The swim can wait until tomorrow

but I am up and about and will be heading off to a meeting shortly. It will be good to get back into the swimming habit again and I should have a little time to get stuck in during the quieter times in the pool. It is certainly no fun trying to swim in heavy traffic when you are struggling.

Shot a roll of 120 film yesterday and I was very impressed with the way the Ilford HP5+ turned out. Looking forward to doing more research as long as the sun is shining.

Dinner tonight. Will be fun!


Tune of the Day: San Francisco    by  The Mowgli's

It makes a difference when the sun comes out

the temperature can be 5° cooler, but the world seems like a warmer and better place. I enjoyed taking a few photos in the sun today and will try to get some more tomorrow. Did some running around and cooked dinner- someone was appreciative!

Tomorrow is tidy up my desk day and I will put some loud music on and try to sort my whole office while I am at it. After that I have a few nights out planned- it will be luxury to be able to sleep in afterwards.

Another Viewfinder show on Friday evening and I'm looking forward to it. Sunday is a visit to the Winterthur Foto Museum.

Tune of the Day:  Eight Miles High    by Leo Kottke

Imagine going all the way to München to eat Vietnamese food with other Australians

well...... I did and it was most enjoyable. Thanks Jac and Tom for coming out and being great company- I hope that you both had a good time as well. Strangely enough, I also managed to squeeze in a couple of beers  :-)

Took some photos as well- it was very grey and foggy, so not the best conditions but I have some film to develop tomorrow in any case.

And I bought one of these.....

Tune of the Day:  Son Of A Preacher Man   by Dusty Springfield

Collected a roll of colour film today

which had been sitting in the camera for quite a while and was only dropped off on Saturday for developing. I really like the pics from Italy which were on the roll and a couple of the shots from Zürich were ok as well.

I have packed up some black and white film to head to München tomorrow- expecting grey weather and great beer. Anyone going to be about?

Held something very exciting in my hands today...... hopefully more (good) news at the end of the week.


Tune of the Day:  Mysterons    by  Portishead

A productive, wet Sunday

I have developed a roll of film and scanned the negatives, had a couple of great meals (thanks Cookie!) and generally listened to Tom Waits and taken it easy.

We ran the gauntlet yesterday and visited IKEA. It was a pretty shocking experience on a Saturday and luckily I only wanted to get some photo frames and not spend too much time there. I can imagine reading about some whackjob shooting a bunch of people in an IKEA store one day.

Thinking about heading off to München for a quick visit next week. Will check the weather report and see how things look.

Tune of the Day: Sixteen Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six   by Tom Waits

Tickets to Tricky have been ordered

and I'm starting to get excited about Oktoberfest this Friday evening. BTW- how can they have the audacity to call it "Oktoberfest" when it runs into November?  :-)

The wine ships are on at the moment in Zürich and I may even manage to make a quick trip down to the lake to check them out. I haven't been these past couple of years, but it would be nice to find the time....  That means, of course, that the Whisky Ships will also be on soon. Now that might be fun.

As much as I dislike the idea, I need to visit Ikea soon. I have lots of photos which I would like to frame and that seems like the best option for finding a variety of frames at reasonable prices. Sadly there isn't a lot of reclaimed timber to be had around here (and if there was, it would be priced similarly to unicorn hair, so I will go without). Thanks.

Tune of the Day:  Walk On The Wild Side    by   Lou Reed

It is about time that I got back to work here

as it won't be long and I won't have another job to go to!

Out today and took a few photos on a roll of film- if the weather co-operates tomorrow I might try to get that finished and in the developing tank. I also have a half roll of colour film sitting in my Hasselblad which is left from Italy and needs to be finished and developed as well.

Aelplermaccheroni and wheat beer for dinner this evening was fantastic, but we are both so tired that there won't be a movie night. Perhaps tomorrow?!

Welcome to Marissa Barnard!


Tune of the Day: Bigmouth Strikes Again     by The Smiths