my kitchen window

not too happy about this exposure - the sky was not white

all these pictures are as is bitmaps made into high res jpg in camare and the compression factor is 3
I am never bored by the endlessly changing cloudscapes

the Kingfisher project park is in the dead ground (a military term for a hidden valley) between the trees and the appartment blocks


looking north east



and from my balcony looking east









I always think I see a faint line beyond the violet - not visible on camera

morning and afternoon

dawn this morning

was a yellow dawn

footpath towards Chelmsley Wood

our broken bus stop without glass and still not repaired for three months in Bosworth Drive

coffee at the custard factory

more coffee

Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham

evening at the kingfisher project

singing away by a new built nest

the older camera does not do so well in this poor light

walking home from shopping

blogger image server is down so a short blog with help from www.googlepages.com

boys toys in the car park

from the roof that glimpse of water tempted me to walk home


hesitant drake
and it started to rain

weather for ducks

after the rubbish corner

by Bennetts Well School

blossom time at last on the unswept foot path

from the beginning of my walk - the same antenna as the sunrise below - looking south from the car park after shopping in Chelmsley Wood

publishing archives

GENEALOGE: Coroner's Court Birmingham

I just used my handcam to photo copies of old documents and put them on line

BHX and IKEA daffodils

I got up just before dawn 22 March 2006 and the sun is just a fraction north of due east

order to see my guest off to Copenhagen from TERMINAL 2 Trident Road

zooming from the long stay car park at BHX Birmingham airport

note the two pitot tubes below the second cockpit window - these sense air pressure from which speed and height are calculated by the instruments

pitot tube - Google Search


up and away at BHX airport long runway

I live in Merton House, one of the three 10 storey blocks of flats to the right (left of the black tipped triple chimneys

B26 3QJ on the corner of the car park by runway 33

first daffodil growing wild seen in Walsall

by the roadside on a south facing bank

very difficult access by public transport with the nearest bustop in Wlasall Road, Darlaston was out of use

half way up the steep bank to the car park at IKEA Wednesbury near Birmingham

Address: IKEA Wednesbury Park Lane Wednesbury

West Midlands WS10 9SF

zooming at SVR trains on sunday

BR stock from 1956 and 1957



svr severn valley railway - Google Search

blogger photo server is broken again

Google Groups : Something Is Broken

has other users complaining too

crocuses at Bournville near Cadbury World

shops at Bournville near Cadbury World

guest photographer in Copenhagen

Inger-Lise Kristoffersen sent me these two pictures taken with her new Nikon Coolpix 300i camera (black older model)

afternoon snow in the park in Copenhagen Denamrk

Nikon Digital Website

Ørstedsparken København

Nikon Coolpix S1 digital camera specifications: Digital Photography Review

Bourneville and home

from the top deck of an 11c circular route bus in Birmingham
and time to change buses
Charlotte took these two, many times all the bare trees are catching her eye during this visit

seen from the bus stop, a police car at work

at last -- I was thrilled to see the number 97 on this bus in the zoom shot in my viewfinder

Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival

The Kerry Man



GREEN lamps for the SELFRIDGES Bull Ring store flood lights

St. Patrick's Day Festival

Sunday 12th March with the world’s 3rd largest St Patrick’s parade begining at 12 noon - oops we were too late and missed the lot

the snaps were taken onthe way home

BHX SAS

I got up very early, tidied up and left after checking that SK2533 had departed on http://www.cph.dk



But at Birmingham Airport SK2533 CPH-BHX was posted as being one hour late.


After taking some snaps outdoors I tired and went to this Birmingham Airport Prayer Room for the first time.

Behind a row of orange cupboard doors were these essentials:-






JUDAISM









BUDDHISM













CHRISTIANITY

and a big selection of different editions of Holy Bibles are on the shelf above (not shown)









HINDUS

with books from ISKCON - The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

of which I read and then I meditated




SIKHS

with The Khanda, one of the most important symbols of Sikhism

with a picture of the Golden Temple








MUSLIMS


on the door a Prayer Timetable from the Birmingham Central Mosque





and the arrow on the floor points to MECCA



after meditating I felt much better.

bus stop yesterday

after shopping at LIDL Kitts Green








very difficult to see when the bus comes

shopping at sunset

I love cloudscapes
expect many in SNAPS TWO

late afternoon

at about 5:00 pm the grey skies receded over Chelmsley Wood

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grey dawn

the cold weather has broken


Humidity:
96%
Dew Point:
46 °F / 8 °C
Wind:
6 mph / 9 km/h from the South

Coleshill, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground
Pressure:
29.56 in / 1001 hPa (Falling)
Visibility:
3.0 miles / 5.0 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds:
Mostly Cloudy 1378 ft / 420 m Mostly Cloudy 5906 ft / 1800 m
(Above Ground Level)

stine with bow

Stine is about 4 months old