28th July photo - my watch

Sorry its a bit dull today - but I am a bit photoed out after the last few days - but I actually love my watch!! Its a Timex Expedition and I have had it for years. Its has survived water and bashings about on my expeditions! I like it because it is very reliable and it also has a face that illuminates.

27th July photo - Angelsey

Today I found myself in Bangor - North Wales and very nice it was too. I had no doubt what my POTD would be - the Menai Bridge. It was the first time I had been over it so it was very exciting. Unfortunately all my photos were taken into the sun so have come out badly - just one I took from the other side seems to be OK - but it does not show all of the bridge. So I think this one will have to be my POTD.

Its very hard to take decent shots of a bridge whilst you are actually on it!

This lovely bridge was built by the famous Shropshire engineer Thomas Telford in 1826.

A good example of how NOT to take photos!! Despite 7 months of this - I don't seem to be getting any better!

Anyway there was a lovely view from the bridge.

After landing in Angelsey I went to the Village with the longest Welsh name (Lanfair PG for short) so of course had to have my photo taken there - but I look ghastly so am not very keen to use this one - even though I am unlikely to return there for another chance at a better photo.

If you fancy trying to pronounce it - here is a little lesson.

I did a little geocache here at the railway station which drove me mad. The clue was 'at the white wooden fence post' and there was 100's of little white fence posts!!! I found it in the end - I was not going to let it beat me.

26th July photo - Eleanor

As this weekend in Liverpool was all about Eleanor she really must be my photo of the day - but which one?

I love this one of Dad and his girls outside the Cathedral.

I also like this one but is not very sharp or focused - so I think I will have to rule this one out.

Always a daddie's girl! Even at 24 you are never too old to hold your dad's hand.

Eleanor's research is coming to an end so we had to take some photos of her in her beloved lab.

One of the smaller microscopes she works on - she also uses some supa dupa highly magnifing microscopes - in fact she has one of these booked for an over night session tonight.

In the stock room with the fly stocks!

So Eleanor - which photo would you like me to use as POTD?

25th July photo - Liverpool

Steven, Jess & I are spending the weekend in Liverpool with Eleanor.

Steven & I left the girls shopping today while we did some geocaching on Bidston Hill. It was a lovely hill to walk over and we managed to find lots of sneakily hidden geocaches. Apart from random plastic boxes hidden over the hill there were also other unusual surprises on top of the hill such as 1) a windmill! - this is my POTD.

2) an observatory!



3) a lighthouse (I forgot to take a photo of it - so I have borrowed this one from the net!)

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Not the usual assortment of things you usually find on the top of a hill - but very interesting all the same. The hill also afforded fine views across the Mersey and the Liverpool skyline.

24th July photo - Metric conversion fridge magnets.

When my mum moved into her new flat, I bought her a set of these metric consersion magnets as she had to change over from a life time cooking with gas to electricity. I thought they were ideal for the elderly struggling with conversion.

Well I must have become elderly now - because I had had to buy myself a set as my scales measure in lbs & oz, but all new recipes are in grams & kilos etc. I find myself referring to them frequently.

Sorry about the quality of this second photo - it was taken in the daylight, but the camera put the flash on - hence the bright spot.

23rd July photo - millionaires shortbread

Well first of all an admission - this photo is a photolift (is that the right term - like a scraplift?) of Jo's post of exactly the same thing last week!! Thanks Jo for the link to Lucy's blog and the recipe.

I have wanted to make these for ages - my first attempt many years ago with Jess, failed dismally because we used evaporated milk by mistake! So I was really pleased to see Jo's post and this time I used the proper ingredients!

Liam was so excited to see these piled up for the photo he grabbed one straight away.

They have come out fairly well - the shortbread is a bit to0 crispy - will bake it for a little less time next time ( my new cooker is very eficient!).

22nd July 2009 - Liam cycling to work - or a quick getaway!

Fergus was on his way to work at Starbucks and was in a good mood, so I thought I would grab my chance for a photo of him, as I had not had one lately - he's not the only one - there are other folks who owe me a photo for July as well!!

He posed on his bike in the driveway and I got this shot of him - but then I carried on clicking and got these action shots - which are nothing like Pam's super cycle shots in Barcelona - but not bad for a 5 second glimpse as he shot away as quickly as he could!

I think I might use one these last 3 as my POTD!