Category: Photos

Canon 50mm 1.4 lens, which on the 400D is like using 80mm of portrait lens.

I’ve been trying out taking photos with the aperture set very wide. In full sun the shutter speed ends up at something like 1/2000th and I had to bump the ISO to 1600. Still, even with an unwilling subject I got some nice results.

Someone went for an unexpected swim today.

I’ve been making plum jam from the plum tree in the garden, and strawberry jam from cheap punnets at work. Plum trees, or perhaps their feathered inhabitants, are also of interest to certain spotty individuals.

Here are the X-Rays from Lucy’s knee operation.

Knee pin, L

Knee pin, R

Luxating patellæ.

She was a perfect little sweetie in the car from Wanganui to Wellington. After the initial shock, she entertained herself with a scrap of sheepskin for a bit before curling up to sleep the rest of the way.

When she got home she found the spare room with the boxes in it.

Need I say much more?