An occasional Photo Blog
Easter doesn’t stand or fall by the weather, so we decided not to head south in search of warmer climes. We had plenty of chocolate eggs to tuck in to, and the K30 performs well in rain, sleet and sunshine – and we’ve enjoyed all three. The three Black & White images were captured on a Good Friday stroll around the village. The three colour images were taken today, Easter Monday.
The sun seemed to inspire the vast majority to venture outside today, and with the clocks changing in the early hours of tomorrow morning Spring certainly seems to have arrived. For some its the end of a long night’s sleep. Both tortoises were up and about before lunch, but only one seemed to enjoy posing for the camera… the older of the two kept running off. But it’s not just the tortoises that are up and about, the lawn is dotted with flowers and spiders – lots of spiders.
As a short sequel to the last post, here are a couple of images of mud shovelling excavators.
Unfortunately it was Sunday, so they weren’t actually shovelling, but quite fascinating nevertheless.
A beautiful Sunday afternoon in March. We decided to go for a brisk walk along the riverbank. Unfortunately it was a little muddy in places, but nature is like that.
If I remember correctly I was, according to superstition, supposed to say ‘Rabbits’ this morning before leaping out of bed. I’m not quite sure why it should bring luck, but then superstition works in mysterious ways. I tend to associate rabbits with Springtime, and as the the last remaining snow diminishes little flowers appear in its wake.
Looking at my recent postings I noticed that I haven’t been very productive recently – photographically speaking of course. We’ve had some mixed weather, a cloudy day or two here, a bright sunny day or two there, but the weekends have been fairly uninspiring and I have thus been quite idle.
But Friday evening drew me into town. A glass or two in a very cosy piano bar and the first interesting rain for quite some time. Motivation stirred within and I let my mobile phone feel the cold, damp night air…. I’m not sure whether they just might have been more interesting in Black and White? – Comments welcome.
Walking past this very large building site at least once a day I can’t help but be fascinated by the large number of cranes. I have captured one or two images of the site during the last year or so, and the last crane photos appeared on this blog in July last year. The buildings are shooting skywards at an alarming rate and I imagine that some of the fourteen cranes may well be dismantled during the next few months, so I decided to make an image or two while I still can.
Even on chilly, miserable days Sunday wouldn’t be complete without a walk. Whilst waiting to venture out into the wintry afternoon I checked the K-30’s battery, polished the shiny bits and made sure there were no grubby marks on the lens. Just to make sure everything was working as it should I took a photo or two before slipping on the winter pulli.
Driving ‘through’ Basel on the way to England it appears to be a city consisting solely of very large pharmaceutical companies, railway sidings and urban motorways. Well, I was pleasantly surprised to find it has a beautiful old town oozing 15th century charm, and can be proud of its cyclists who not only stop for pedestrians at zebra crossings, but also don’t harass people on the pavements either, I certainly hope to visit again.
Magazine articles, blog posts and forums (yes I know that ‘fora’ is correct) discuss the question of motivation and inspiration constantly. I’ve even mentioned the subject here on my homepage. Fresh places inspire me a lot, and last Monday I was inspired by Basel. The first three images show absolutely nothing of the city, but I hope you like the newest selfie!
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