had a quick walk around the village just as the sun was low in the sky, and putting some quality light onto St Peter's. 5 shots ...

...so I see a coffee cup... ...not necessarily THIS coffee cup, but on this occasion we were out and about in Holmfirth ;) We both purchased shoes from Wagstaff's ...

TT artisan 90mm f:1.25 @ 1.25 ...

We had a trip to IKEA today to help Mary choose a new table and chairs for her flat. All we have to do now is to assemble them (now that will be a horror show!) :-)). I have just realised that today’s ...

Danielle came over to ours today to meet up with me, Mrs K and Jan for a cafe visit. Lunch and some school-related work followed. So much for teacher holidays. A quick visit to the local pet shop ...

Well, perhaps not totally original. We got.a little help from a tutorial on YouTube.