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| Monday, 2-Feb-2009 19:56 |
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A Severe Weather Event
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It snowed in the UK today - around 8 inches in London - and as usual the whole country ground to a halt. No buses were running in London this morning (although a few resumed this afternoon), parts of the tube were suspended, schools were closed, theatres cancelled performances, airport runways shut down, an estimated fifth of the workforce didn't make it to work. I managed to get into central London only to find that the college was closing and I had to turn round and come back home.
It was fun going into town though. The roads were nearly empty and there were just a few people sloshing and sliding about.
All just goes to show THIS COUNTRY CAN'T COPE WITH SNOW! (Or maybe we just use it as an excuse to go out and play?) But on the other hand it is such a rare event - apparently the heaviest snow for 18 or 20 years - and it will probably all be gone soon.
There would be some pics but image uploads are down... Will be back "shortly". How long is shortly? I thought things were improving here.
The pics will come when things get fixed but meanwhile you'll have to truck over to flickr if you want to see them...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenpedler
Update: Tuesday morning. Still no image uploading 
Tuesday evening - now can't see any pics at all
Things are getting worse and worse...
Come on admin we're trying to play nicely.
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| Friday, 23-Jan-2009 23:10 |
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More winter birds
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This is another pic I took earlier in the month on one of the ponds in Hampstead Heath.
The weather's actually warmed up quite a bit now but instead it's grey and wet. Some days it hardly even seems to get light. Roll on spring!
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| Wednesday, 14-Jan-2009 22:30 |
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Gulls on ice
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This is my favorite shot taken on a walk over to Hampstead Heath on Sunday.
Although the weather is getting milder, the ponds were still partially frozen and crowded with birds - ducks, swans and gulls.
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| Tuesday, 13-Jan-2009 13:24 |
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Fotopages - a new dawn?
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Thanks for your encouraging comments Click, Fariborz and admin. Yes, I'm going to stick around for the time being and see what happens.
This pic is what greeted me when I opened the curtains on Sunday morning. What a great start to the day and, despite the saying "red sky in morning, shepherd's warning" it was a bright sunny morning too. And although it clouded over in the afternoon it was much milder than it had been.
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| Friday, 9-Jan-2009 21:51 |
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Remember that 80's song by the Clash?
That is the dilemma I have here.
Pro:
I like the community here even tho it seems a bit depleted from the halcyon days four years ago when I joined.
I like being able to upload a set of pics related to a blog entry (something that you can't do on Flickr or Fotothing).
I don't want to abandon what I've created here.
Con
It's a bit clunky and slow at times (but at least email notifications are fixed now).
It's time-consuming maintaining several different photo web pages.
Flickr is a bit large and impersonal (but I'm interested in some of the groups I belong to there...)
On balance, for the time being at least I think I'll stay. Let me know what you think!
Meanwhile, it's still cold here (OK, hardy souls, -4 is not really cold but it's much colder than it usually is in London.) Also I'm back at work so not taking a lot of new photos at the moment. What I am doing, to while away the dark winter evenings, is sorting out all the photos from our circular walk round London last year which we completed on 25 October (the last day before the dark evenings as the clocks went back that night).
Currently working on those from our first walk on 17 Feb. This entry is a few water abstracts taken on that walk.
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| Wednesday, 7-Jan-2009 22:12 |
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A cold start to the year
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Wow! Six comments since I was last here. I used to get email notification but that doesn't seem to be happening anymore.
Thanks JP, Fariborz and Ron. I'll drop by shortly...
I'm putting most of my pics on flickr these days http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenpedler but can't quite make the break here yet. Keep thinking things might improve. Eternal optimist?
These pics were taken on New Year's Day in my local park - Waterlow Park, Highgate. As you can see, it's pretty cold here at the moment. Relatively speaking, of course, us Londoner's just don't know the real meaning of a cold winter!
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| Wednesday, 24-Dec-2008 18:59 |
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A happy and peaceful festive season to all...
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Not sure who looks at this page anymore but wishing all the best for the festive season to anyone who drops by.
Hope to have more time for photos between Xmas and New Year.
Have a good one!
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| Saturday, 22-Nov-2008 00:45 |
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Views of Aix
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Aix-en-Provence. A place I visit for a few hours every year (on an outing from our Buddhist centre in nearby Trets) and am getting to love. I was last there at the beginning of this month when these photos were taken.
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| Sunday, 28-Sep-2008 20:15 |
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Sunday shopping in Oxford St
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But of course, I had to take photos too...
These two reflections were irresistable.
#1 is the reflection of buildings opposite in a glass fronted building. The glass on this building was made up of trapezoid pyramids which is what gives the pic its geometric pattern - I love the shapes and the colours. One of my favorite pics that I've taken recently.
#2 is a reflection of the Salvation Army Band in the tuba. I couldn't believe it when I spotted it. There was another photographer hanging about there with a D300. I wonder what shots he got?
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| Saturday, 27-Sep-2008 20:04 |
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Closing in on the lillies
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Just had to photograph this glorious riot of lillies at my friend's house this afternoon.
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