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ABOVE: SURF ON PORTHMEOR BEACH ST IVES PHOTO Deejohn We were due to shoot off down to Cornwall today but sadly we had to cancel as my partner has the builders in all this week. It does seem a bit of a shame as the weather predictions are good for this coming week. Oh well, we'll have to settle for a September visit again. |
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| VIDEO BELOW UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE VIA CORNWALL & DEVON TV Including HD Aerial drone video footage. I was pleased to find this video of popular Cornwall tourist hotspot St Ives. And I've noticed that over the last couple of years that youtubers down in the West Country are starting to make much more professional videos thanks to new technology with the use of video camera drones. Of course we're not allowed so much freedom of use with drones in heavily built up City areas. But for the fortunate owners of video drones, it does allow them to film some quite spectacular aerial shots that gives viewers an even more accurate layout of the land. |
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SATURDAY 5th MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND |
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ABOVE: LOURENCO AND TOMAS FROM 'THIS BAND UK.' TOP PHOTO BY DEEJOHN THE BELOW THREE IMAGES ARE BY REMI SULLIVAN Over the recent busy Bank Holiday weekend I managed to squeeze in another visit to Portobello Road Market. I also happened to bump into the boys Lourenco and Tomas from ThisBandUK. Unfortunately I just missed their Street performance and they were packing up to leave. But I did have a quick word with them and even got a couple of pictures of them. They did say that they would be performing at Brick Lane Market on the following day, but I had already planned a visit to The Little Venice Canal Festival. So hopefully I might see them at Portobello Road another time as they said that they appear there every few weeks at weekends. |
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| Below: ThisBandUK performing at Portobello Road last Summer. And quite clearly on a fairly warm day as the boy's t-shirts came off. No doubt to the delight of passing girls, and maybe a few boys too. THESE THREE IMAGES BY REMI SULLIVAN. |
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My original blog posting of the boys along with a video I made can be found HERE. |
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| Below is my Honesty plant. You might remember how I found some seed pods on the local Heath, eventually planting those seeds. And amazingly it has now sprouted it's own seed pods (below) and almost overnight. They look a bit green at the moment but eventually they turn flaky white. And from there later in the Summer I can gather the seeds and create another lot of Honesty plants which are currently now in flower. |
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Above are the original seeds which I gathered in 2016, keeping them in a jar over the Winter eventually planting them in Spring 2017. |
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One of the stranger pictures I took on Hampstead Heath over the recent Bank Holiday weekend. I often refer to this gothic looking building as The Witches Cottage. |
Pity about your holiday. I do like a bare topped musician. Plenty of nice photos, thanks. I have seen those seed pods but I had no idea what they were called or looked like alive. I will save the video of St Ives to savour tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, Yes, typical that had we gone, just for once the sun would have shone every day.
ReplyDeleteThose seed pods are interesting. When I first planted some a few years ago a Japanese friend asked what those strange pods were.
They took a few back home and successfully planted them giving them several Honesty plants.
I'm sure you'll like the brief video.
Dee, great to see you're back online! I hope you are doing well against your colon cancer. As for your comments of Harry's wedding, I couldn't believe how many cable channels over here covered that wedding, then repeated it. Despite my love for English history (I have dozens of books), I mowed my lawn instead of watching that. Best wishes to you and I look forward to visiting this site.
ReplyDeleteKen (formerly Eosinophil)
Kenneth, Yes I remember the name Eosinophil. For some reason I always thought it was a Spanish or Greek name.
ReplyDeleteYes, bearing through all the after effects of the cancer. The Colon seems to have a mind of it's own.
I think that there was a lot of outdoor type people taking advantage of the good weather during that Royal Wedding,
preferring to be out and about doing something better. Some making youtube videos with the emphasis 'We're NOT watching
the wedding.'
Maybe you have books or book on Queen Victoria. Just watched an interesting three part tv documentary all about her.
Anyway, just trying now to put together a new blog post. Thanks for visiting. Dee.