And how the blazes are we going to recognise folk ?

I've met Ken [ Gartmore ] but I can see me looking for a duck with a camera round it's neck

I got the Tamron 18-250 last year to save me having to carry 2 lenses when I went away .

Weightwise it's heavier than I would like - but when carried in the bag it's lighter than the combined 18-55 and 50-200

Where I was in Belgium I found I was taking things mainly at 55 and above . Some of the results , in my eyes , were stunning particularly when later in the year I could start to play with them in Aperture . Mind you I was playing with the lens finding out what it could do and more importantly what I could do with it

I doubt if I'll use the Tamron a lot when just walking around locally , but I'm certainly happy [ very happy ] to keep it for trips abroad

time I organised new glasses too and that is NOT cheap , not just varifocals but they are also reactolites too

Lawks and the rain is once more of the very very heavy variety . I honestly don't think it's paused yet today.

I've a heap of paper to go in my recycling bin and it's still in the kitchen - I'd need to don full wet weather gear to get to the wall where it's stored - opposite my back door and about 24 feet away

Dunno where this darn liquid is coming from

ooooooh bacon butties - YUM

did a scan and had to get the latest ClamXav . It did pick up 3 things it thought were phishing attempts [ they were about 3 years old ] which amused me - other than that I was clean .

I have a feeling that I know what triggered the problem and have still to ID which of the AdBlockers caused it.

About a week ago - I started seeing these horrendously coloured ads for the Glasgow Groupon cheap offer thingie , and it took some fiddling to dispose of it - I suspect that was the problem . I did finally get rid of the Groupon thing . I'll soon start experimenting with the AdBlocker again

me mac - but last time I checked about a month ago it was clean

true - and a wood fire means that loss of power doesn't affect you

With me I could cook by gas [ YEAY ] but would be totally without heat [ GRRRH ]

fantastic planning

Typical man - escapes when needed

Was cogitating , and as you know I'm no expert . I've only just got here [ 08.48 ] and I was thinking hard . Had only viewed the original post and not started looking at any responses.

It's a gorgeous bird [ there I've said it ] love the detail

BUT

The head , yes I know it's turned back to give a dirty look ] is just a tad too dark. You are losing some detail there.

The I started to scroll - Snootchie's has lifted the head colour a bit too much and the bird is too much of a muchness - he's lost the slightly darker colours on the R side, of the pic though, that give it interest.

Frogfish - now that's about right in my uneducated eyes - he's got the difference in colour , very subtly , between the side that is well lit and the shaded side. The head is better. He's also managed to make the background very slightly warmer without overdoing it .

I wish I could do stuff like this