There must be a controlling mind behind all these disasters

Wrong number

So I received a phone call about an hour ago.

"Can I speak to Lizzie please?"
"Sorry - you have the wrong number"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure"
"She has three children - are you sure she's not there?"
"Yes I'm sure - sorry"
Call ends

45 minutes later

"Sorry to call you again but my mum rang this number last year and spoke to Lizzie. Have you just moved in"
"No"
"Are you in Boughton Monchelsea?"
"No"
"Well something is wrong because my mum spoke to her on this number last year"
"Not sure how because I've lived here for a few years"
"She left her husband because he was too good for her - was that you?"
"I think we'll leave it there - please don't call again" 


It's not a sales pitch, it's too unscripted. These two women (and there are assorted children providing further background sounds) are really looking for someone who they believe can be contacted on this telephone number but at the point where they revealed why the woman's marriage had failed I had to bail out. Surreal.

Tyland Barn

This is for Phil

I wonder who thought that this combination of colours used in this way might be attractive; particularly when used on attractive buildings such as this one. Whoever it was deserves a stern talking to.

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Sparrow again

Sparrow - At Glasto!

Jungleland

 Clarence Clemons in his pomp

Cal

IMG_2547, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Pulling the chain

IMG_2536, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

This guy is pulling the chain which opens the tap which pours water from the water tower into the steam engine's water tank. This was taken at Northiam.

Three engines together

IMG_2590, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Tripleheader

IMG_2529_1, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Blipping

Some of you might have picked up on the Blipfoto stream on the right hand side of this blog. If you've followed the links you'll know that Blipfoto is a photosharing service where users post a photo taken on that day. This weekend I'll hit the 365th entry; a year of daily shots. The discipline of having to take a photo each day and posting it has changed how I look at things and, sadly, some of the best images are only available while I'm driving. I saw a kite flying overhead yesterday while tootling up the motorway, the mist rising in fields next to the M26 some winter mornings is stunning, today I saw a newborn lamb as I was negotiating a roundabout and while I wasn't in the car I couldn't snap the green woodpecker next to the walls of a Cat B prison as the prison service tend to get tense about stuff like that. I've also learnt a good deal about how to use the camera - I've learnt a bit about how light works and something about framing and focus and aperture and focal length (even if I generally forget all this stuff when I'm looking through the viewfinder).

So here's a shot of the most fragrant jasmine and it serves as a reminder that the camera can freeze a moment in time but it can't capture all the other things that make something special. I hope you've enjoyed some of the photos I've posted on here and that you've had a look at Blipfoto.

Bespoke chandelier cleaning

Bespoke chandelier cleaning, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Captured in Eastchurch while enjoying a spot of lunch

Lovely beer!

Beautiful

Beautiful, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Over here

Over here, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

This shot is from a handful I took at the 1940s event at the Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden on 15/05/2011

A silver feather

Beware of bees

Beware of bees, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Another maxim we'd all do well to heed!

Cal on the footplate!

Cal on the footplate!, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

How cool is this? Cal pulled some strings and got himself invited onto the footplate of "City of Truro" before she went back to the engine sheds for the night. He's the one in the straw hat.