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Weird having visitors to my fl…

Weird having visitors to my flat in Swansea. My wife and eldest daughter have driven down for weekend saving me a trip to Telford.

Burst pipe

The fire alarms went off in the house around 3am this morning and in my rush out of our bedroom door I forgot about the thin covering we had over pipes to our en-suite, fell through and damaged one of the pipes. The damage was done just after a control tap but this meant the

A weekend in London

For our youngest daughter’s 16th birthday, my wife and I arranged for her to see Phantom of the Opera in London with three of her friends with time for shopping as well. Obviously, we were not keen on just sending them off to London on their own to fend for themselves so my wife and

Went to see Dirty Dancing on s…

Went to see Dirty Dancing on stage in London last night with my wife. Very good. Live is always better than film unless they really screw up

Taken wife and daughter to out…

Taken wife and daughter to out of town fashion outlet. Hoped to get great photos of people in the rain. It’s not raining! #photography

O2 iPhone 3GS upgrade nasty

Apple have just introduced a new iPhone. I finally got around to buying one of these fairly recently on an 18 month contract (and my wife was so taken with it, we bought an iTouch for her on MY birthday – could not justify another iPhone subscription). I knew when I signed that there was

don’t forget the discount

I indulged my youngest daughter (just shy of 16) in a little retail therapy today in the rainy delights of Shrewsbury. We found a small boutique shop in one of the covered centres and she and her mother quickly picked out a couple of suitable dresses. The shopkeeper offered my wife a discount on one

new specs

Had my friendly neighbourhood optician put some new lenses in my existing spectacle frames this evening. The lenses are varifocals to a new prescription so I am going through the usual head mangling process of my eyes (or rather, my brain) adjusting to the changes. Fortunately, the distance part of my prescription has not changed

Portrait

took the opportunity to do a few quick portraits of my wife the other day and was especially pleased with this example.

a few weeks later

It has been a while since I blogged. One reason has been because of my getting into Twitter, mostly using my iPhone as I am now.Work has been extremely hectic over the last few weeks as well. My weekends have been taken up with work, which is never a good thing. I am certainly looking