My Way of Living [01/07/17

  • Zen, and the art of beaching alone

    Living near the beach is wonderful, the tang of salt air, the whisper of the gulls as they swoop down the street. But it also makes it a great place for many other people to visit. Finding your Zen on a crowded promenade is difficult.Even in gale force winds the promenade can be crowded with walkers. As we heavily bundled walkers …

  • More house hunting horrors

    So you read the previous post 5 tips on how not to sell your house. Trust me, it’s all true, and I’ve got more to share with you. Some readers were asking if it was all true, yes every last bit of it are experiences that we have just recently had while on our house hunting searches. Oh, and there is more. Let me tell you about the…

  • Winter vignettes–what to shoot in the dark days

    Much as I’m trying to embracewinter, and learning to appreciate it’s snowy beauty, it does make photography very challenging. The cold, and snowy weather along with the thought of slipping on a icy road with an expensive camera and lens hanging off of my shoulder isn’t that appealing. I can’t hang the camera around my neck it irri…

  • Finding the bright side of January

    It’s not that hard to find something to love about this cold wintery month. Sometimes you need to dig a little deeper under that thick downy coating of white to find it. We are currently shovelling, and blowing through a EPIC, [yes, they used all caps] breaking snowfall.It’s a whopper, we can’t find the truck, or the driveway, and…

Random for running:

  1. Manchester United, racism, diets and breastfeeding (not in the same story)
  2. India and South Africa prove run chases are becoming a stroll
  3. A Rainy Monday in San Diego
  4. Tendulkar still the little master; Pietersen still not
  5. My triathlon haiku
  6. 2008 Oceanside Turkey Trot 5K
  7. Titbits
  8. Tories, Tottenham, Tattoos and TV
  9. Birthday blogging: goss, goblins and gobby dolls
  10. Apocalypse When?