Not a lot going on around me that isn't serious one way or another - and I don't mean the international scene. Lots of pointlessness though. And it's all getting in the way of me playing with my loverly photographic gear.

Did manage a trip to the tip yesterday with a load of rubbish. I can now walk from one end of the garage to the other again without having to climb over anything!! Any guesses how long it will be before it's once again blocked by rubbish...?

Steve

My 6 year old grand-daughter asked a profound question yesterday. Her mum was showing her on a map that Ukraine and Russia are a long way from the UK (to reassure her that nasty things weren't soon going to happen to her). She looked at the map and said "Mr. Putin has got lots of land. Why does he want any more?". Since then, she has donated a couple of her dolls to Ukrainian refugee children because "they won't have anything to play with".

Perhaps if so-called grown-ups listened to children, the world would be a better place.

Steve

Something a national leader said sometime in the last few days reminded me of that great, hilarious, albeit terrifying, Peter Sellers film 'Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb'....

Steve

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" - attributed to Seneca, the Roman stoic philosopher.

Steve

A delight to see on a wet, windy, grey February day.

No favourites - I like 'em all. But the one that made me stop during a first scan through was No. 4. The colours and composition make it more a work of art than a photo of an insect.

Steve

Oh dear. Our dog went peaceably to the Great Kennel In The Sky this morning. She was 15 years old, so a good age. Spent half the morning clearing doggy paraphernalia so it isn't staring at us every time we walk into a room. A sleepless night tending to a dog in terminal decline is now catching up on me...

Steve

Lovely little bird and a lovely little shot. I'd prefer to see a bit more space in front of it's head, is it there in the original (uncropped) photo?

I bet you have, but not noticed what they are. If you see several small birds flying busily between trees and they look like balls on the end of sticks, they are long tailed tits.

Steve

Have you tried a pointer/stylus rather than a finger? My wife uses one for her phone, she finds it much more accurate than a finger. Cheap and available from all the usual online market places.

Steve

When Terry Jones (ex-Python) died in 2020, I bought a can of Spam to commemorate the occasion. The intention was to eat it for a meal when Mrs L. wasn't around (Spam and Mrs L. definitely do not go together). Covid and Mrs L's ailments meant that 2 years passed and the Spam was still on the shelf. But yesterday, Mrs L. went out to lunch with a friend, leaving me to fend for myself. So it was time for a Python meal: Spam, Spam, eggs, Spam, beans, Spam, eggs and Spam. Magnificent!!

How's that, Barrie??

Steve

Hmmm... I'm wondering whether the meaning of 'pointless' is changing... langauge being a living thing and all that...

Steve