For 2014 I set myself a project to take and publish a photograph every day. Hopefully. Here are the results.
Old Cottage, Weston Village. I’ve been meaning to take a picture of this cottage for some time and have been waiting for a nice bright day to do it. I don’t know the history of the cottage but it looks old and cosy and is almost Hobbit like in the way that it grows out…
Tree. This tree that I saw this afternoon in Weston Park appealed to me because its stark image against a clear blue sky on another very cold day really summed up winter for me. And I think it works really well in black and white. 30 December 2014
Bath Abbey. Today has been one of those brilliant, sunny, clear, bitterly cold winter days. We had things to do this morning but after lunch we decided to see what was going on in Bath, so Mrs Sixwheeler and I headed in to town. Mrs S was in shopping mode and found a bargain but…
Bubble and Squeak. On Christmas Day we have our traditional meal of turkey accompanied by roast potatoes and Brussels sprouts. We always cook far too many vegetables so that a couple of days later we can have our own family tradition of cold ham with Bubble and Squeak. Many of you will know about Bubble…
Saturday Rugby. Once again we had proper Saturday afternoon rugby at the Recreation Ground this afternoon and very good it was too. Saturday afternoon is the traditional time for rugby matches but now that everything is the slave of the television rights holders we dance to their tune; so we now have Friday evening matches,…
Column in Bush. OK it’s Boxing Day, the weather’s filthy and we’re entertaining; but still we need a photograph. I’m not much up on architectural features so let’s just call it a column but I do like the way it nestles into the undergrowth. Actually I can’t leave it like that so I’ve looked up…
Christmas Border Terrier. It’s Christmas Day and I’ve really not had much time for photographs. I was ‘up with the cock’ and straight into a positive orgy of cooking and between us Mrs S and I put a pretty decent traditional Christmas lunch together for the ten of us. After lunch I fell asleep until…
Bark. Absolutely beautiful day for Christmas Eve here in Bath today. As tomorrow is going to be HECTIC we went for a nice long walk today. I saw the sunlight shining through this peeling bark and thought it would make a good picture. I don’t know what the tree is, maybe some form of eucalyptus,…
Ouch! When I was small and lived in a big old farmhouse I enjoyed sliding down the banisters; I also did this enthusiastically when I was at boarding school. You are not encouraged to do it in Bath where they set traps for you at the bottom. 23 December 2014
Deck The Halls. It is Christmas time and in England the tradition is to decorate our houses with evergreen leaves. This follows a pagan tradition going back to pre-Christian times and was then adopted, along with others, into Christian practice. Nowadays everybody does it regardless of their religious persuasion, which is good. The old song…
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