Drink

And now for my language lesson homework - I've masses to be finished before Monday

Dear goodness - that is NOT good .

Doesn't bode well for watching the Drama - whatever it is

I'm really glad I'm not in your area today Ken , traffic there is bad enough and the parking can be horrendous at time - add Paps and big blacked out Limos and it must be almost a no go area

Don't count your chickens ...........

Midnight is the time just think of what could happen , and has happened to other folk in the past too

Some lovely entries - and they have also sparked some thoughts for future shots - taa muchly

Thanks for the generous comments in the judging - much appreciated

The Tamron 18-250 I have was bought as a holiday lens - a do-it-all .

I find it's fairly heavy in use - compared with my old 40mm LTD and the Pentax DA-L 18-55 and the new Pentax 35mm . I always have to remember about the lens lock and I do find putting the Hood back on in the reverse position is a real PITA .

Having said that - it really makes taking camera, lens/es and all the necessary stuff much easier - it covers everything I need to use . It was in use for everything I took in Dublin recently and it's going with me to France at the beginning of next month . I really would not be without it

greynolds - this is great news - I'm so happy for you .

Hope she returns to good health quickly

I like the cute little critter in # 2

Certainly not as cheap as that but I'm using my Tamrac Rally bag [ Messenger type ] and finding it's simply great.

Chris at SRS was exceedingly helpful as I asked them for help re sizing , and then settled on the Rally 6.

It was first used at the Glasgow Meet and then I had it in Dublin for the week there .

It holds the K-x with the Tamron 18-250 on it and there's room under that for spare batteries or a pancake lens , one interior side holds my 35mm with masses of room on top of that and the other bit will hold the Metz Flash. I would say [ haven't tried it ] that where I have the 35mm would also take the 18-55 if I needed it as well.

The front pocket is surprisingly roomy - takes spare batteries , cards , lens cloth , my wallet , my purse , 2 pens , a notebook , batteries for my hearing aids etc etc. When I went to Dublin that was my 'carry on ' bag [ Aer Arann limits are much lower than normal sizewise ]

The strap is plenty big enough for cross body use [ and I'm not slender ]

Since coming back I've used it walking round Glasgow - I have the brown one and it doesn't attract attention and scream CAMERA and I'm stunned just how comfortable it is in use.

I'm off to France soon and it will be with me then instead of a bigger bag [ not Tamrac ] that I do have. That one also takes all my gear but is much bulkier and heavy in use.

Now that is a nice newborn baby portrait

Congratulations to the proud parents and grandparents