a few nature pics

and one which isn't natural at all.

I like clouds, there are at least three kinds here at three levels. Ithe kids have a thing for pineapple at the moment and I like photographing them

I like clouds as I just said here is some wiht increased contrast.

I also like flowers especially tulips.

I also think that when Jeff Beck brought out Blow by Blow he quantum leaped Clapton and Page by several light miles and they never caught up. that's just my opinion but it is right.

some of these might be repeats but if the telly can have repeats then so can I.

I went to the lakes yesterday and saw two owls on the way, a bit dissapointed in the photo's but it is difficult to quickly zoom in and focus on a flying object. I was surprised to see them out hunting by day, I also heard my first cuckoo as I descended Cat Bells which was nice..

Eight years ago Dawn Reed and Christopher Lillie were cleared in court of molesting children at the nursery where they worked. But the accusations continued - in newspapers and in a report commissioned by Newcastle city council - and they had to disappear, afraid for their lives. Journalist Bob Woffinden and writer Richard Webster tracked the pair down to where they were hiding and helped them to find barristers who would work on a no-win no-fee basis. Yesterday they won a historic libel victory. This is their story. For original newspaper story click on the photograph

http://www.richardwebster.net/cleared.html

this refers to a case I can clearly remember being featured on the pages of the local newspaper, The Evening Chronicle, vilifying a couple of people who were found by a court to have done nothing wrong it was a chilling case of how powerful people including the press can destroy lives.
I can recall how the press similarly reported as fact every wild and unsubstantiated claim in the Dingo Baby case in Australia.

a few odds and ends,

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three lowlights

my classes are doing a project on the subject of the fish quay which is one of the reasons I am taking lots of pics of the area.

a second version of the Earsdon painting , it could be worked into as they say but I doubt if I shall. Horse anatomy still rather suspect.

a quick oil sketch of the fish quay, quite pleased with it though a bit dull as the day was.