Barnes & Barnes - A tribute.

Nipped over to Belgium for a few days last week and snapped a few pictures to kick off some regular posts for Project Blue.
I thought Blue Monday would sound good but that will have to wait because I found this....

Why would anyone build several small water fountains from lobster claws and fish heads unless it was a tribute to the stupendously wonderful Barnes and Barnes song "Fish Heads"

Stick with it....

Blue too

I'm off to Belgium again at 03:00 in the morning (yeah)!
So to tide things over until I get back, here are a couple of "Project Blue" efforts from yesterday morning in the city.



I'm not too sure what was going on in the ladies loo at the car park, could it be a giant insect zapping machine or a "tan while you pee" system?

Off to pack and get an early night.

Blue Moon

Vic has Project Blue going on over at her place at the moment and I thought I would have a go myself.
I took this yesterday from the garden as it was the first bit of blue I had seen in a while and I even managed to get the moon in there.
(5 points if you can spot it)

If this goes badly and I can't find much blue I may have to post a picture of Albert Collins.
We shall see.

Bite size

These little morsels were hatched in a raised flower bed outside the paint shop at work.

Recipie suggestions please?

I think crispy duck as a starter with bite size kebabs to follow.
I didn't mean it Lynn, they now live on the pond at the front of the factory with all the others and are getting very well fed.
(Foie gras perhaps)?

How did we do ?

Lynn wanted to see if we could post about similar stuff again today so, as great minds think alike.............

Drums

Beer

Work

I don't have any decent shots of rugby at the moment but thats one of the other things I have a passion for.
Oh, and weemen.

So Lynn, how did we do?

Up Close and Personal

I couldn't believe it when I nipped over to Lynn's site this evening and found that she had taken some pictures of the poppies in her garden.
I took a few shots at Mum's on Sunday and some from my garden on Saturday, which proves that great minds think alike.

I thought it might be a good chance to try out the macro capability of my camera, so here are some garden flowers which may be overlooked by most.

Moss needs flowers too.

Thyme flowers are nice in a salad but clear out the spiders first.

This is the pot that the thyme is in.

Complete with lichen flowers.

I think the macro works just fine.

The "G" Spot

I finally took the plunge on Saturday and got a Canon G9 camera after months of indecision.
It made sense to go for a smaller camera rather than a DSLR and by the time I'm ready for one of those, they will be much cheaper. In the meantime, if I need a bigger camera, I can use my old Nikon 35mm and good old fashioned film.

So, with the English weather doing it's usual bank holiday thing, blowing a hoolie and pissing down with rain, I'm left to have a practice in the house and garden to see how this thing works.

My coffee table holds the key to my soul.
Drum books, rugby books and how to drink wine.

This is for Dive and is simply titled.... Wood! (f'nar f'nar)

The only one of my pictures that I still have.
It is hanging straight but I wasn't.

Hello Iris, it was sunny on Saturday.

These two have some young which they are teaching to swim in the stream which runs into my pond. (It's not a real stream, but one which circulates via pumps filters and lots of tubes).

This is Bob

And this is one of his ancestors.

Lets hope next weekend is a bit better and I can get out to take some decent stuff.