Author Archives: Barbara

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About Barbara

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

Weekly Travel Theme; Couples

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Barbara

When I was little I used to think that ‘a couple’ meant ‘a few’ and for some reason, probably because I’m dyslexic and some things take me much longer than others to understand (like right & left and analogue clocks) … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Barbara

Today we had to bring our boat from Emsworth Marina in Chichester Harbour to Langstone Sailing Club in Langstone Harbour for her lift out for the winter.  We had hoped to be able to sail at least the part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Boats, Photography, Water | Tagged , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Seven Tips for New Bloggers from the Laughing Housewife

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Barbara

Originally posted on The Laughing Housewife:
“blog” (Photo credit: inju) A lot of my subscribers are fairly new bloggers  (which, I suspect, is why they subscribe here – they don’t know any better). Thank you, new subscribers, for subscribing, however…

Posted in Blogging, Numbers | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

I don’t want to hibernate said the little tortoise

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Barbara

Well… she’s not exactly little! My Tortoise (Myrtle) A Greek spur thighed tortoise does NOT want to hibernate! She is about 5½ years old 23cm long and 2.386kg !  When I got her she weighed 112g and was just over … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Myrtle, Photography, Tortoise | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

My Top 25 Movies

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara

While exploring people’s blogs & entering lots of different weekly photo challenge posts, I’ve discovered many people whose pages are really interesting & whose ‘about me‘s’ have caught my attention. When I read somebody’s blog and I see that they … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Big (Sky)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Barbara

I was inspired to take some photos of the sky by Danajoward’s post for the Weekly Photo Challenge; Big  We go to the coast really often, and when you are by the sea there is a lot of sky! The … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Travel Theme; On Display

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Barbara

When I saw this week’s Travel Theme I instantly thought of this photo that I took on my first visit to India.  Look out for more photos from India in ‘My Travels‘ once I get some time to upload them … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Big

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Barbara

This isn’t my photo (‘really’ I hear you cry!!) but it makes me feel really really small, and that the universe is so unimaginably BIG “Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Physics, Science, Space | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

10.11.12 13:14

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Barbara

October 11th 2012 @ 1.14pm I love numbers & the fact that I have just worked out how to schedule a post 🙂

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Weekly Travel Theme; Animals

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Barbara

I have spent the last 3 days trying to decide which of my photos to upload for the Weekly Travel Theme; Animals.  The problem is that I love taking photos of Animals, and I have hundreds that I really like! … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 14 Comments