In the city

, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Off to the park

Yesterday was picnic day so me, Lydia and her cousin, Maisie went off to the local park in search of berries and mischief.

Spinal

Spinal , originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Taken near the harbour in the centre of Bristol. As you can see another glorious summer day.

Life, death, education and pottery

Another day busy doing..... well, what exactly? Nothing "productive" in the classic Ricardo or Adam Smith sense of the word.Still, saw lots though. Love, death, education and broken pottery. In the morning I decided that I'd take some portrait shots of Lydia, Josh and Maisie. Easier said than done. In fact a bit like playing golf in a hurricane as no one wanted to sit still for longer than a hummingbird's heartbeat.

Later it was off to the centre, camera in hand to see what fate presented me with. Floral tribures to a teenager beaten to death for helping a woman, graduation ceremonies and French TV crews all featured heavily. Oh, the broken pottery was part of an exhibition at the Arnofini arts centre in which memebers of the public were invited to use in order to create their own art masterpieces.

I even saw the sun!!!!!!!

In the centre

In the docks, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Rain, rain go away....

Well, true to form it rained like crazy on my first day in England. A month's rainfall in just 24 hours. Last year they had the worst flooding in decades. I swear the government will be deporting me soon if this keeps on.

Still, it's been an interesting 24 hours in country. So far I've seen two arrests, a major traffic accident and witnessed a guy saunter off with a load of copper piping nicked from a building undergoing restoration. Some people would say that I have a gift for attracting trouble.

Lydia, on the other hand is having the time of her life playing with her cousins, Maisie and Josh so she has not really noticed the appalling summer (how can they tell?)

Fly me home on a big jet plane

Fly me home on a big jet plane, originally uploaded by monkeyc.net.

Tomorrow me and Lydia are to England in a strange role reversal in which we flee from the sun and embrace wet summer. It will be good to go back and see family and friends once again.