Tuesday 23rd July 2013, 3.45pm (day 698)
Officially I’m still on sabbatical. So you didn’t see me. I wasn’t here today. Nor, really, is anybody else. This is of course the time of year we like the most.
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
Author Archives: Drew Whitworth
Canal contraption
Monday 22nd July 2013, 8.50am (day 697)
Too unusual not to use as today’s picture. I believe this contraption was put to use repairing the canal bank here in Hebden Bridge today.
By the way, am I the only one having ‘issues’ with WordPress – I mean, logging on, even making some blogs appear at all?
Before the ‘Race for Life’, Halifax
Sunday 21st July 2013, 9.25am (day 696)
Clare was one of approximately 1,600 women running this race today, the majority in the regulation pink, raising money to fight all kinds of cancer. I don’t normally do advertising on the blog but this time I feel obliged to mention that you can sponsor her (and by implication, the 1,599 other women running today, including the ones I have pictured) at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/the-railway. Every little helps…
Minions
Saturday 20th July 2013, 3.35pm (day 695)
Closing credits, Despicable Me 2. It’s interesting how the digital photography sort of makes the 3-D come out even if we didn’t see this at a 3-D enabled cinema. Is it a good movie? Well… not as good as the first movie. But better than Man of Steel.
Sunny summer morning, Nutclough woods
Friday 19th July 2013, 8.55am (day 694)
9th of the last 10 days spent in Hebden Bridge. When the weather is as beautiful as this however, it doesn’t matter. This is one of my neighbours: spiritualists may read in what they will to the captured aura here, but I do note the picture was taken right into the sun.
Watching ‘The Wonder Boys’
Thursday 18th July 2013, 9.05pm (day 693)
There’s not a lot going on at the moment. It’s still sunny but I’m just sat at home writing, trying to finish my book. So I entertained myself in the evening by watching a film about a middle-aged male academic who is, er, trying to finish his book. I’d say life imitates art, but Michael Douglas’s character struggles with this task more than I am. And yes, that is my foot.
Evening sun, outside the underdwellings
Wednesday 17th July 2013, 7.10pm (day 692)
The steep topography of Hebden Bridge means that many of the houses are built on top of other houses. Ours is an example: there is a whole two-storey cottage underneath our three floors, the entrance to it being behind the red box in this photo. This is the side of the terrace which catches the evening light, and the days remain beautiful and sunny here.
Wildly inaccurate sundial
Tuesday 16th July 2013, 7.00pm (honestly) (day 691)
What can I say? This is just a badly designed timepiece, even allowing for Daylight Savings Time. I swear I passed this one at 7pm. Officer.
Graduation balloons
Monday 15th July 2013, 10.10am (day 690)
Congratulations to the summer graduates of the UoM, who certainly had fair weather to mark their achievement, although I was not present at this (or any) ceremony this year. Most of my students graduate in December. The shot also gets in because of the mild comedy value, you see what I mean, I’m sure. Or maybe it’s the Watchmen reference. I love Watchmen.
Mojito ingredients
Sunday 14th July 2013, 4.30pm (day 689)
Well, it’s something to do on a nice sunny summer Sunday, isn’t it. Good results, too.
