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France ~ May 2019 ~ The Watermill ~ part 2

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019Posted in Adventures, animals, cats, France, Fuji, Fujifilm X100F, Normandy, photography, TravelTagged adventure, Cat, fraggle, France, Fujifilm X100F, nature, Normandy, photography, The Watermill, travel43 Comments

Part 1 HERE

The inside of the watermill was very cozy, so I took a few shots 🙂 Nicola had left us some nibbles and cider for when we arrived.

A cool kitchen

and some natty eggcups in the cupboard!

The snug where we sat to watch DVD’s in the evening

The bathroom and our bedroom had views out into the garden

Around the outside of the mill was lovely too

And we made new friends

Marmalade would come for tickles as long as we were outside

and Fatcat stomped indoors whenever we were there and sat on Phils knee at night 🙂

That will do for now, still more grounds to explore with an amazing water feature to show you, so stay tooned!

Day 356~366

December 21, 2016March 12, 2017Posted in 366, cat, Christmas, Fuji, fujiXT1, light, macro, photography, uncategorisedTagged 366, Cat, day356, fibre optic lamp, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, light, macro, photography, Skye22 Comments

Countdown at 10 now 🙂

Tonight I’ve been trying to shoot my fibre optic lamp, which is not as easy as I thought it would be,

first I tried with the macro lens

then with the 35mm

and then I thought I’d move into the lounge and shoot it with some Christmas tree bokeh behind it, but that didn’t quite go to plan! 🙂

I think the middle one will be my shot of the day, but the bottom one is my favourite 🙂

Day 352~366

December 17, 2016March 12, 2017Posted in 366, cat, Fuji, fujiXT1, light, photography, uncategorisedTagged 366, Cat, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, light, photography, Skye, sunlight10 Comments

Something a bit different to my night shots, the sun was shining today and low in the sky, Skye was sitting on the dining room table and shafts of sunlight came through and illuminated part of her. i tried to catch the light hitting her whiskers, and in her eyes too.

this next is my shot of the day as the light hit her white tipped tail as well as her whiskers 🙂

Day 330~366

November 25, 2016December 1, 2016Posted in 366, cat, crystal ball, Fuji, fujiXT1, landscape, photography, sunset, uncategorisedTagged 366, Angel of the North, Cat, crystal ball, day330, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, Gateshead, landscape, Nov16, photography, sunset, Tyne & Wear, UK15 Comments

Skye has had a better day today, we are on an emotional rollercoaster with her at the minute, she’s been eating, pooping, and is a bit more awake today. However she’s now living on the kitchen work benches and follows me about the kitchen tops getting in the way when I’m trying to cook, or as shown here, doing the ironing. She tried to get on the ironing board whilst I was doing it, but settled instead on my freshly ironed clothes. At least we have a respite, as tomorrow was going to be vet day if things had gone on as they were. Very relieved, until the next time.

So on with the ball shots. Today was a very blue sky day, but cold of course, so I waited until nearly sundown before going up to the Angel of the North to catch some golden hour tones in the sky, and on the angel.

This I think is my fave and so my shot of the day,

but also took some from different angles

and also here’s the angel without the ball,

Hope everyone has a good weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to my USA followers!

Day 328 & 329~366

November 24, 2016Posted in 366, cat, crystal ball, Fuji, fujiXT1, landscape, nature, photography, uncategorisedTagged "double rainbow", 366, Beach, Cat, crystal ball, day329, day330, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, landscape, nature, photography, sea, Skye, South shields17 Comments

Yesterday was cold but at least wasn’t raining when I finished work, so as I was in South Shields seeing a client, I hopped over to Little Sandhaven beach and took some shots with the ball.

Just as I was finishing up the beginnings of a rainbow appeared over the sea,

and I took some non-ball shots

full strength but couldn’t fit it all in my frame

so got out the phone and did a quick video

I didn’t post last night as the cat hasn’t been all that well, and needed a lot of cuddle time. We are thinking this might be the beginning of the end as she hasn’t been eating, or doing anything much but sitting or lying in front of the microwave, and I am quite down with it all. Today she’s at least eating stuff now, but still a bit sedate, don’t think we’ve got much time left with her, and I don’t feel like taking photo’s. So this is today’s shot, such as it is.

Day 322~366

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016Posted in 366, birds, cat, crystal ball, Fuji, fujiXT1, photography, uncategorisedTagged 366, birds, Cat, crystal ball, day322, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, iphone6, Nov16, photography, seagull, Skye11 Comments

Have been to work today, and the weather got steadily worse as the day went on, so thought I’d be having to do my shot indoors again this evening. However, I was running early for an appointment, so stopped off at McDonalds for a drive through coffee, and whilst sitting in my car in the car park I had a visitor. As always my camera (and ball) bag ~ hmm think that sounds rude reading aloud in my head, never mind, you all know what I mean~were in the passenger seat, so I whipped them out and took a shot of him.

Then when Phil was cooking tea later I took some quick Iphone snaps of the cat being bonkers .She’s not allowed on there!

Cat ‘n’ chips

and my visitor in a ball

it’s been a wildlife photography kinda day 😀

Day 317~366

November 12, 2016Posted in 366, autumn, cat, crystal ball, Fuji, fujiXT1, nature, photography, reflections, uncategorisedTagged autumn, Cat, crystal ball, day317, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, leaves, nature, photography, reflection, Skye, still life19 Comments

I have a weekend home alone, as Phil is off to a scale model show in Telford, not back until Sunday night, and I have to cat~sit. Really the cat is doing the sitting, on my trackpad so that I can’t be on the computer, but she didn’t realise I have an emergency mouse, so on we go 🙂

The weather, always with the weather, has been dull, has been raining and cold, so no going out with the camera, but I gathered some fallen leaves from the front garden and did my autumn in a crystal ball shot.

This evening I’m having a chinese take away and going to find a movie or some trash TV to watch. I’ll brush the cat, (she loves being brushed) and have a glass or 2 of my favourite wine. I will sleep in a star shape and not get up in the morning if it’s still raining.

Day 308~366

November 3, 2016Posted in 366, birds, cat, crystal ball, Fuji, fujiXT1, photography, uncategorised, UncategorizedTagged 366, bird, birds, blutit, Cat, crystal ball, fraggle, Fuji XT-1, Nov16, photography, Wardley16 Comments

Firstly, I’m going back to the old theme, the photo’s come out too small in the other one!

Today was a rainy day so didn’t venture out too far, got my teeth polished at the dentist 😁 and went to blow up my car tyres, 9psi isn’t all that good to drive about on!

Skye has been very clingy today, and Phil said this morning she was curled up on top of the microwave and wouldn’t eat her breakfast, he was thinking it might be the endgame. She perked up later on but all day she has been shadowing me and wanting to sit on me and have snuggles. Gave up in the end and just sat with her while she snoozed in my arms. It’s so horrible waiting for the moment where we know she can’t go on without suffering, and the stone in the pit of my tummy tells me that won’t be too far away. She’s had some food and seems to be OK for now, will see what tomorrow brings. Will make no apology for taking some nice pictures of her when I get the chance.

She came and sat with me while I was trying to catch some bird shots through the window.