Lady in Red

Oh...

"Lady"?

I saw a figure in bright orangey-red from the top of the hill. It looked like a woman in a knee-length coat striding in the sunshine next the ocean. I adore bright orangey red and blue together (especially after a period of dull grey days), so was eager to get a photo. I raced from the carpark down the slipway to the beach and tore along the sand, trying to get level with the figure.

This person was so far away and the tide was so far out I had to use full zoom and still kept running. When I started to sweat in my winter coat and scarf I gave up. That was one stride that "lady" had!

It's a shame. If I'd arrived at the beach 2 minutes earlier I might have managed a couple of pics with a decent reflection in.
I also should have put a bigger lens on. It's been so clear the last 2 days and the views of Lundy have been cracking. You can actually make out buildings on the island with the naked eye.

Anyway I got home and cropped and zoomed and discovered that my woman was actually a balding man, and my orangey coat was a long-sleeve top with a sweat-shirt tied around his waist. What I thought had been a determined woman's stride was in fact a manly stride.

Still. The colours are still the same! Nice bit of blue and orangey :o)

After all that I couldn't really not use the lady in red that wasn't for my blipfoto. A couple of the other shots of an empty beach and wet sand might be a bit better and are here: Putsborough 29 Nov 2012

Took yet another trip into town today. It was our first frost today and it felt properly wint'ry...

I'm trying to stay calm and not beat myself up about being fairly low functioning at the moment but it's not easy when there other people involved. It's like a tug-of-war. I just feel as if I am constantly pissing off Richard and it's making me really uncomfortable. Everything I do to make me feel better or more positive makes me feel guilty and ends up having the opposite effect.

Damned if I do. Damned if I don't.

It's the old "permission to be happy"? thing again.
:o(