Splash

Strutting his stuff before diving off the 10 metre board twig to execute a perfect flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults with pike (its very windy here today). Perhaps he has been watching Tom Daly on his rather dubious Saturday night diving show. Jo brand is one of the judges and, Jo brand, is very much like Marmite ..... you either love her or h... her. I like her dry sense of humour and loved a book she wrote some time ago called Sorting out Billy. Hilarious, a nice bit of light reading and she tells it like it is in her darkly comic and sharply observant way about the things we do for love.

I've had a lovely day off and spent most of it with my friend Susan in her lovely house in the country. We met some 35 years ago when she and her family came to live next door to us. She still lives in the same house and I wish I still lived next door - very rural. We had a lovely lunch and I sat for ages in her sun room just watching the masses of birds she gets on her bird feeders and in the garden. Only draw back was the high winds we had today which made all the feeders spiral and nearly come off their moorings. The birds seem to love it though as if they were on their own little merry go rounds and carried on feeding regardless.

Just back from college class #3. Tired now so off to bed to dream about depth of field/still life etc. etc.etc