Macro for beginners

A seriously ghastly day weatherwise - grey, wet, windy, I worked this morning and then went out for a swim this afternoon. No! Not en plein air but at the local pool. 35 lengths, two saunas and two jacuzzi sessions - I'm now very clean and very pink. It was great and you get a good conversation in the sauna too :
the weather (shite)
the weather in Lanzarote (good, but it can occasionally suprise you)
the merits of La Gomera (many)
the most dangerous method of travel (driving - other drivers)
fate (when your name is on it your name is on it)
the new management (promising)

And the blip. Well, this is Himself's attempt to explain to me the complexities of taking a good macro. Something about looking the wrong way down your camera  - attachments are required to do this successfully. They're on their way from Singapore. Got it???

Wish I could do a thumbnail, but edits are now back on comments - damn, no more excuses for typos.