Thank you, Gerry. This shot had been buried unheralded in my archive, and I came across it when trawling recently. It jumped out at me and begged for a little love.

His work isn't everyone's cup of tea (it is mine, though...), but no-one could deny his originality - an extremely rare commodity - and the influence he had on photography in the period that followed. His talk at Northern Eye showed how self-effacing he was; it was a privilege to be there to see it.

- or stoned.

The temporary stress when you leave is nothing compared to the long-term stress of having to deal with all the nasties on there. I left X about a year ago, and barely give it a second thought now.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

My luck didn't hold for the afternoon walk, dammit. Another soaking...

😜The time saved by not having to put up with Windows' interminable and disruptive updates would more than compensate.

I'd go a stage further and ditch Windows for Linux. It's only really LrC that's keeping me with Adobe.

Alternative title: "Do you think they're lost?"

I managed to walk Leo without getting wet, too. Dog-walking in this weather has little to recommend it, but has to be done.

It could have been worse, but it still wasn't pleasant. April seems such a long way away... [Wistful sigh]

World peace? Trump's already sorted that - or so had have us believe.
Hasselbald? No such animal. Next...
An end to squeaky chairs? Nowt wrong wi' squeaky chairs that earplugs won't fix.
A lifetime supply of chocolate? Tricky - I might have curtail your life to make that realistic.
Sikorsky? No.

Just send me your wish list, and I'll get started.

"To BUY", not "today", duh!

Was that the one when I was working on you today the then new Ricoh compact?

I got mine at the NEC Photography Show pre-Covid. It was a freebie for signing up to a Digital Camera magazine.

I have one of those bags - I use it for keeping beautiful Olympus gear in!

Experienced, yes. Expert? Hmmm... 😜