Day Thirteen

 

I posted Paola's pumpkin masterpiece the other day. Here's mine. Happy Hallowe'en. Feliz Dia de los Muertos.

Day Twelve

Another filter, this time through Camera 360 for Android. It's the Back to 1839 filter, which is good time to set these old building in the market town of Ringwood, Hampshire.

Day Eleven

It's almost time for Day of the Dead, and we've got all the paper decorations up and sugared skulls on display. And seeing as it's also Halloween and the two festivals seem to be merging, we carved some pumpkins too...

Day Ten

Some people regard fancy phonecam filters with a general sense of contempt. Not me. They're fun. This filter app, Paper Camera, cost me just over a pound. I think it'd work better on photos of people, but there were none handy when I decided to snap. So here's the rear of a row of houses shot from my work car park. It'll do for today.

Day Nine

I just fancied seeing what sort of a job my Samsung Galaxy S2 would do at giving a bit of depth of field in a macro shot. Not bad at all.

Day Eight

Yesterdays photo was from the 8th floor. Today I give you a photo of the 8th floor. Just for some context.

Day Seven

The view from the top (8th) floor at work.

Day Six

The buttons of doom. I always prefer pressing zero. That means home time. Button 8? The long way up to another long day.

Day Five

We might have left Mexico, but we brought bits of it with us. Our Day of the Dead decorations are up.

Day Four

Paola throws a bowl at Tower Park  at my big birthday bowling party.

Day Three

 

Back in April, when I went to buy a scooter, this was the bike I intended to get. I ended up getting an S-Wing instead. It was bigger but more expensive. And today it went in for a service. Which is how I've come into possession of the PCX 125 pictured above. Just something to get me home and back again later to collect the S-Wing. Did I get the right bike, now I've had a chance to test them both? 

 The PCX is smaller, lighter and thus more responsive. Brakes are sharp too. And I like the Idle Cut Off as well. But it's not as stable. Nor is it as comfortable as it's big brother. Much less storage space. But most important of all, less protection against the elements. I froze half to death on my way back home. It's also small for me. The rear view mirrors are next to useless as they are too low down, and too close to me. They need to be mounted on the bodywork in front of the handlebars. But it's a fun bike. If I were looking for a city-get-about rather than a rural cruiser, then I'd probably go for it.

Day Two

The ' Occupy' protesters camped in a mini tent city outside St Pauls Cathedral.

Day One

The first photo of my 2008 365 project was taken atop a mountain, the Nevado de Toluca. I thought I'd keep the height theme for the first photo of this project. This snap is brought to you from the top of the Monument in London which was built in the 1600's to commemorate the Great Fire of London.