Thursday 14th March 2024, 12.20pm (day 4,585)
From blue yesterday to this vivid red (with yellow shading) today. Dampness remains a constant, though.
Flowers by the roadside
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
Tag Archives: red
By the Mancunian Way
Tuesday 14th November 2023, 4.50pm (day 4,464)
One of those where I was trying to get the shot before the traffic resumed and didn’t manage it — but in the end, didn’t care. This is a spot regularly passed on my walk to and from work, and occasionally photographed in the past. I’ve had plenty of chances to feature it as this is the 800th shot on here to be located in Manchester. As I, technically, work here full-time, you might have thought there’d be more, but even before 2020 I certainly never came to work here five days a week. Two is more like it — an arrangement I’ve always found suitable.
Dean Clough, Halifax
Monday 24th July 2023, 1.10pm (day 4,351)
This street has always looked something like this; although the content of the advertising boards has probably changed. I thought about making it monochrome but the red dress was too much of a temptation not to.
Halifax goes Mediterranean
Saturday 27th May 2023, 10.45am (day 4,293)
Mediterranean weather today, for sure — very pleasant. More of this weather, please — or will we get the June monsoon this year? I think the Piece Hall, restored a few years ago, also affects a kind of Mediterranean vibe, with its resemblance to a Roman forum. Either way, she was happy enough about being photographed, hence the wave.
Arriving late to the party
Friday 14th April 2023, 8.20pm (day 4,250)
Our neice Poppy had her 18th birthday party today, in the building ahead; we got there late, thanks to ths usual rubbish on the train line. Clare brings a dash of red to the scene, meanwhile her Dad, i.e. my father-in-law Dave, makes only his second-ever appearance on the blog in 4,250 days.
Non-binary pepper
Monday 27th February 2023, 4.05pm (day 4,204)
“I know I present as red. But inside there’s that little bit of green that’s always been on the verge of coming out.”
Flame tree
Friday 4th November 2022, 11.05am (day 4,089)
Onto campus for a day that was less-than-inspiring, but at least the sun was shining. This tree caught the light very well as I transitioned across Oxford Road for a much-needed cup of tea.
Robin Poser
Wednesday 26th October 2022, 2.55pm (day 4,080)
What is it with robins as a species — why are they, more than any other type of wild bird, so completely unfazed by being a few feet away from a human? Not only that, but a human who has stopped walking, and is pointing a camera at them? This one even hopped from side to side for a minute, offering me a selection of poses. This one won. I hope he approves.
The ferry to Árrain Mhór
Monday 15th August 2022, 3.25pm (day 4,008)
We spent the day on the island of Árrain Mhór, which in Gaelic just means ‘Big Island’. And it is fairly big, maintaining a permanent population of a few hundred, enough to justify a regular ferry service from the mainland, anyway. And here is the 3.30pm boat back to Ireland, coming in reasonably on schedule.
Dundee station, Sunday morning
Sunday 10th July 2022, 10.50am (day 3,972)
For the duration of this visit, and certainly today, its final morning, Dundee has basked in balmy sunshine that is atypical for the city. It contributed to a pleasantly chilled out wait for the train heading back south, which I think this couple epitomise. (My journey was fine all the way to Bradford, after which it descended into a farce of the kind only Northern Rail seem able to manufacture, but that’s another story, hours in the future.)
