Appreciation of fruit. An occasional series.

Today I rather unexpectedly played Judge in the second heat of a talent show. Tough decisions left unmade. Let’s just say the final is already looking great!

Only unfortunate thing is I had intended photographing proceedings, not being sucked along by them. Oh well. There’s always Thursday…

When it comes to portraits, I find myself and my victims^H^H^H^H^H^H^H subjects equally coy, sometimes even elusive.

So when opportunity knocks it seems sensible to open the door, offer an invite, and provide coffee and biscuits!

Hobnob?

It’s difficult to express thoughts about natural disasters that claim the lives of thousands, or to understand what possesses a population to point guns at one another.

Some days it just seems that the world gets hotter. And it brings the best out in many, and the worst in a few.

Peaceful thoughts to those around our world punished by fate and humanity.

Scotland had all seasons in one day today.

Snow. Hail. Rain. Wind. Sun.

Spent afternoon enjoying the rugby. Spent evening with beer in hand, listening to live music, and catching up with an old friend.

Too busy to blip, apparently. So back blipped tomorrow.

A bottle of red. A family movie. A relaxing end to a busy week. It all kicks off again on Monday!

Oh wait, I have homework! Ho hum! Good job I love it!

Today I beat the system!

Okay, so I was given work beyond my load and when I went to do it I found it already being done. So not exactly demolishing capitalism, but these small victories in life can make a cold day a little warmer.

I imagine teaching is like acting, but with a captive audience. I guess a captivated audience would be better.

Finished work “on time” tonight. Then ate. Then went out in daylight. Marvellous.

The plan tonight is to not have a plan. Plantastic!

Some days involve saying so much that there is nothing left. Sometimes it’s nice just to read text messages…

Spent. Like a cartridge. Or a pay packet.

Having just recently blipped Meghara, the mad old dog of the family, today we bid her farewell.

Never a happy day in a home to lose a dog, especially one almost as old as your kids, a constant in their lives.

She was grumpy and loving in equal measure, just like her bipedal family. The postie might be able to deliver mail without too much fear now, but we are down one lovely, hairy fur ball.

Goodnight Meghara, sleep ye well.

The book guardians blipped here, travelled all the way from Thailand to protect our household’s reading matter. I am struck by the irony of their lack of eyes.

Four hours courtesy of ScotRail. I am glad I don’t have that as a daily commute, but it’s a relaxing mode of transport.

Spent the double journey catching up with a backlog of video content I had been promising myself…

In the middle of that a healthy dose of having my work micro-analysed, criticised, and corrected. Debating, justifying, accepting. Not a process for the faint-hearted, I suspect. Call me odd, but I rather liked it!

And home. Poke o’chips (and a pickled onion) at Arbroath harbour. Lovely.

Was given a masterclass in song-writing today. Though I am not sure I learned anything.

Got all old and bearded tonight and drank some bottled ale! It’s had an effect. I have started listening to Sylvester and forgetting I am up at 0630 tomorrow.

You. Make. Me. Feel.

Mighty. Real.

Finally got a picture of Meghara, the grand old lady of the house, on my iPhone. She’s a light sink, an overly hairy, canine black hole.

She was rescued some 15 years ago, and was already at least a couple of years old at the time. She combines cuddly and cantankerous in a compact yet rotund quadruped body form. Grumpy engineering at it’s finest.

Tonight I wore my ‘Party on Darth’ t-shirt, and remote desktop’d into my work Windows box.

I feel like such a rebel. Of course predictive text had me feeling like a ‘revel’ but I really can’t cope with the confectionary lottery.

Yeah you guessed it, slow news day today!

Actually I had my haircut, and introduced my hairdresser to Blipfoto, so maybe a new recruit is incoming. Short hair is short!

Today (BackBlipped from tomorrow) was busy. Then I spent the late evening chatting about tech with old friends while being canvassed to join an exclusive club.

Not sure if they are desperate or I am special…

Anyway, I ran out of time. Some pictures are lemons!

Not some Christian youth orchestrated anarchy, rather a current obsession by our youngest to make ever richer chocolate-confectionary.

Today…

Had a productive meeting. Turns out that’s not an oxymoron after all.

Just outside Whigstreet lies the Whig Street Wood. The site of a third century Roman temporary camp.

Today the sun was trickling through the trees, and we had to stop to capture it.

I even took some pictures with my Nikon, which might make it to Flickr later today.

It’s a funny thing, the desire to Blip, and the self-imposed iPhone restriction on that, has actually reduced the amount of times I step out with a camera bag. So new resolve is needed, as that was not the general idea!

Looking at houses today. Mixed bag! Nice day for it though. Sunshine and hail!

Then watching some rugby.

And now the sun sets on a peaceful family day, and the evening beckons the Chianti…

Home before dark. Hurrah! Just.

Family movie night tonight. Not Twilight, not for us. Lost Boys! A classic! Lovely!

Virtual meetings about virtual organisations which operate in virtual worlds, discussing what to some appear to be very real issues.

People and perceptions. Perplexing.

How do I turn this thing on?