August 16, 2014 
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This weeks challenge: Silhouette
This week, experiment with light and capture a silhouette.
⇧ Taken on cliff top between Hunstanton & Old Hunstanton, Norfolk ⇧
⇧ Sarah jumping on Exmouth beach, Devon ⇧
⇧ Sarah holding her fave doughnut at Hunstanton, Norfolk sea front ⇧
⇧ Taken at Ewell Court Park Lake, Surrey ⇧
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August 14, 2014 1 Comment
After yesterdays post “Giving Light Upon The Earth”, i thought i’d have one more go at taking shots of the moon. I wasn’t getting any different shots from yesterday, until shortly after midnight. The moon was slowly disappearing behind the clouds, and with my last shot i managed to get this one! 🙂
I really like the feel of this image, as to me, it expresses quite a spooky feeling, simular to how i felt sat in front of my window in the pitch dark! 🙂
August 9, 2014 4 Comments
This week, share a texture found in an unexpected place. It could be made of natural materials, as in these images, or with man-made objects.
I thought this weeks theme was an ideal opportunity to post a photo of my Taylor K22ce acoustic guitar, which is made from the exotic tropical wood Hawaiian Koa. I just love the textures of this beautiful wood.
Photo taken today using my iPhone 5s and edited with FX Photo Studio Pro on my mac.
Description from the Taylor Guitars website:
Hawaiian Koa
Origin: The Big Island of Hawaii
As a tropical hardwood, a koa top will initially project a bright and focused tone, especially together with koa back and sides, but as it’s played, it matures into an increasingly warm, rich, sweet sound with healthy overtone “bloom,” especially in the midrange. resonant tone.
August 4, 2014 4 Comments
For this weeks photo challenge “Zigzag“, i thought i would use this shot i’d taken of the Heacham breaker whilst on holiday in Norfolk. With my small and blurry amount of sight i still think this looks like a snake! 🙂
August 1, 2014 3 Comments
This weeks challenge reminds me of the 6 years (starting with our honeymoon) that we stayed in the lovely Old Hunstanton Lighthouse. It was a fantastic chapter in our sumer holidays that we’ll never forget! 🙂
If you’d like to join the challenge, click here.
⇧ My Sunflower Sarah ⇧
⇧ Sarah enjoying her yearly doughnut! ⇧
⇧ The Old Hunstanton Lighthouse ⇧
⇧ Sunset taken 100m away from the lighthouse, on top of the cliffs ⇧
July 25, 2014 6 Comments
⇧ The human tank ⇧
⇧ London Eye ⇧
This weeks photo challenge is Containers: “Boxes, tanks, wrappers: for this week’s Photo Challenge, show us something that contains something else.”.
July 17, 2014 24 Comments
Today i’m celebrating 10 years since i met my lovely wife Sarah at “Sight Village, Birmingham”
This is a major Sight Village show in Birmingham which is held in July each year. Exhibitors from throughout the world take part and they welcome many thousands of visitors, including people who are blind or partially sighted, professionals, business people and family members.
I was there (from Derby) working for a charity called LOOK and Sarah was there (from Surrey) working for RNIB. She came to my table as she had a magazine which she had just published an article about LOOK and wanted to show me. Sarah opened the magazine and said here are the pictures and the article, i said “Wow, fantastic, it all looks great” which made Sarah quite proud of her work. I then said while laughing “you know i didn’t see any of what you’ve just shown me, as i’m blind!”. Then as always, a brief pause as Sarah checks out my eyes to see if i’m joking, then Sarah laughed and said “No way, me too!”. We both approach blindness in a similar way and love blossomed from that point. 🙂
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⇧ Last Week ⇧
Ephesians 5:25 Easy-to-Read Version
Husbands, love your wives the same as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
My Thoughts 💭
This is one of my favourite Bible verses that i try desperately each day to live up to. As soon as i first read this verse it convicted me straight away and i knew i wanted to be a husband like that!
🙏 Prayer
Spirit, thanks for being a constant guiding presence in my life. Give me the faith to take practical and radical action to keep in step with You, so that You can love my spouse through me in a way that will sustain a fun, loving & trusting relationship. Amen.
July 16, 2014 4 Comments
Sarah & i were blessed last night as Sarah’s Dad & brothers came down to stay for the night on their way to Spain on holiday. Sarah’s Dad & Brother Alfie enjoyed played my old Gibson guitars for us which was lovely. Marshall also showed us how to build biscuit buildings with swiss roll towers and become a gingerbread man with a zombie head on Minecraft! It was great to see them again and i hope they all have a fantastic holiday!
⇧ My Brother in law Alfie playing the 1960 Gibson J45 ⇧
⇧ My Father in law Steve playing the 1960 Gibson J45 ⇧
⇧ Alfie playing the Gibson SJ200 ⇧
⇧ My Brother in laws Marshall & Alfie ⇧
July 14, 2014 10 Comments
“Relic” is this weeks, Weekly Photo Challenge and i just had to post a photo of my original 1960 Gibson J45 sunburst! I love playing chords to the Lord in my private time with this guitar, and thinking of all the memories and lives it could have touched over 54 years. 🙂
July 11, 2014 22 Comments
After travelling up to Derby and spending the day with “Our Friends The Wigley Family” Sunday came and we woke up to a lovely view over Derby.
⇧ View from our hotel room ⇧
We then headed to the train station to travel to Doncaster to see Sarah’s family.
⇧ Sarah sat in the train station café ⇧
Little did we know that the Tour de France was in Yorkshire on this day, but to our surprise the reservations were overloaded and the train was full so we got upgraded to first class (for free) which was empty! 🙂
⇧ SARAH’S FIRST CLASS!! ⇧
We arrived in Doncaster for Marshall’s birthday dinner at Cosmo’s where we met all of the family. We had a lovely meal and it was great to catch up with them all! 🙂
⇧ Marshall (left), Sarah & Alfie ⇧
After arriving back in Derby that evening, Sarah & i went to our fave italian Zizzi’s for a lovely meal. I also got to have the lovely chocolate, banana & ice cream calzone, which Sarah stole most of! 🙂
Then it was Monday 7th July our 7th wedding anniversary where we would enjoy “The Heights Of Abraham” at Matlock Bath.
We we arrived at the top we found a tower (which was too dark for us to climb) but it looked nice! 🙂
And i met a new friend…….
⇧ My new friend (i love donkeys in case you didn’t know!) 😀 ⇧
And after my amazing driving in the bumper cars (see here) i found another vehicle i had to drive……..
⇧ Getting the chance to drive yet again! ⇧
⇧ Descending back down to ground level ⇧
⇧ Views overlooking the villages from the cable cars ⇧
After a fantastic (and exhausting) weekend we finally checked out and headed home!
⇧ Sarah outside Jury’s Inn, Derby ⇧
All photos taken using my iPhone (i left my heavy DSLR’s in the hotel)
July 10, 2014 5 Comments
On Saturday (day #1 on our 3 day trip) Sarah & i met up with our friends Rob, Shelley, Abbie, Ella & Georgia, and we went to Darley Park in Derby to take some photos! It was a lovely sunny day and we all had lots of fun!! 🙂
⇧ Ella playing in a tree ⇧
⇧ Georgia fascinated with a stick ⇧
⇧ Ella found the flowers! ⇧
⇧ I love Georgia’s hair! ⇧
Ella & Georgia picking flowers and making chains ⇧
⇧ Georgia with Rob ⇧
⇧ Shelley ⇧
⇧ Shelley & Abbie ⇧
June 24, 2014 10 Comments
Chessington World Of Adventures
This week i finally got to drive again after 14 years!! (see image of the custom car below)
Ben & i took Vini and 5 of his friends to Chessington world of adventures for his early birthday present. We all had a fantastic time going on rides, eating doughnuts and meeting the animals at the zoo.
⇧ Me & Vini ⇧
⇧ Me with a new friend ⇧
⇧ Me at the top of the log flume ready for the big drop! ⇧
⇧ Vini & Bruno on the log flume ⇧
⇧ A baby Gorilla ⇧
⇧ Tiger ⇧
⇧ Sea Lion ⇧
⇧ Goat ⇧
Cisswood House, Horsham RNIB Supporter Reception
⇧ Cisswood House ⇧
I once again pretended to be a photographer and went with Sarah to Cisswood House in Horsham to a supporter reception to interview some inspiring people. The day was fantastic and we met some truly amazing people who are simply inspiring, and also heard about some of the great services provided by RNIB
Relaxing At Sicily Restaurant
⇧ Me relaxing with a summertime special drink ⇧
⇧ Sarah also relaxing with my drink! lol. Only noticed it was my drink after zooming in on this photo! 🙂 ⇧
June 5, 2014 5 Comments
Thought i would try another attempt at the ColorStrokes app!
Isaiah 40:8 English Standard Version Anglicised
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand for ever.
More 🌻Flowers & Objects
May 29, 2014 21 Comments
After all of your lovely comments and encouragements (more than i could reply too) i thought i would keep you up to date with a second post.
My photography received a warm response and they have asked if i would like to be apart of another exhibition in Estonia 2015 (Yay!!) Also they would like me to do a video interview (maybe next month) trying to explain how i go about taking my photos etc.. This will be really interesting for me too as i really don’t speak much, i much prefer to listen, and i also don’t really know how i manage to get most of my shots! Lol! 🙂
More Exhibition Dates:
The exhibition ART SENSES 2013, dedicated to blind and visually impaired people, starts in Ancona 4th April 2014, and then Tuscany, region in Italy, on October 26th in Massa Marittima, and it ended in Grosseto on December 3rd, with a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
For the final exhibition in Florence, Italy in December, i’ll be sending them 6 mounted & framed images and we’ll be actually going to visit the exhibition and meet the people etc at the museum. As you can imagine i’m really excited! 🙂
Anyway i’ll keep you up to date with anything else that may be of interest to you regarding my photography. Thanks again for all of your encouragements. I’m so blessed to have such fantastic group of friends on here! 🙂
See also: You’ll Never Believe This…..
May 26, 2014 8 Comments
Sarah & i travelled back up to Derby over the weekend for my Sisters (Charlotte) wedding. It was a blessing to be there for her & Marcellus and share their special day. We loved being around family and also got to catch up with others i’ve not seen in years! 🙂 All photos were taken using my iPhone.
⇧ Marcellus & Charlotte ⇧
⇧ Marcellus & Charlotte 2 ⇧
⇧ The Kiss ⇧
⇧ Me, Marcellus, Charlotte & Ambber (my other Sister) ⇧
⇧ Family & Friends ⇧
⇧ Marcellus & Tony ⇧
⇧ 🙂 ⇧
⇧ My Niece Taylor (right) & friend ⇧
⇧ My Niece Saffy ⇧
⇧ My Niece Saira ⇧
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May 15, 2014 4 Comments
This weeks photo challenge: “On The Move“
⇧ This lovely tiny hedgehog really was moving!! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ My lovely wife Sarah & Bruce ⇧
⇧ Bruce moving really fast right towards me!! ⇧
⇧ Tori playing rounders on the beach ⇧
May 7, 2014 4 Comments
April 14, 2014 10 Comments
For Sarah’s birthday (Friday 11th) i booked a surprise Spa Suite at Thistle hotel in Brighton that had views overlooking the pier. We had a lovely few days.
⇧ Sarah enjoying the beach ⇧
⇧ Brighton Pier ⇧
⇧ View of Brighton while standing on the pier ⇧
April 8, 2014 6 Comments
I was blessed again last weekend to visit Sarah’s family up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK, and be there to celebrate Maddie’s (my sister in law)18th birthday and also get to meet everyone again. We had a lovely few days spending time and catching up with family.
⇧ Maddie’s 18th birthday cake ⇧
⇧ Beautiful sisters Sarah & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Me & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Me, Sarah & Maddie ⇧
⇧ Brothers & Sisters Sarah, Maddie, Simon, Marshall & Alfie ⇧
⇧ Sarah with her brother Marshall “”
⇧ My brother in law Marshall ⇧
⇧ Me & my lovely wife Sarah ⇧
⇧ Sarah & her lovel Gran ⇧
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April 3, 2014 32 Comments
You’ll never believe this……Some of my photos have been chosen for Several exhibitions around Italy, starting 4th April in Ancona.
Info taken from website:
5 – 27 April 2014
Openig 5th April 5.30 pm
Museo Tattile Statale Omero, AnconaThe exhibition presents sculptures, paintings in various techniques, bas-reliefs, pictures, installations and video clips realized by 30 blind artists from 6 different countries, as well as full-sensorial fruition works crafted by sighted artists.
I’m so honoured to be chosen and i still can’t believe it! This first Ancona exhibition, my photos are presented on a forex panel with 3 photos they chose from the iChristian ‘Blind Photographer” page….see image below.
⇧ Photos on forex panel for Ancona Exhibition ⇧
For the final exhibition in Florence, Italy in December, i’ll be sending them 6 mounted & framed images and we’ll be actually going to visit the exhibition and meet the people etc at the museum. As you can imagine i’m really excited! 🙂
More Info…
I SENSI DELL’ARTE| ART SENSES 2014
AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO CANNOT SEE
The exhibition ART SENSES 2013, dedicated to blind and visually impaired people, starts in Ancona 4th April 2014, and then Tuscany, region in Italy, on October 26th in Massa Marittima, and it ended in Grosseto on December 3rd, with a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
More than sixty works by 28 blind or visually impaired artists – out of them 15 are from other countries – became part of the art exhibition reserved to them, that includes a wide variety of languages and media.
The thirteen Italian artists mixed with the fifteen from England, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Slovenija, thereby showing a community geographically distant, yet close due to the desire to participate and get involved.
Among all the works selected for the exhibition, six artists was chosen by a technical jury, as
Award winners
The aim of this artistic path falls within the overall significance of the event, that of appreciating, producing, living art with our other senses, participating together and closely to the experience of those who just cannot see, especially now that the world is increasingly dominated by visual messages.
ArtSenses starts just from there, and invites everyone to explore “other” ways to experience the creative reality.
THE TRAVELING EXHIBIT in 2014
The exhibition will then travel to other exhibition halls, as the OMERO Tactile State Museum in Ancona, Italy, from the 4th until the 27th of April 2014 placed into the important Mole Vanvitelliana; in December 2014 the prestigious PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI in Florence.
This event thus creates the chance to take the concept also beyond national boundaries and it becomes a source of cultural growth and of social and ethical participation, demonstrating the interest in a project that can be regarded beyond the standard canons of art.
INVITATION
The UK blind or partially sighted artists are invited to participate to the exhibition from the 3nd until the 15th of December,in FLORENCE, Italy, within the Galleria delle Carrozze of the PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI, one of the most famous historical buildings of the city.
The works selected will be exhibited from 3th to 15th December 2014 in the historical centre of Florence, Italy, within the Galleria delle Carrozze of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Concept and organization
Associazione culturale Art@ltro
in collaboration with
UIC- Italian Blind Union
Info:
www.artaltro.it – facebook: Artaltro Associazione culturale
March 31, 2014 8 Comments
If you’re wondering why i’ve been so quiet for the last few days…..…Sarah & i have been visiting family & friends in my hometown of Derby, Derbyshire,
It was amazing to catch up with as many as i could as i don’t get to see them very often, and it was sad not too catch up with my brother Paul. Below are some great memories of my trip. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
⇧ Surprised to find this great window in our hotel room! 🙂 ⇧
⇧ Sarah & i had a lovely riverside walk ⇧
⇧ Derby Cathedral (i proposed to Sarah inside, 9 years ago ⇧
⇧ Me and my 2 sisters, Ambber (left) & Charlotte ⇧
⇧ From left: Ambber, Sarah, Me, Charlotte & Marc ⇧
⇧ Me with Saira (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ Saira ⇧
⇧ Saffy (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ Taylor (one of my beautiful nieces) ⇧
⇧ From back left: My Dad, Eileen (my step mum), Me, Sarah, Saira, Saffy & Taylor “”
⇧ From back left: Ben (my brother in law), Dad, Eileen, Me, Saira, Saffy & Taylor ⇧
All photos taken with my iPhone 5s
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March 21, 2014 3 Comments
For this weeks “Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside” i chose the photo i took when i was stood ‘inside’ the hot air balloon that Sarah & i were about to ride in. What a fantastic day! 🙂
March 14, 2014 4 Comments
For this week’s: “Weekly Photo Challenge” i thought of this photo straight away for the challenge of perspective. It’s a photo of Bruce (the giant guard dog) standing in front of The Old Lighthouse in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk. I was using my fisheye lens and just put my camera on the grass and hit the button! 🙂
March 3, 2014 14 Comments
My Thoughts 💭
I thought i would use “Castle Rising Castle” for this weeks Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned.
Description
While on holiday at the lighthouse Me, Sarah & Brother Ben took a day trip to Castle Rising castle. I gave Ben my big Nikon as Sarah & I were doing an audio described tour provided by the ticket office for £1. It was a fun tour as the audio description was dramatised! I still got to get my compact camera out and shoot the shots above! 😀
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February 8, 2014 27 Comments
For this weeks Photo Challenge “Share a Selfie!”
I don’t like being on the other side of the lens, but after i bought my new Oakley Batwolf sunglasses on holiday a couple of years ago, i got this selfie! 🙂
January 9, 2014 9 Comments
Today’s daily prompt “Tel us about the experience of being outside, looking in — however you’d like to interpret that. Photographers, artists, poets: show us OUTSIDE”
Thought i’d use my photo of Abbie taking a photo of big Ben. I’m on the outside looking in, and we’re both outside too! 🙂
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November 26, 2013 5 Comments
“Tell us about the favorite dish or food that you simply cannot turn down.”
My Thoughts 💭
My number one “simply can’t turn down” is a Lamb Doner Kebab on a naan bread. I don’t have a photo of one so i posted my 2nd fave, Chips!!!
November 6, 2013 12 Comments
November 5, 2013 12 Comments
My Thoughts 💭
Not going to a firework display this year, so here are some photos from last year. Hope you enjoy!! 😀
November 2, 2013 18 Comments
Let’s go out and capture black and white images that are EERIE.
⇧ “The Retreat” Log cabin looking EERIE in Acle, Norfolk ⇧
⇧ There was a definite EERIE feel around Castle Rising Castle ⇧
November 1, 2013 14 Comments
Photographers, artists, poets: show us DINNER!
…for tomorrow we die. The world is ending tomorrow! Tell us about your last dinner!
⇧ Fillet Steaks ⇧
⇧ Love heart potatoes ⇧
⇧ Doughnuts ⇧
⇧ Elephant’s Foot ⇧
⇧ Hot Chocolate ⇧
My Thoughts 💭
Lucky i’d be dead tomorrow, as i think i’d die anyway after eating all of this! 😀
October 25, 2013 19 Comments
In a new post specifically for this challenge, share a photo which means HORIZON to you!
October 25, 2013 8 Comments
My Thoughts 💭
After being back in my home town of Derby this weekend, i didn’t want to leave without having an ‘Elephants Foot’ from Birds. Other bakers around the country do similar styles of cakes, but never taste anything like one of these beauty’s, they simply can’t be beaten! My sister got me a box of 4 to take back home and Sarah & i can’t thank her enough! 😀
If you visit Derby or Derbyshire then i recommend that you try one! Please let me know what you think! 🙂
October 17, 2013 11 Comments
“Photographers, artists, poets: show us COMMUNITY!“
My Thoughts 💭
As soon as I read today’s daily prompt, I thought of this years easter “Walk of witness“. The walk happened in our little town and being part of the large community felt really special.
September 27, 2013 12 Comments
July 25, 2013 19 Comments
Finish this sentence: “My closest friend is…”
My lovely wife Sarah!!!
Daily Post ~ Photographers, artists, poets: show us FRIENDSHIP.
⇧ Me & Sarah at Friday Street, Surrey, UK ⇧
July 23, 2013 7 Comments
July 21, 2013 10 Comments
July 19, 2013 22 Comments
⇧ Sarah loved her FRESH strawberries on toast whilst on holiday! ⇧
⇧ FRESH waterfall in the HOT ‘Rainforest Biome” at the Eden Project ⇧
⇧ A pigs idea of FRESH!! ⇧
July 19, 2013 6 Comments
Photographers, artists, poets: show us SNEAKY
📖 Verse 4 2day!
Proverbs 5:21 (NIVUK)
For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.
This daily prompt instantly reminded me of how alert Bruce used to be. If you tried to sneak anywhere, as soon as you look up, he is stood watching you! 😀
Sarah also sneaks photos of me and my camera too!
⇧ Bruce catching me sneaking up the stairs! ⇧
⇧ And I thought I was the one taking the photos! ⇧
June 15, 2013 38 Comments
“Curves. I bet you can find curves wherever you are. Show me!”
Some curves!
⇧ Hampton Court Palace ⇧
⇧ Our Back Garden ⇧
⇧ Roller Coaster in Brighton ⇧
⇧ My Taylor Custom Macassar Ebony Electro Acoustic Guitar ⇧
⇧ Castle Rising Castle ⇧
⇧ Doughnuts ⇧
⇧ Swan Lake ⇧
⇧ Ageas Cricket Bowl ⇧
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June 8, 2013 7 Comments
Todays Daily Prompt ~ “Photographers, artists, poets: show us PRIVATE””
Screenshot from my iMac
⇧ My Online Passwords are kept PRIVATE in the 1Password app. ⇧
A photo I took of the padlock at The Old Lighthouse
⇧ LOCKED! ⇧
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June 4, 2013 7 Comments
⇧ Precious Metal ~ Our Matching Wedding Rings ⇧
⇧ Metal Fence ⇧
⇧ Me Playing Metal ⇧
⇧ Metal Fence 2 ⇧
Description
I was inspired to take part in this weeks ‘Word A Week Challenge‘ by Vastlycurious, so here are my images on ‘Metal’.
I took the fence shots while waiting for a sunset in the lighthouse garden where we stay on holiday.
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June 1, 2013 41 Comments
This weeks photo challenge by The Daily Post
Description
I couldn’t decide between the ‘walk on the water’ sign I took in London, or ‘Lighthouse’ which is our fave holiday destination in Hunstanton, Norfolk! 🙂
May 31, 2013 10 Comments
May 29, 2013 9 Comments
My Isabella Plantation Photos ~ Ben’s To Follow (Part 2)
Camera used ~ Nikon D2Xs
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May 28, 2013 8 Comments
Description
Me, my lovely wife Sarah, Ben (The Dynamic Force), Ben’s wife Rosie & their son Vini, went for a lovely picnic yesterday in the Isabella Plantation at Richmond Park, London (photos to follow soon).
Camera Used ~ Nikon D2Xs
May 27, 2013 10 Comments
This weeks photo challenge from Daily Post ~ “share pictures that say In the Background.”
⇧ Me in the background ⇧
⇧ My Lovely wife Sarah in the background ⇧
⇧ My lovely wife Sarah also in the background ⇧
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May 26, 2013 16 Comments
Description
Havein a relaxing day off today from church building duties. So thought I would share a couple of the flowers we are blessed to have in our garden.
Camera Used ~ Nikon D2Xs
Lens used ~ AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
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May 24, 2013 22 Comments
Description
Sarah, Bruce and I stayed in ‘The Retreat’ log cabin in Acle, Norfolk for a week in 2008.
It was a lovely relaxing holiday. I played guitar on the porch while Sarah sat in the hot tub for most of the week Bruce enjoyed long walks and pretending to be a guard dog.
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