Author Archives: Barbara

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About Barbara

Born in Dublin, living in London with Peter, and our dogs Woody and Lilly

Travel Theme; Sunsets

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I love taking photos of sunsets, and have managed to enter plenty of them already in the Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette!  In the end I posted 4 sets of photos, and I had lots more to chose from. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Boats, Isle of Wight, Photography, Travel, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Renewal

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I very rarely am up early enough to see the dawn, let alone photograph it.  A few years ago we decided to take our boat from Windsor to Rochester in the Medway at the mouth of the Thames. The river … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, London, Photography, Travel, Water | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

Oh Help!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Barbara

I’m 1 stone above my ideal weight and 2 stone off the weight I want to be! For a former anorexic, this is not good news!! The last time I was this heavy I was about 7 months pregnant!  No … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting old, Keeping Fit | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Travel Theme; Bright

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Barbara

The weather in the UK this summer has been a bit damp to say the least.  March was beautiful, and much warmer & dryer than normal.  Water levels in reservoirs dropped, so many water companies in and around London imposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Devon, Photography, Travel, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Barbara

Originally posted on streams of perpendicular thought.:
Toilet roll installations! (Sakir-Gökcebag) via [iGNANT]

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I’m Dyslexic…. so i’m allowed post this!

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Barbara

I love ‘Amateur Transplants‘ although some of their material is seriously inappropriate, especially for doctors! The video above is only a few seconds long. This one below is also is brilliant (about 3 minutes long), and reminds me of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dyslexia, Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

And now for some poetry….

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Barbara

No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day No warmth – no cheerfulness, no healthful ease No comfortable feel in any member – No shade, no shine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Photography, Poetry, spoken word | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Geometry (2)

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Barbara

I was about to crop these photos, and then I found my kaleidoscope camera on my iPad 🙂  Now to pick my favourites… Below is a slideshow of the rest… hover your mouse over the photo to find the navigation … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Photography, Symmetry | Tagged , , , , , | 14 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Geometry

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Barbara

My husband took these stunning photo of a Swallowtail Butterfly quite a while ago. I was tempted to crop the photos to create a cryptic photo, but I like the photos too much as they are! Here’s the Weekly Photo … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Photography, Symmetry | Tagged , , , , , | 23 Comments

My baby is all grown up!!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Barbara

18 years ago today at ten minutes past midday, my first baby, a girl, arrived, took a breath and looked at me and her dad with an expression that said “oh… were you waiting for me? Maybe because she was … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthdays, Getting old, Life, Photography, Teenagers | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments