A little on-line shopping

and the world is a better place. I have just ordered some film cases which hold 10 rolls of 35mm film or 5 rolls of 120 film and which will be very handy for travel. Our upcoming trip to Italy has me thinking about what sort of photo kit to take and at the moment, I am thinking Hasselblad and iPhone as my two different outfits which will obviously entail carrying some film.

Had a great bbq dinner with Matt and Dagmar Anderson last night- very good food and pleasant company. Hope that we can catch up with them again soon.

Catherine and I are planning on going for a walk in the morning before the heat of the day arrives- it would be nice to shoot a few photos whilst we are out.


Tune of the Day: Nookie Wood    by John Cale

A cool change and a little storm this evening

certainly made things more pleasant for us and our visitors. It should also make sleep this evening somewhat more enjoyable!
I'm looking forward to another photo walk tomorrow evening and then getting a few things done this week before hosting a bbq on August 1st. Rockford Day has become something of a tradition.


Tune of the Day:  I'm Not Sorry    by Morrissey

We are in for a hot weekend

but it will seem a lot hotter for the guys and girls competing in the Zürich Triathlon (tomorrow) and the Ironman (on Sunday). I can imagine completing the swim leg, but getting out of the water and pumping around in the heat is not my idea of fun.

Catherine is headed to the hills hiking tomorrow and I will be taking things pretty easily and trying to grab a few photos.


Tune of the Day:  Singapore   by Tom Waits

A couple of spots of rain, a little lightning and thunder

hasn't yet added up to a thunderstorm. Things have cooled down somewhat but I'm sure that it will start to rain when I walk out the door in the morning.

I'm really looking forward to our visitors coming over in September- it will be great to catch up with them all and take it easy together for a week or so. We will certainly drink some of the better stock from my cellar and may even go crazy and cook something special as well.

Tune of the Day:  Rock Lobster   by the B52s

It's been another busy week

and with not enough sleep, it was easy to grab a quick nap this afternoon after a few beers with lunch  :-) I took some photos in town, dropped the colour film off for developing and then shopped before coming back home. The great weather continues and I will be out and about again tomorrow.

Went to another great Viewfinder event on Friday night. Pedro was not only impressive for his photography but also turned out to be quite the musician as well. Bravo!

Catherine is away and won't be back until tomorrow afternoon. I can play the Dead Kennedys as loud as I like.


Tune of the Day: California über Alles   by Dead Kennedys

We have had a great variety of meals this weekend and a nice

selection of drinks to accompany them. I really enjoyed a couple of large glasses of Pimm's and Dry last evening whilst cooking fish tacos for dinner. Today has been relaxed and after cooking a quick dinner on the bbq, I will be into bed pretty early.

It was a nice day to walk about in town yesterday and after buying my new FCZ t-shirt, I took a few photos, shopped for dinner and then headed back home.

Nice to speak with Gazza, Helena and Campbell earlier- I hope that they are as excited about the upcoming trip as we are!

Tune of the Day:  Metropolitan Glide    by Tom Waits

What a beautiful weekend

Very pleasant weather, a couple of barbecues, plenty of photography and generally relaxing. I could live like this all of the time  :-)

Nice work Mr Murray on picking up the Wimbledon title- now he is going to start to be considered as one of the greats. Much better to be a British Champion than a Useless Jock.

Tune of the Day: 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six     by Tom Waits

The new camera is a winner

and I really like the first set of negatives which came out of it. They were certainly enough to tell me that the metering and other parts are all in order. It will be a much more compact and lighter package to carry about than my other film cameras and the manual functions mean that I still need to concentrate to take good shots.

Looking at hats again. Does the word optimo mean anything to you?


Tune of the Day:  Unfinished Sympathy   by Massive Attack

So, I was weak.

And after lusting after one of these for quite a while, I found the right one at the right price and I am looking forward to seeing the results from my first roll of film. Tomorrow being 4th July, we may get out of the office a little early and I will try to finish the roll and get it developed to see how the camera functions.
Zürifäscht is on this weekend and the Tourism people are expecting 2,000,000 visitors to the city. I'm only disappointed that I must head into town early on Saturday morning for an appointment..... otherwise they could have the whole weekend without me!


Tune of the Day:  Hurricane Drunk   by Florence And The Machine

My photo exhibition kicked off last night

so we did the appropriate thing and made a party out of the occasion. Thanks to everybody who came along and a huge thank you to the kind souls who purchased prints! I certainly hope that they bring you many years of happiness.

After arriving home late this morning, I haven't managed to achieve too much today, but the highlight of my activities was certainly a little snooze in a comfortable chair in a bookshop in the city. Wonderful! I won't need much rocking to get to sleep tonight, but I will probably wake at 3 tomorrow morning.....


Tune of the Day: Transmission   by Joy Division

Very nice to be home again after a couple of days away

and I'm really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed this evening. Catherine had a good trip to Poland and was happy to receive a phone call half an hour back saying that her missing suitcase had been located and will be delivered this evening.
We sat out and had a drink on the balcony this evening- it was beautiful and not too warm. I could get used to summer like this  :-)

Tune of  the Day: Mood To Burn Bridges      by Neko Case

A quiet weekend and it appears

that summer has arrived at last. We have had a few warm days, a couple of heavy rainshowers and it will be hot this coming week. I need to get out and take some more photos!


Tune of the Day: Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud      by James Brown

It has been tough getting back into the swing of things

after our holiday, but I'm hoping to get a good night's sleep this evening and be really ready to attack in the morning. Tomorrow evening is the ACI Football Tournament and seeing as we are the defending champs, it would be rude not to go along, drink a few beers and cheer the guys on.
Catherine is off on a business trip next week. It should be interesting for her in any case.


Tune of the Day:  China Pig    by Captain Beefheart

It has been a good couple of weeks off

but that all comes to an end early tomorrow morning. The alarm will go off at some silly hour and we will be wakened and hopefully ready to get moving.
Read a news report earlier about the flood waters arriving in Budapest- lucky that we were there last week and not now. It is a shame and I hope that the poor people in the way of the flood waters are not too badly knocked about.

Tune of the Day: Great Balls Of Fire  by Jerry Lee Lewis

On holiday, at home for the past week but very slack on the blog front

at least I have been out taking a few photos!

We had some friends over for a bbq on Tuesday evening- lots of laughs, good food and wine and an enjoyable evening and we will be lighting the bbq again tomorrow night. It appears that, for this week at least, we may be having a little summer after all  :-)

I am planning on shooting some more colour film tomorrow and then continuing with my b/w work in the hope of getting something worthwhile to add to the selection for my upcoming show.


Tune of the Day:  Rock Lobster   by   The B52s

I have almost caught up on my sleep and I'm very much looking forward to

my next week of holiday. There will be some photography, some bbq, some reading and listening to music and I hope to get a few other things done as well. Finished processing my photos from Hungary this morning- I took more than I realised!

Off to Sunday dinner with friends shortly..... and it doesn't really matter when we get home  :-)


Tune of the Day:  Get It On   by Grinderman

We had a very nice time away

and enjoyed wandering about the city. Budapest is an interesting spot and communication was a lot easier than I expected now that English is compulsory in schools.  We had a couple of great meals and generally took it easy- the weather wasn't great, but it appears that it was much better than what our friends have been suffering through in Zürich  :-(

Still editing photos and looking forward to the second week of our time off.


Tune of the Day:  You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You    by Dean Martin