Scarborough Seagulls will SOY

No more posts until next week.

Perseus, Auriga and Pleiades - My first constellation map

In a rare break in cloud cover... I managed to get a few star shots, with dramatic ghostly red clouds approaching. This one was 63 seconds and lightened to actually see the stars!

Pleiades is thumbnailed below the Google copyright notice at the far bottom of the picture. Often mistaken for Ursa Minor or "Little Bear" (at least by us) because of its shape, it is actually an open star cluster and prominent in the winter sky.

Auriga is shaped like a charioteers helmet and following on the same theme, Perseus who also wears a pointy hat was the Greek mythical hero who killed Medusa (using his highly polished bronze shield gifted by Athena) and married Andromeda having saved her from Ceto, escaping with flying sandals.

I'm amazed that we actually managed to identify these stars, thank you Google Sky!

Off for a weekend to visit the patch of England where Dracula landed. Hopefully more dark clear night skies to come.

Nigel Slater's Double Ginger Cake

Absolutely foolproof, even I could make it.

Reverse Lens Macro and Maginifying Glass

Fun and games with reverse lens macro shots (surprisingly harder than it sounds, just stick two lenses facing each other and get real up close to the subject using manual focus right?)

But even more fun with a magnifying glass.

Octopus and Fish

Michael Bosanko's Light Sculptures inspired this octopus and fish. Need to source a second torchlight.

Love is... bubble wrap

Zigzag Spider Web

The other kind of web.

The Sky at Night

Liking the 5 second apart red airplane spot in the top right corner of the black star sky photo.


Streetlight ruining the greenish glow star photo.


Tripod, 30 seconds.

Ruins of Heptonstall Church, Hebden Bridge

Somewhere...

someone is having a holiday.

Hair in your ears

Snow of course III

Snow of course II

Snow of course

Hot and Sour Soup

My first attempt at hot and sour soup, excuse the rubbish food shot. Aside from over running the cooking time by about 40 minutes, it was also not "hot" enough. However white pepper definitely brought the soup together. Looking forward to the next attempt.
















Just found out about Tastebook. Definitely a more practical alternative to photo albums!