Going, going...

FZ200                   f4 @ 1/1000  iso320

Down one side of my garden I have a wall over which there is an old church with associated churchyard, wonderful to look at and one of the things which attracted me to the property in the first place. Down the other side I have had for many years the hedge you see here. It has given me a living green boundary which I really like, and I like to think it helps the local wildlife as well. Unfortunately, but for very good reasons, the time has come for it to be replaced by a fence. I'll be sorry to see it go, but sometimes change has to happen.

Just about 24 hours later and this is how it looks...

LX5             f2.8  @ 1/400 iso320

The guys worked hard, and it must have been hot work too. I don't like it, but it isn't quite as bad as I feared. Tomorrow the fencing goes up.

A further 24 hours and we have this...

FZ200      f2.8 @ 1/60  iso160

A good solid traditional fence, just like your grand dad used to have. I would still prefer my hedge but once its weathered a bit, blended in and lost the 'new' look I don't think it will look too bad.

Shaftesbury.

Shaftesbury is an interesting Dorset town with, as you can see, some good back streets to wander round as well as the famous, but much too strenuous for me, Gold Hill. Unfortunately, well in my opinion, the town is suffering from too many new houses being built on its outskirts. I do realise, only too well, that people need homes, but I do wonder if we are building them in the right places. I often find myself wondering where the folk who buy the houses will find employment. If, as I suspect, they end up commuting elsewhere, aren't we just compounding all the environmental problems we already have?

LX5

It might have been a bright spring morning when I took this snap shot but, despite the brave girl in the sleeveless top, there was a cold wind whipping round the corners. A good excuse to seek shelter, coffee and cake.

Music, like photography, should be fun.

Ever had the feeling that you can't be a proper photographer if you're not using a large sensor camera? Well in the world of music things are even tougher. It's bad enough that you want to listen to digital music at all, what you should really be listening to is vinyl. If you must listen to the digital stuff then it should at least be in a high definition file format.

Lumix LX5

Well here's an alternative suggestion for a fun way to listen. Spotify's high quality downloads from a Samsung S3 (or whatever) via a usb otg cable to Epiphany acoustic's e-dac & O2 headphone amp. Plug in your favourite headphones and enjoy. Smashing. A comprehensive library of your choice of music (mine's jazz and folk) has never been so available or affordable, and don't let them tell you the sound is rubbish. As a teenager I had an Alba record player so, believe me, I know how rubbish sounds.

I'll show you my desktop setup another day.