Animals !!!


Thats the only word that can describe these teenagers and what they did to 50 year old Andrew Toseland.

I’d say that Brandon Fisher got off lightly with a sentence of only 27 months after an attack that left  Andrew Toseland requiring 24-hour care for the rest of his life.

And there’s the nub. What kind of life will that be. He cannot walk. He can barely talk. In my mind these animals have left Andrew Toseland in a living hell.

Fisher got off lightly due to his reduce role in this vicious attack.

I trust that the judges come down hard on the leaders of the attack.

The News has published an article entitled “He’s very sorry” Referring to Fishers remorse over his role in the assault. Sorry is an over used word that has been significantly devalued. It is too easy to say sorry. It is harder and takes a stronger person to prevent the actions that make its use necessary.

‘He’s very sorry’ – family speaks out after attack – Local – Portsmouth News.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/teenager-jailed-for-assault-that-left-victim-in-coma-1-5450425

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome


Those famous words, the trademark of David Frost, were a part of the lives of English television viewers for over thirty years.

Sadly David Frost has passed away.

Our thoughts are with his friends and family. The world has lost a great journalist an TV presenter.

View From The Conservatory


Potted
Pretty Pot
Passion2
Passion Flower
Fucshia
Fuchsia
Passion
Passion Flower – A slightly different angle.
fruit
Himalayan Honeysuckle – The birds favourite.

View From The Conservatory


Was sitting in the garden last evening watching a host of moths working our Buddleia and thought I would try to capture some pictures. This proved to be harder than I expected. Every time I tried to take a shot they would fly away. I tried so often that I began to believe they knew what I was doing and yet they weren’t disturbed by my approach to where ever they were settled. Mind you they weren’t staying settled anywhere for more than a second or so, and their wings were constantly on the go, almost like humming birds.

As I experimented it became obvious that they were taking flight each time I used the focus function of the camera, each time I pressed the shutter release just enough to focus and meter. Then it hit me, the little so and so’s were being frightened by the infrared from my camera/flash set up. As a result the following pictures are the best I managed to get.

Moth
Moth
Moths
Moths

I’ll have another crack tonight if they come back. I’ll try manual focus and pre-metering.