A walk with Wilson

Yesterday a friend of mine posted some lovely photos of a walk in Windsor Great Park with his dog and I giggled as there wasn’t any dog in the photo.

A Walk with Wilson

A Walk with Wilson

Today I took Wilson to Hurst Park in Molesey and took some photos of the beautiful sunny day & autumnal colours.  (I’ve been playing with the panorama setting on my camera, can you tell?

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Weekly Pet Challenge (Not Wilson Challenge!)

Lilly PlanktonIntroducing Lilly Plankton, who since Wilson arrived has had very little airtime, or any other time for that matter. Continue reading

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My Best Photo of The Week (Week 12)

Sunrise on Langstone Village

Sunrise on Langstone Village

I am rarely up at dawn, but in winter it is a little easier for me!!

I this photo as the sun rose one morning on Langstone Village as we were waiting for our boat to be lifted out of the water

Well worth being up for!!

Thank you to Donna for this challenge 🙂

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; One

Cormorant Fishing in Birdham Pool

Cormorant Fishing in Birdham Pool

I love the spot this solitary bird has chosen to fish.  He’s making it clear that he is the only one with any fishing rights

For other interpretations of ‘One’ have a look at Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge 🙂

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Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge Week 9

Wilson's pet Scuppy after his bath

Wilson’s pet Scuppy after his bath

Wilson has a pet too.  He sleeps with him & carries him around the place when he wants to look super cute. After dinner every day Wilson goes to find ‘Scuppy’ & brings him into whichever room we are in. Sometimes Scuppy needs a good wash!  Here he is drying off after his bath.

I hope pets pets are welcome in Michelle’s weekly pet challenge!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

As Michelle says in the Weekly Photo challenge, having a dog does indeed mean going for walks daily, often more than once a day.  Where the habit comes in for us is where we chose to go for our walks.  Just before we got Wilson we decided to get married at a little church on the top of a hill in Guildford, and as a result, our habitual walks on Sundays for the first few months after Wilson arrived were up to the top of St Martha’s Hill.

St Martha on The Hill, Near Chilworth, Guildford

St Martha on The Hill, Near Chilworth, Guildford

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Grannymar’s Sunday One-Liners (Wk 3)

As a slight variation on Grannymar’s Sunday One-liners; here is one of my Sunday George W Bush Favourites

“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”

as quoted in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War

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My Best Photo of The Week (Week 11)

Low Tide outside Southsea Marina, Langstone Harbour

Low Tide outside Southsea Marina, Langstone Harbour

I am way behind with posting at the moment, and when I get this far behind it is hard to know where to start!!  I have lots and lots of photos to post, but picking just one to move forward with is sometimes really hard!

This one stood out for me.  I had edited it a bit with my camera’s software, and it has a ‘painting like’ look about it.  I took it during our recent trip around Hayling Island to bring the boat ashore just before the winter sets in.

Thank you to Donna for this challenge 🙂

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

I know I’m a bit late for this week’s Photo Challenge.  I’m running a month late on most things at the moment so a few days past the deadline is good for me!

When you are on a boat the horizon is very important, especially when it looks like this!!

A very Ominous Horizon

A very Ominous Horizon

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Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge

Wilson has been waiting for me to get back online and get posting his super photos of his bike trip for Michelle!

oh help......

oh help……

Biker Wilson!

Biker Wilson!

Don’t worry… we didn’t go far or fast.  I think he thought it was some kind of strange car, he behaved as if he had his head hanging out the window.  Definitely not a regular thing though!!

Sorry they’ve taken so long xxx

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