Monthly Archives: June 2006

Back again….

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Val

…after some very fretful days without a working computer. I won’t bore you with the details here, but I appear to have another sickly motherboard. This time it may be rescuable, but in the meantime I’ve work to get on … Continue reading →

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Fini….

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Val

Finally, I’ve got the July issue of Transit off to the printers. I was planning to finish it over the weekend, but it took longer than I expected, mainly because I was double-checking everything. Don’t want to have any more … Continue reading →

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Just When I think….

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Val

….I might be getting good at this photography lark, I come across something like Marc Bradshaw’s site. OK, to be fair, he’s been a professional photographer, trained and everything. And he has all the equipment (instead of a cheapo little … Continue reading →

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Another day, another blog…

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Val

I’ve had a LiveJournal account for ages, but only ever used it for reading friends’ LJs. However, yesterday, while looking at a link from one of their Journals, I discovered the

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Seen today….

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Val

….on the A75 to Dumfries: A pub sign saying “LIVE PIANIST ON SUNDAYS!” Good job too – a dead one would pong up the place something awful. A tank (the military kind) sitting on a layby, covered in tarps and … Continue reading →

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Blur….

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Val

Went out this morning and shot off a few photos of natural textures – closeups of grass, bark, moss, stone etc. Rather too many of them came out like this: Looks like a bad case of camera shake. But, visually … Continue reading →

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Procrastination…

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Val

…is one of my perpetual problems. The work will be piling up, people will be shouting at me on the phone that they need it NOW. And I’ll be wasting hours – no, days – surfing the internet, telling myself … Continue reading →

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Instead of the football…

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Val

…I shall carry on with my present artwork-in-progress. It’s a pencil drawing on A3 cartridge paper, using just three colours (vermillion, Spectrum Blue and indigo). I’ve been working on it on and off for a couple of months, just picking … Continue reading →

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One of the reasons I love the Internet…

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Val

An author writing an SF story wants some facts about space physics, so that he can get everything right. So he uses his Live Journal blog to broadcast an appeal……

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Today….

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Val

…Sue & Bob moved in to Grahm’s old house, a day earlier than I’d expected. Had made plans to bake them a loaf and carry it ceremonially into the house as a good-luck sign. But I had to make do … Continue reading →

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