It has been a frustrating week

but it was nice to speak with Mike and decide that we really need to sit down and have a proper drink. It has been far too long.

My Oktoberfest photography challenge is moving along nicely and I am reasonably happy with my work thus far. It is always difficult to produce a good shot each day and the pictures do look quite mismatched, but that is the nature of the beast.

Maybe we can get a few things sorted around the house in the next few weeks and start to enjoy the place.

Tune of the Day:  Lass die Sonne in dein Hertz   by Klopfgeister

I have been busy shooting my picture-a-day challenge and so far it seems to be coming along nicely. There has been a great variety of subject matter so I haven't bothered to limit myself to one particular theme but rather I have tried to capture what has been around me when I have had the camera in hand.

Going to dinner with friends this evening and I really should be going to a concert afterwards but I missed the pre-sale of tickets and I don't fancy standing in a line for a couple of hours at 11 o'clock to buy my way in. A shame. It would have been lots of fun.

Tomorrow morning is an early start to go and take some photos up on the Uetliberg- I'm keeping my fingers crossed for fog!


Tune of the Day:  Tree Of Life    by  Ace Ventura

I needed a push

and what better excuse than the upcoming NikonCafe Oktoberfest? I have selected a 35mm lens as my weapon of choice for the month of October and hope to be able to make at least one worthwhile photo with it each day before sharing that with my fellow shooters.

There will be plenty of other stuff to do as well so I will be kept busy during the month and I'm thinking that the need to grab a photo under whatever circumstances present themselves will be good for my work.

Tune of the Day:  Heavy New Beer   by Klopfgeister  (do yourself a favour)

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

A weekend of not getting much done

is not a bad plan from time to time. We each did our own stuff on Saturday but met in town for an early dinner of tacos. They were pretty good and better than Catherine remembered from last time, so it should be easy enough to convince her to go back to that restaurant.

I developed a roll of film this morning and shot some more digital stuff for my Oktoberfest Challenge. It is coming along nicely and with only another week and a half to go, I'm pretty confident that I should be able to bring it home in good shape.

Tune of the Day:   Spanish Key    by Miles Davis

A tough week. In more ways than one

Time to go to bed.

Tune of the Day: Rehab   by Amy Winehouse