photography

Today I’m going through old photos

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Here’s some I particularly like. (Most of these probably weren’t taken by me, though honestly no-one is sure anymore.)

Me getting a copy of Watchmen for my birthday in 2006. I still have it, and a couple of years after this photo was taken I got it signed by Alan Moore. I now have much more mixed feelings about Watchmen and (especially) Moore though. Ya grow.

A sky that looks like it was painted.

A sea lion at Whipsnade Zoo.

Some really colourful flamingos!

Me in my childhood bedroom, dressed up for prom. (Prom is much less of a big deal in Britain. Or it was.) That’s a Darth Maul photo signed by Ray Park in the background. Might be worth a bit less now if recent rumors are anything to go by.

Ashridge Forest and what I only just learned today is called the Bridgewater Monument.

A beautiful contrail.

Skypocalypse

Me on the Cleethorpes beachside minigolf course in 2006. It’s gone now, and I’m not surprised, because they built it on a slope

A pair of lurking lions.

This was from I’m guessing about 15 years ago. I don’t know who took it, probably my dad. It’s Willen Lake at Milton Keynes, but to me it looks like something from Lord of the Rings.

Finally, OUTSIDE

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After four months of going nowhere but the occasional field I have been to Bradgate Park in Leicester! Oh thank god. It’s so nice to BE OUT.

No-one else was wearing masks… apart from this elf we found in a tree on the way there.

I took a panorama with my phone once we got there. Surprisingly there are no deer in it (they are everywhere)

See, here’s one. This deer has an expression on his face I cannot read.

More deer.

Dave took most of the above photos (only numbers 2 and 6 are mine I think) and he also took these AMAZING ones of a white deer chilling in the ruins of Lady Jane Grey’s estate. There was a wall in the way but he STILL MANAGED IT!

The Romantic/gothy side of me likes to think, maybe that’s Lady Jane’s reincarnated spirit wandering around there.

Meanwhile I took a picture of an interesting wall.

Dave then got this amazing photo of a dragonfly which are very hard to photograph-

AND THEN! WE CLIMBED! ALL THE WAY UP to Old John.

It’s much harder to get to than it looks from here, trust me.

I took this photo halfway up:

It’s worth it for the views, if your legs can take it.

Here’s some pictures I took at the top!

Here’s a couple of slightly more imposing-looking ones I took with my phone.

And then just before we left suddenly a noisy peacock flew overhead! Sadly neither of us got any photos of it in flight, but I WAS able to get close enough to it to take this:

And that was I think everything, and oh my god my legs are killing me.

Halsey among protestors shot at and gassed by police as she shares horrific account from frontline of Black Lives Matter demonstration — Quiz Category

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Police officers “gassed” and “fired” at bisexual singer Halsey last weekend (May 30 and 31) as she joined protesters in Los Angeles, California, to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Thousands of demonstrators thronged the roads of the city to protest against white supremacy and police brutality after the death of George…

Halsey among protestors shot at and gassed by police as she shares horrific account from frontline of Black Lives Matter demonstration — Quiz Category

Halsey actually is half black, which I don’t think this article mentions. So those words are very powerful. As is that photograph there.

1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. — Making Histolines

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1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. || https://ift.tt/3dDPoku MetsTqa

1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. — Making Histolines

OH, this photo. Every time I see it I have to just stop for a while. For such an iconic image, there doesn’t seem to be much information about the people in it. All I can find is this. (Anything else that looked useful is blocked in Europe.) I wonder what happened afterwards but maybe no-one will ever know.

Cleethorpes, UK. Not usually known for its beauty. — Stickety Sweeet

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Cleethorpes, UK. Not usually known for its beauty. Touch here for the full post on the Quite Gorgeous Everythings tumblr — See these photos and more on eBay!

Cleethorpes, UK. Not usually known for its beauty. — Stickety Sweeet

Unexpected Cleethorpes on the dashboard!

Cleethorpes is far from beautiful, but I miss it terribly, especially now. I spent so much of my childhood running up and down its beaches… and of course my grandmother is still there. When all this is over I want to go visit her, but oh man, that “when.”

Well, I suppose there’s no point dwelling. Have a picture I found on Reddit that is also very much, ah, the Cleethorpes I remember.

Just moved back up North. Truly I am back with my people. from CasualUK

Happy birthday, Disneyland Paris

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Disneyland Paris turns 28 today. (It is in fact younger than me.)

It’s sad to think the park is closed for now and no-one is having a party, but what can ya do. Here’s some of the photos I snapped when I was there for my honeymoon back in 2017. Dave had never been to a Disney park so I decided to take him.

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