A lovely frosty morning. Ice on the river. Deep blue sky.
Why not waste it taking more crap photos of trees?
Oddly…some of them, I thought, came out OK.
I messed around with long exposures and zooming and, even more oddly, I thought some of those were quite good.
I’m sure this won’t last

Warning…cat grossness alert.
My cats hate each other. There are almost constant feline wars in my house just now. And this morning the Weapons of Mass Destruction were deployed for the first time!
Dal was chasing Gwen and there was much growling and scratching. So I picked Dal up and gave her A Bit [...]

Oops! I think someone lost a friend . I don’t think this species is native to my garden.

Conic Hill got its name because of its distinctive conic shape. If you look at it from the right angle. In the right light. It helps if you squint a bit. Maybe some hallucinogenic drugs would help.
Anyway, it’s right along the highland fault where the fault line crosses Loch Lomond. [...]

Beautiful day today. Clear, cold…very sharp and fresh. Instead of going to the nearby hills and looking out to Loch Lomond, I went to Loch Lomond and went up Conic Hill. There’s a wee forest at the loch shore and I wandered and photographed there for a while. As usual my [...]

I’m still taking lots of pictures of trees, trying to find a style/point-of-view/something/ANYTHING that strikes me as worthwhile. And I’m still failing. These are the best of today’s particularly bad lot.

And yes, I agree, Squirrel In A Tree is cheating.

Lucie phoned last night and asked if I wanted to go watch the fireworks from up on Cathkin Braes. Cathkin Braes is the highest spot in Glasgow and gives a good view over the city. So with a long lens and a wide lens and flask of cinnamon and ginger tea we went [...]

My tattooist was less sick today. Yay endorphins!