folding

 

Life in England was such that we lived near Manchester in an old mill village with a river and the inevitable canal. This is part of that canal taken with an old Franka 6x9 folding camera I had at the time. Folders can beover looked as a viable travel camera but they are relatively small and compact yet often sport fine lens. My current fav folder is the Voigtlander Perkeo 6x6.

William

I am very sad to say that my good pal William  has died after a long illness. Eve and I will miss him very much.

Work brought us together a couple of decades back and we have stayed in touch with Bill and his lovely wife Gemma ever since.

Please do look back at some of the images of him linked here.

sun

 

Apologies for the thinness of my posting but the weather caught me unawares with clear skies and sunshine all day - for days. 

Eve has gone orf to Yorkshire for a few days to see her sister and I'm alone with Keith and Hungry and already no so keen on the regime.

coow

 

Had some little guisers round at the door the other evening, they were lovely. I sent them away as I knew who they were and we had no joke.

A fav

 

From 2010 and still a favourite snap. 'Hectors Peats'. It's all still there opposite the wee shoppe and post office although the peat stack may have a changed a bit. 

Oof, a landishscape

 The storms are rolling over the island one by one of late meaning rain and high winds, walkabout wheelie bins and scaredy cats hiding in the hoose for days. Three big storms in a row so far. Ruffled my hair and everything when we ventured out. Since last winter was so 'easy' I'm rather expecting a harsh one now.

The ferries have been 'off' and the shops shelves are running short of Sourdough bread and of course Pino Noir. Life can get tough here at times

Beach stroll

 

Looks like a bear has been on the beach hereabouts. We often get hoses due to the horse place in the village - or the next village to be precise. [New Tolsta which is north of North Tolsta]