Mostly Rest Day - Car MOT - Griddled Tuna

Another from the 'dawn' series. I'd put the camera on the tripod and set the self timer to 5secs, to prevent camera shake as it needed quite a long exposure. And just as the shutter clicked open this lorry shot across. The effect pleased me so I didn't delete it.

I shan't use it for anything though because I wouldn't expect anyone to like it. Mind you, at the camera club last night, Helen had the subject 'Movement' so it would have done for that I suppose. She did a lot of lateral thinking and managed, among other things, to shoe-horn in a picture of Abu Simbel, quite properly arguing that that temples had been moved. (To allow for the flooding of Lake Nasser')

Other people had subjects I would have preferred to my 'atmosphere', like 'bridges' and 'street-scenes' for instance. But it was a most pleasant evening and the absence of competition worked well. Surprisingly enough there were fewer there than on a competition night. Perhaps other people enjoy the merciless attacks on their little darlings more than I do.

Picture 2 is a house of most peculiar design which we pass on the way to Eastwood. The other side of the sticking-up bit has quite normal windows in it. Why it was designed like that I know not. Perhaps our architectural correspondent could shed some light ?

The house is almost level with a flashing sign which has just been installed and tells you what your speed is. Unfortunately, for days it has been stuck on 33mph, and it still flashes "Thank You" as you sail past.

I'm sure they will fix it.

It was a lovely morning after a frost. And with the lawn having recently been mown the air was worth taking lungfulls of. Mrs Blackbird was working the front lawn with a will while Mr Blackbird was uselessly pecking at the gravel. Blackbirds really are stupid birds. Later in the day it clouded over and rained quite heavily. Derek next door had seen the 'global-warming denial' programme and has been persuaded by the arguments. This though is difficult to believe - the daffodils have peaked too early in Cumbria and they have planted plastic ones so as not to disappoint Wordsworth fans. Please click. Y thinks we have been taken over by aliens. It is beginning to seem the only explanation.

The car passed its MOT without needing any work, but it made me realise that the OAGs have now gone national. I couldn't find this years certificate to take to the garage with me, and only realised when Steven brought the car back, replete with new certificate, that the gremlins had changed the shape and design of the certificate ! On a more local note, when Y unpacked after London the OAGs his her electronic thesaurus (her favourite toy) in her bedside cabinet with her tablets. The swine !

I read a BBC.co.uk piece this morning in which the journalist said it had been necessary to 'anonymise' something. To make sure I wasn't missing out on some current usage I checked - Chambers - "Sorry, no entries for anonymise were found" - it said. To my relief.

.Apparently we are in for a cold spell, with the possibility of snow. I hope those plastic daffodils will be OK.

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