Jack Russell pup
Friday 25th November 2011, 5.20pm I started this blog on August 26th, which means today is the end of my third month. Thus, I am a quarter of the way through the planned whole year, 12 months, 366 days...
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Thursday 5th April 2012, 5.40pm Tara is the dog of our friend Steve Grey who drinks in the local pub. Of all the people I have ever met Steve is the one who is closest to having a ‘daemon’ like the...
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Monday 9th July 2012, 3.15pm This is the worst thing I have had to post about on this blog. Until 1.15pm today had been a very uneventful day. It then started raining: hard. Very, very hard. By 2.15pm...
View ArticleHusky Convention
Sunday 26th August 2012, 4.10pm So, it’s my birthday. I’m 43. The name of this blog is now out of date but I might as well keep it. I could have tried to post a picture that represented the...
View ArticleTara, second appearance
Thursday 20th June 2013, 5.35pm (day 665) Nice to have a friend appear on the blog. Tara’s second appearance as it happens; the first being back in April 2012. This shot is taken in the same place,...
View ArticleEllie at the pub (and the shoe of her owner)
Friday 2nd August 2013, 5.30pm (day 708) It’s Friday. It’s another ‘dog in the pub’ shot. Here is Ellie, a (I think) border collie/doberman cross. A few months old, terribly cute, on her first season,...
View ArticlePlanten un Blomen, Hamburg
Saturday 10th August 2013, 4.55pm (day 716) I must admit that I thought Hamburg would be a rather modern and industrial kind of place. Actually it’s a very attractive city, plenty of old buildings and...
View ArticleWaiting for the Manchester train
Monday 10th March 2014, 8.55am (day 928) When awaiting the 8:56 morning service to Manchester, stand by the first station sign board beyond the edge of the canopy. That’s where the front coach stops...
View ArticleUnder the tables
Wednesday 20th August 2013, 5.45pm (day 1,091) The hardest thing about keeping this blog going on a daily basis is carrying on finding inspiration on days like this, spent working at home. It’s easy...
View ArticleMaggie rolls in the snow
Sunday 18th January 2015, 10.30am (day 1,242) A stupendous morning. With our house guests (see yesterday) having brought Maggie the labrador I took the opportunity to make the most of it. I never quite...
View ArticleSit…!
Sunday 8th February 2015, 10.05am (day 1,263) Two days in a row of pictures taken by the side of the canal. This dog barked in a kind of elderly fashion at me as I walked past this morning. Honour was...
View ArticleLakeland panorama (in metal)
Thursday 9th April 2015, 3.10pm (day 1,323) Though the choice of photo didn’t reflect this, I was walking in the Lake District yesterday, and I’m going to walk there again tomorrow — so to mark the day...
View ArticleEnd of the day
Tuesday 14th July 2015, 5.40pm (day 1,419) Three days of work to go. For me, that is. This is how I feel.
View ArticleCharity shop
Sunday 20th September 2015, 12.05pm (day 1,487) Look at someone’s home space as opposed to a designed environment like a chain store, and everything will just feel a lot more natural in the former,...
View ArticleTom and Bella, Christmas Day
Friday 25th December 2015, 1.30pm (day 1,583) My nephew Tom and their family’s dog, Bella, enjoy a leisurely moment on Christmas afternoon. A happy festive season to you all, wherever you are and...
View ArticleDog/owner couple
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 4.40pm (day 1,601) I know a few dog/owner couples — connoting not just the usual doggy relations but where the two actively look alike. For an example of what I mean, well,...
View ArticleSunday afternoon
Sunday 5th June 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,746) Sunday afternoon, and a lazy one. Well, it was a very warm and sunny day and the last few days have been busy enough.
View ArticleEllie and Maggie
Sunday 3rd July 2016, 3.00pm (day 1,774) Back in January 2015 Ellie (left, at that time aged 8 months) and Maggie (right) appeared on the blog in consecutive days; here they are together. Hard to...
View ArticleIn the park
Tuesday 5th July 2016, 5.30pm (day 1,776) Perhaps this shot would have been better with either one group or the other, but I like the split-screen nature of it with both. A nice evening in Hebden...
View ArticleBeer garden
Thursday 22nd September 2016, 5.00pm (day 1,855) Still sunny… but that little bit chillier, as we pass the Equinox and head into autumn.
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