Driving home from a day with family, headlight switch broken, we just made it back before sunset. This colour must be caused by the volcanic ash from Iceland.
Month: April 2010
Fishin’ the Itchen (75/365)
The Itchen runs so shallow and clear here, just one village and one town away from it’s source. It’s hard to believe the mighty river in Southampton, just 20 miles away, is the same flow.
Northern Lights plus volcanic eruption!
Pretty fantastical!
Blossoms blossoming, leaves unfurling (74/365)
Just outside our door.
Goodbye old faithful (73/365)
After nearly exactly almost certainly three years it’s time to say goodbye to the faithful Samsung NV11. It’s a good little camera and I still think the design is stunning. A little chipped, a little battered, I hope someone wants to buy it. I am very pleased with my new Panasonic Lumix TZ10.
Where Conkers Come From (72/365)
I’m not sure if the white fluff at the top is part of the horse chestnut flower or a passer by who got stuck.
This is my last daily photo with the old faithful Samsung NV11. My new Lumix TZ10 finally showed up today.
Breathing consciously makes all the difference
Breathe
Stretch
Stretch no more than if waking up and yawning
A natural stretch
A natural breath
No fancy postures needed
Breathe into any tightness
And as the breath leaves, notice any relaxation
Not only in ‘yoga’
But sitting at the desk
Watching the television
Breathing consciously makes all the difference
When there is love, the word duty disappears.
– Krishnamurti, Book Of Life, 13 April
Goldman Sachs denies betting against clients, but doesn’t deny being a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity
The eight-page letter, signed by chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and president Gary Cohn, also contained a detailed defence of the $12.9bn (£8.5bn) payout which Goldman received from AIG after the failed insurance giant was bailed out by the US government.
The letter appears to be a detailed response to some of the allegations made nine months ago by Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi. His article, which argued that Goldman had repeatedly profited by inflating unsustainable financial bubbles, received widespread coverage. It included the claim that the company was “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money”.
via Goldman Sachs denies ‘betting against clients’ | Business | guardian.co.uk.
Fading Yellow (71/365)
Next to the North Lawn. This sea of daffodils has seen better days, but still glorious.
Starting the day inwards
After three weeks of getting up and going straight to work, I am welcoming the chance to have some space in the morning. Some space to stretch, some space to not immediately get busy, some space to relax and connect. To relax first thing in the morning… seems odd that I’d need to, having rested a whole night, but there it is: tension on waking. Sleep isn’t necessarily restful. So, instead of two hours of computers, video players, storage systems, this morning it’s been two hours of gentle stretches, sustained poses, relaxation and sitting quietly, gauging where I’m at today, the issues, short and long term, how I am feeling. Basically, being in touch and going in instead of out, to start the day.
Surely, love is not a thing of the mind; and because the things of the mind have filled our hearts, we have no love. The things of the mind are jealousy, envy, ambition, the desire to be somebody, to achieve success. These things of the mind fill your hearts, and then you say you love; but how can you love when you have all these confusing elements in you? When there is smoke, how can there be a pure flame?
– Krishnamurti, Book Of Life, 12 April
Cherry (70/365)
Blossom on one of the young cherry trees near the pool.
Weekend Walk No. 14 – Elsted to Cocking (South Downs Way)
Permission to say “Cocking”. The sixth stage of my South Downs Way hike, West to East. From the village of Elsted in West Sussex, up through the woods onto the rolling downland before descending to the village of Cocking. Glorious spring day, feeling like early summer.
In Elsted (69/365)
Taken this morning in the small and quiet West Sussex village of Elsted at the beginning of the walk to Cocking.
Wood Anemones (68/365)
I didn’t try to tidy up this woodland ground scene, so you get twigs, dry grasses, last year’s leaves and the vibrant new growth of grass, and these wood anemone leaves and delicate flowers. Up near the old gypsy caravan.
“What we do in this life echoes in eternity”
Very violent and very stupid, perhaps the funniest fight I’ve seen. From Pineapple Express.
Bumble (67/365)
An early bumble bee bumbling on a white flower not yet open
Lunchtime Walk (66/365)
My Favourite Kind (65/365)
So many daffodils out this year. I really like these two-coloured ones.
Evening Daffodils (64/365)
Hail Cloud (63/365)
Too many cloud pictures? Never!
Falling Awake 