This week I chose a Jane lens, which boosts contrast and saturation, with Robusta film, a textured discoloured matte film.
Sunday January 15th
Shelley and Liddy came over in the afternoon, and of course I had to take a picture of Liddy eating her way through a huge piece of rainbow cake whilst wearing pink headphones, as you do.
Monday January 16th
Nothing out of the ordinary when I got up for work, still in the dark here. I washed and had breakfast, looked out of my window and ka-boom, severe snowing going on. It lasted for about 20 minutes, stopped, and was all gone by the time I got home from work. Poor show really, sigh. I know other parts of the country got a lot more for a few days, but we missed out.
Tuesday January 17th
I tried to get a decent picture of Teddy, my boss’s dawg, but everytime I bent to take a shot he came trotting forward for a fuss, so he’s blurry. Serves him right!
Wednesday January 18th
I don’t have a sweet tooth, and me having a cake or dessert is rare as rocking horse poo, so when Shelley brought cakes on Sunday I left mine sitting in the fridge. On Wednesday I didn’t have time for lunch at work and it was way past lunchtime when I got home, so I bit the bullet so to speak and had this. It is white chocolate (which I don’t really like) cream, (which is OK in soup, curry & chilli etc) and packed tight biscuit crumbs, making this a cheesecake apparently. Being that cheese is the only part of this I would like, I couldn’t taste any at all, but I have to say this was bloody lush! I’m a convert!
Thursday January 19th
On Thursday Phil and I did chores. The biggest one clearing out one of the kitchen cupboards which had got to a point where you couldn’t get one thing out without another falling out with it. It’s all very neat and dejunked now, and to celebrate we took ourselves out to lunch at the Red Lion in Boldon. Had the awesummyummiest scampi and chips with mushy peas 🤣, you can’t beat 70’s pub grub! They do it really well at the Red Lion.
Friday January 20th
Friday was a busy day, Phil at work in the morning and I got more housework done, then spent the afternoon doing a post for the Universe blog. I got a cyclamen not so long ago, and it’s a bit quirky compared to normal houseplants in that it likes to be cool, doesn’t like the sunshine, needs moist soil all the time, and goes dormant in summer so you have to hide it away in the shade. I mean, what’s that about? Anyhoo I’m renowned for causing death to houseplants so getting a complicated one probably wasn’t my greatest idea, but encouraged by my continuing success with a spider plant I took the plunge. So far, so good.
Saturday January 21st
Friday night is always music night here and we play youtube videos of bands/singers we like, CD’s and vinyl until the wee hours and imbibe a few sherbets along the way. So Saturday morning is the one after the night before and a gentle day is required. It is a cold but blue sky day today and I took another shot for my ongoing House Across the Road series.
So week 3 is over, and I really like this lens and film combo. The lens is sharp and clear and the film has warm tones and a nice bit of texture, but not too much. Onwards though….
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Fraggle's Otherverse 
What’s all that funny white stuff, Jane?
✨🦋💭🐇🗝🌱🌅☀⚖☺🤍✨
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It’s called snow, apparently Graham. 😊
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Wowsers. Who knew?
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To my great relief, we missed out on the snow entirely. We’ve just got a lot of ice down here.
I like the photograph of the cheesecake, but I think one mouthful would have been enough for me, assuming it was a vegetarian cheesecake, which it probably wasn’t.
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I can vouch for it not having meat in it. Or any cheese.
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It’s the gelatine. It gets in everywhere.
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Ah right, that I wouldn’t know about.
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No snow here either thankfully…just wet bone chilling cold. Dear God how I envy your lack of a sweet tooth!I am Mrs. Cakes…and that cake looks delicious. But I’m on your side with mushy peas and chips…love the photos as always…such a lovely, eclectic eye. Which reminds me, I finally got one of your photos framed!must include it in a post.
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Not having a sweet tooth doesn’t make me skinny though somehow sigh! Will look forward to seeing my photo gussied up!
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That film does do a great job with the two snowy-day pics.
I do have a sweet tooth, and a special softness for cheesecake. That would have gone down in two bites.
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It’s a good job I don’t know where she got it from! Cheers Alex!
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Warm tones indeed. No snow here so far, and I don’t want to see any except in other people’s photographs. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think that was the end of it, but who knows these days?
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What can you tell me about your shed? Looking to get one since the old one fell down…
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Don’t know about the shed, but I think she may have a bridge over the Tyne that’s for sale. It’s a bit of a handyman’s special but you could probably fix it up.
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No bridges for sale here!
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It’s a very nice shed, insulated and dry.
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Was the pub cold or does Phil wear coat and scarf inside all the time?
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It was cold and we’d only just got there so he hadn’t disrobed until I’d taken the photo.
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Oh that’s good. Because I was picturing you all trying to eat while fully geared up for the outdoors 🙂
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Haha nope, we are quite normal when out in public!
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I woke up to snow this morning, too, but like yours, it didn’t last long (thankfully).
I like the way you do these posts. They’re chatty and fun, and the photos are awesome. This time around Pinky is my favorite. 🙂
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Thanks Mae 😊
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Very nice, this combination reduces the super sharpness of modern smartphone cameras. Yummy cheesecake : P Thank you, fragglerocking.
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Thanks Francis.
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OMG ~ Liddy is adorable, Phil looks debonaire, and Teddy looks suspicious of your camera! And snow! Delightful. Hugs, C
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Cheers Cheryl!
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