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[mobertol]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

well done to margaret pilkington .... her photos are in this weeks accy observer ...

Great Margaret -you are a pubblished photographer now. The skies the limit!

Will I be able to see them in the on-line version of the Ob.?

[mobertol]

I am attaching a photo of my latest rather fetching accessory -a blue crutch!

Dave did suggest I get my husband to cart me around in a wheelbarrow but I was given the crutch and told to get on with things - my other half does a nice line in sympathy!

Am incapacitated at the moment because of a bad knee so i can't get out to take any photos -therefore i hope you will all forgive me for posting some old pics of places I've been in Italy to start with...

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Great Margaret -you are a pubblished photographer now. The skies the limit!

Will I be able to see them in the on-line version of the Ob.?

I'm not sure Dianne, but you can see them here
Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing

[Margaret Pilkington]

I have had some of my pics featured in city walking guides too.....Adelaide and Bath.
And Walkers Crisps used one of my pics too....no pay was involved...not even a pcket of crisps.

[susie123]

Today in Morecambe the rain is coming down in stair rods and there's a driving wind, so the conditions are ideal NOT for the Olympic torch relay going round Morecambe Bay from Carnforth and then into Lancaster. I could have stayed indoors and watched on the BBC website or the red button on the TV, or even caught a glimpse from the house, but having seen what all those involved were putting up with from the start in Kendal I thought it would be churlish not to support them so off I went.

I didn't think to put my wellies on so 45 minutes and two soaked feet later I am back to report. Glad I went out, there were quite a few folks about, but with cars parked on both sides of the prom it was difficult to get shots without going into the road. And some shots were blurred by rain on the lens, plus camera batteries were running low. Anyway here is what I managed to capture on film.

They paused at the Town Hall which is virtually next to our house but it really was too wet to stick around. Watching now on the BBC website there are lots of people about as the torch makes its way through Morecambe, stopping at the Eric Morecambe statue where the mayor was waiting, then making its way out of town to Lancaster. All in all it was a good show from the town considering the weather, hope Accy has better luck tomorrow.

1 I could have watched from the bedroom window as they went past the gap between the houses on the front
2 Or stood on the loo and got a slightly closer view from the lavatory window
3 But I went out... a bit early - ten minutes or so to go
4 He's not in the torch relay
5 Getting nearer
6 Bus with mascot and previous/future torch bearers
7 A sponsor
8 Another sponsor
9 Nearly there
10 At last - well done that man! Keep going! It was all over so quickly...

[mobertol]

Just a year ago I visited the Joseph Heller gardens in Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda. Amazing variety of plants and habitats are recreated -all integrated with sculptures whci have been donated by friends of his - there are a couple of Keth Harings, the totem and the dog plus the sign at the entrance which is an original he produced when he visited the gardens. There is also a Jean Miro sheep! Will have to look out the brochure to name the others

[mobertol]

More of the same gardens - including a pic of my Aunt Diane and one of me and husband Moreno. It was an incredibly hot day and I had to buy the awful hat I'm wearing!

Beats Morecambe on a rainy day Sue. Well done for braving the weather to see the torch!

[susie123]

Originally Posted by mobertol

More of the same gardens - including a pic of my Aunt Diane and one of me and husband Moreno. It was an incredibly hot day and I had to buy the awful hat I'm wearing!

Beats Morecambe on a rainy day Sue. Well done for braving the weather to see the torch!

What a lovely garden - don't think it appeared in Monty Don's TV series on Italian gardens. The first picture in the second set reminds me of the 16th century Mouth of Hell at Bomarzo

File:Bomarzo parco mostri orco.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes I'm glad I went down to the prom, it was good to feel I was supporting all those who help to keep this whole thing on the road, so to speak.

BTW thanks for the K and sorry to hear about your knee - hope you are resting!

[Margaret Pilkington]

Well Done Sue for going out and getting the pics...and getting wet in the process.
The
Torch is due round our way tomorrow...but if it is fine we will be out at the crack of Sparrow trump(the sparrows trump at 8am here)..Bury, Bolton or perhaps even Preston....so I doubt very much I will be in the throngs lining Eastgate.

I don't like taking my camera out in the rain anyway.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Beautiful Pics Dianne.......lovely to be able to brighten up a horrible wet day with a glimpse of sun, flowers and ornamental ponds. Thankyou.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Well Done Sue for going out and getting the pics...and getting wet in the process.
The
Torch is due round our way tomorrow...but if it is fine we will be out at the crack of Sparrow trump(the sparrows trump at 8am here)..Bury, Bolton or perhaps even Preston....so I doubt very much I will be in the throngs lining Eastgate.

I don't like taking my camera out in the rain anyway.

One day I might be able to post a picture of Morecambe in the sunshine!

My camera is so knackered I don't think about the weather when I take it out. It had a baptism of fire in 2007- I was walking along a pavement in Cork with it hanging from my wrist and held in my hand, didn't notice a large kerb coming up, stepped off it without knowing and fell flat - my hand landed on the camera so I didn't break my wrist but the camera was pretty battered. Still worked though!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I had a Nikon Camera that was bought for me in Oz...it cost quite a bit(a thousand Aussie Dollars)...I loved that little camera. A few years ago I was getting ready to go away with Ma.....put my camera into its little bag unaware that the clasp was not properly closed...the camera fell out - no more than a 12inch drop and landed on the bedroom carpet. It was damaged beyond economic repair. I did get what was considered a better camera(on my house insurance)...but although the specs were better, I would happily have swopped it for my little Nikon.

I am quite careful with my camera's( I have a few). They bring me many hours of enjoyment. Taking pictures, then looking at them and editing them. So I think I get my moneys worth out of them.

Now, I want one like Davemac has...it seems to take him everywhere.
I hoped I would get one for my birthday...but(sigh) no luck so far. I might have to do the buying for myself. At least that way I will know I have got what I wanted.

[susie123]

Margaret I forgot to ask what the Observer pics were or why they were in there.

[susie123]

Margaret, forgot to add to last post (the garden gnome disturbed me by bringing a cuppa) that a camera like Dave's is going for £99.95 at Jessops -£150 or more elsewhere. Seems a bargain to me.

[maxthecollie]

Originally Posted by susie123

Today in Morecambe the rain is coming down in stair rods and there's a driving wind, so the conditions are ideal NOT for the Olympic torch relay going round Morecambe Bay from Carnforth and then into Lancaster. I could have stayed indoors and watched on the BBC website or the red button on the TV, or even caught a glimpse from the house, but having seen what all those involved were putting up with from the start in Kendal I thought it would be churlish not to support them so off I went.

I didn't think to put my wellies on so 45 minutes and two soaked feet later I am back to report. Glad I went out, there were quite a few folks about, but with cars parked on both sides of the prom it was difficult to get shots without going into the road. And some shots were blurred by rain on the lens, plus camera batteries were running low. Anyway here is what I managed to capture on film.

They paused at the Town Hall which is virtually next to our house but it really was too wet to stick around. Watching now on the BBC website there are lots of people about as the torch makes its way through Morecambe, stopping at the Eric Morecambe statue where the mayor was waiting, then making its way out of town to Lancaster. All in all it was a good show from the town considering the weather, hope Accy has better luck tomorrow.

1 I could have watched from the bedroom window as they went past the gap between the houses on the front
2 Or stood on the loo and got a slightly closer view from the lavatory window
3 But I went out... a bit early - ten minutes or so to go
4 He's not in the torch relay
5 Getting nearer
6 Bus with mascot and previous/future torch bearers
7 A sponsor
8 Another sponsor
9 Nearly there
10 At last - well done that man! Keep going! It was all over so quickly...

Are there floats with the torch like a carnival? I didn't take any pics today as the rain was driving down on me and Max