Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Once I'd decided to have an exhibition I was faced with some really difficult decisions. What would I call it? What works would I put in it? What is it trying to show? Over the weeks and months I've made a lot of progress, and naming things - letting them go, making a space to... Continue Reading →
These pictures were inspired by the Lux exhibition in the grounds of Cragside. It's a celebration of light and innovation. I loved the sounds of the laurel tree growing (harmonica botanica) spilling around the formal gardens. The glass light vessel was also striking. Here's some images produced using the filter presets in Snapseed: the light... Continue Reading →
I am sure every doting grandfather says to his daughter 'he looks just like ...... at ..... when .....' but here's something from the photo archive. Two photo pairs of Jeannie and Luke at just about the same age.
Being home alone looking after Luke when Jeannie and Steve are both busy brings back many happy memories. Katy used to take field trips up-country when we lived in Kenya and that was my chance for quality time with Helen and Jeannie. I only get Luke for a few hours or a day though, which... Continue Reading →
I suspect this is going to be be the first of a number of posts on this theme .... these four pictures really are My Sweden: The Falun red paint at sunset on the barn at Äsperöd; The 3 am dawn light over the fjord; The Swedish flags snapping in the cold autumn winds; And,... Continue Reading →
For three years I came to Sweden in spring and autumn and stayed in a tiny guest cottage at Lindesnäs. It was beautifully situated up on the hillside above the fjord right against the mountain side with lovely views down to the guest harbour at Lindesnäs. You can probably appreciate how nice it was from... Continue Reading →
It is late summer in Sweden, or perhaps early autumn is a better description, the trees are just beginning to change colour and it is the time when there should be plenty of mushrooms. But there aren't many of them this year. My friends tell me that they came out early with the summer being... Continue Reading →
I guess most of us have a few of these pictures. The ones where you are taking a picture of a rock on Kompassberg mountain and you see an eye in it, or the face of a baboon on a rock in the Botanic Gardens, Göteborg. Old trees are particularly good, I have a creature... Continue Reading →
It's taken quite a while to get this together. Kate and I spent a wonderful time in Chile and Argentina last November and one of the highlights was a day spent with an old school friend of our daughter - Rocio - who kindly showed us around the old quarter of Valparaiso. I only had... Continue Reading →
It was a quiet night for us after the Klipspringer Trail, the campsite was pretty busy but we didn't really care and got to sleep nice and early. Then it was back along the Gariep to Upington and the drive north to the Kgalagadi Park and a night at Twee Rivieren camp. We spent it... Continue Reading →
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