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lolabobs ([personal profile] lolabobs) wrote2013-07-11 02:38 pm
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1,2,3 and maybe 4.

1. So there is a chick, but it belongs to another gull. This is the only truth I am prepared to accept now.

2. I went to the Doctor this morning. He saw me in the waiting room and told me to go and wait in his room, whilst he was off doing I don't know what. There were letters on his desk, and his pc was on and open. If I were in a movie, I would have stolen lots of data and amended someone's records. Or at the very least, proved my Doctor was a drug dealing criminal mastermind. Instead I sat there nipping my arm, because I was a bit broken this morning.

Time waiting in the surgery and plotting the overthrow of Evil!Doc was considerably longer than actual consultation time. Basically I have more pills and they are now on repeat prescription, so I don't have to go back to see him (He knows I'm onto him.) I accepted this today, 'cos like I said, was too wibbly to contradict, but I *will* go back if things don't improve.

3. This was all over by 9.30am and my instinct was to return home and go to bed, but as I have to go to work tomorrow, I thought I should attempt to build some stamina (as, prior to today, I have only been outside for 30 minutes in a week and a half). So I went to Reydon and *finally* photographed The Angel. This is a statue in a church yard I spotted around 4 years ago and have been wanting to get at with a camera ever since. So now I have the equipment off I went.


The memorial was for "Fanny My Beloved Wife VIVET IN AERTURNUM AMOR" Which guesswork estimates as live eternity in love, or live forever in love. It's a beautiful memorial. Quite hard to photograph without too much in the background (including the two groundsmen who looked at me as if I were something quite odd.)

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I took a couple of wildlife snaps too...

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It actually turned out into a ice morning - I drove around aimlessly after Reydon, wafting along various country lanes, through small villages, stopping into random churchyards in the hope of other beautiful finds. It lightened my mood no end.

4. I might go into my back yard and chop down some of the neighbour's ivy. (It's a derelict neighbour and it threatens to block my access. It was always a job for Daddy.

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-07-11 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That's really bad about the doc's files, patient confidentiality, what patient confidentiality?

But good on the meds? If they are helping, that is.

Your morning drive sounds lovely though. And it resulted in such pretty photos too. I really love the close up of the praying man, it's such a startling and sad photo, the composition is great.

[identity profile] lolabobs.livejournal.com 2013-07-12 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, security somewhat lacking there.

As for my drive, I'm loving having a camera again! I'm wishing I had taken the praying man in colour as well as monochrome and I'm thinking that the rate I'm going, I'm going to be taking a little stool out with me, so I can get better access to the things I want to photograph!

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-07-12 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I just tend to get down to the ground level when needed :D

[identity profile] lolabobs.livejournal.com 2013-07-12 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm happy to crawl on the floor, it's the high up stuff I'm struggling with!

I tried jumping, but the picture comes out blurry....

[identity profile] kat-lair.livejournal.com 2013-07-12 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol yes, much more difficult to achieve more height. Climbing into trees is a questionable solution...

[identity profile] curiositykate.livejournal.com 2013-07-14 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, that memorial is so beautiful! I love those kind of 19th century angel memorials, I've photographed a couple myself!

[identity profile] lolabobs.livejournal.com 2013-07-14 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't it gorgeous - all I had ever seen from the road was the tip of the angel's wings, so I had no idea it was so beautiful until I got there.