Seize one Swan sea

Well. I had dinner with James yesterday whilst I was in Cambridge celebrating being part of an Organ Scholar canon. He reminded me, having softened me with a fabulous meal, that my last blog entry and the consequent silence, implied I had died of malaria.

Unfortunately for you, I'm not even a ghost writer; I'm sitting here with a glass of whisky and ginger wine (facist sore throat), quite happily typing in a non-poltergeisty-destructive way. I bet you are pleased about that!

Anyhow. I wanted to just add a few photos from my little excursion, last weekend but one, to Swansea for Kath's wedding. The actual ACTUAL photos I took will occur later, but right now, I just have tasters of the things that amused me!

Outside Swansea train station one finds the slogan, 'Ambition is Critical'. I found this quite ironic...





Thankfully for us, this cafe was not open when we passed. I hate to think what they were selling...


Right next to the Cafe was this road. Odd. I'm sure there's parity somewhere...







JL

Malaria?

Having spent the majority of the last month feeling quite ill, and having got the shivers yesterday, I finally went for tests this morning to see whether I've been bitten by a parasitic mosquito. Hopefully not. We wait to find out. I hate being ill and even worse being at home when there is so much to do elsewhere, and my new toy hasn't arrived yet, so I can't even spend time enjoying myself at home.

JL

Having a toy camera

Most of the time I would be happy not to have a camera on my phone: it is amongst the other 'essential' gadgets that also slow my phones to the speed of a snail just one year after it starts being used. Rubbish.





BUT, just occasionally, I see something just truly stunning that I need a picture of. The church of which I'm organist is 12th Century, it's large, beautiful, historic, and just a wonderful building to work in. With an autumn night sky and an almost full moon, it is even more special. It is the old man of the town, and I may have been imagining it, but he seemed to be really enjoying the basking in that moonlight; for a moment I felt that joy too.





Having a toy camera on my phone really helped me to capture it:

JL

Seated one day on the sofa, I was weary and ill at ease...

and my fingers wandered idly, over the plastic keys...

Well not quite, but I am ill and at home, and so I though I would do some gallery work.

Here are photos I've been meaning to put up for ages:



When going for a drink with Henry and Gary in Retro, do remember to take your dictionary...

I think a prize for the person who manages to finish this slogan without using the word organic. It made me laugh when I took it, but can't think why!

If ever a road was built for me to live on, here it is.

JL

Proof of the Kenya

Finally I have managed to reduce 500 photos to 100 in order to upload them to a site. I may decide to post more in the coming months, but there will probably be more excitement by then :)

Here they are

Enjoy!

JL