2004-12-16 - 2005-03-15

sun, clouds, blue sky, ross, wye, fields and trees (taken from the car)

00003954.jpg | 2004-12-16T13:40:44Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

car ride through monmouthshire; duke ellington; sun; blue sky; traffic; shadows

00003955.ogg | 2004-12-16T13:43:28Z | -no-label- | -mt2-
ma and pa's place, cardiff

00007518 | 2004-12-16T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-

tree, sun, clouds and blue sky in the wing mirror at a garden centre up radyr way

00003956.jpg | 2004-12-17T12:58:14Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
billy's place, cardiff

00007519 | 2004-12-17T21:32:22Z | location | -mt4-
at the end of this night, i staggered home some way behind ma and pa, throwing up in drains; it was the `after eights'

0000751c | 2004-12-17T21:32:23Z | -no-label- | -mt4-

fuelled by red wine, paul impersonates ted heath; another paul mentions tony blair; billy's in the mix too; and everyone else, probably

00003957.ogg | 2004-12-17T21:35:58Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

naomi trialling a shoe and a handbag

00003958.jpg | 2004-12-17T23:43:34Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

jean, paul and paul at the table; candles

00003959.jpg | 2004-12-17T23:44:40Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

billy talks; jean, paul, paul and naomi listen; candles

0000395a.ogg | 2004-12-17T23:52:36Z | -no-label- | -mt2-
ma and pa's place, cardiff

0000751a | 2004-12-18T02:00:00Z | location | -mt4-

wine, fruit, dining table and christmas tree; john describes working on `charlie and the chocolate factory'; paul assists; brenda and trevor attend

0000395b.ogg | 2004-12-25T15:04:14Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

paul pours white wine in the kitchen; jean and candles on the stairs; john, brenda and trevor discuss chocolate factories

0000395c.ogg | 2004-12-25T15:05:14Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

john, paul, paul, brenda and trevor anaesthetise themselves before christmas lunch

0000395d.jpg | 2004-12-25T15:07:52Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

drinks table; fruit table in the background (naturally)

0000395e.jpg | 2004-12-25T16:49:50Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

john and paul teach paul, trevor, brenda and jean how to `blah' at the dining table

0000395f.ogg | 2004-12-25T18:10:24Z | -no-label- | -mt2-
billy's place, cardiff

0000751b | 2004-12-25T21:18:44Z | location | -mt4-

sally greets jean at the kitchen table; wine bottles

00003961.jpg | 2004-12-25T21:18:46Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
ma and pa's place, cardiff

0000751d | 2004-12-25T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-
in front, the cottage

i suppose we arrived the day before

0000751e | 2004-12-27T10:11:18Z | location | -mt4-

snow on the lawn; stream

00003962.ogg | 2004-12-27T10:21:40Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

snow on the hills beyond dyffryn

00003963.jpg | 2004-12-27T10:25:08Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
where we saw the winter lambs, llangadog

0000751f | 2004-12-27T13:24:56Z | location | -mt4-
i think this was one of the twice we had been to the telegraph for a meal; we met gwen and john; after a long stint of vegetarianism (and veganism), i had their chicken curry; and then pa and i walked for eggs

00007520 | 2004-12-27T13:24:57Z | -no-label- | -mt4-

winter lamb in the snow

00003964.jpg | 2004-12-27T13:24:58Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

sheep and lamb in a snowy field

00003965.jpg | 2004-12-27T13:25:52Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
in front, the cottage

00007521 | 2004-12-27T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-

golden sunrise out of the kitchen window; trees

00003967.jpg | 2004-12-28T15:47:08Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

red sky over blaencwm house; trees; field

00003968.jpg | 2004-12-29T08:14:44Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
my bedroom, wolverhampton

00007522 | 2004-12-29T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-

on the train between bridgnorth and kidderminster; shadow on a sunny field; trees; pa talks over the audio

00003969.ogg | 2004-12-31T12:26:18Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

on the train between bridgnorth and kidderminster; about to cross the severn; sunny fields; trees; telegraph wires; stormy sky

0000396a.ogg | 2004-12-31T12:27:02Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

on the train between bridgnorth and kidderminster; the view across the carriage; rotating seats; blue sky; sunny fields; farm; bridge over the severn; trees

0000396b.ogg | 2004-12-31T12:58:58Z | -no-label- | -mt2-
kidderminster station (british rail)

00007523 | 2004-12-31T14:14:34Z | location | -mt4-

boarding the train to stourbridge with pa, who points out that there is another train directly behind it

0000396c.ogg | 2004-12-31T14:14:36Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

sunset through the fountain window

0000396d.jpg | 2004-12-31T15:57:00Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
my bedroom, wolverhampton

00007524 | 2004-12-31T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-

21a newbridge street meter boxes

0000342a.jpg | 2005-01-12T14:01:30Z | -no-label- | -mt1-

sunset over the canal at newbridge

0000342b.jpg | 2005-01-12T14:22:38Z | photography | -mt1-

paul talks to jean on his mobile phone as we walk between the tiger wok and the westacre

0000342c.ogg | 2005-01-15T19:32:08Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

against a blue sky, the robin sings his sweet song on the willow tree

00003426.ogg | 2005-01-26T10:38:34Z | -no-label- | -mt2-

robin and holly leaves on the trellis

00003427.jpg | 2005-01-26T10:42:18Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
Sophie said, "I love your camera; it's my favourite thing in the world." Or words to that effect. She said it at her place, where I haven't been very often, of late. Not 11/2004, I think. 09/2003, then? Or 06/2003? Oh well...

00003352 | 2005-01-28T15:54:55Z | -no-label- | -mt4-
I've left this so late. :O lol

Two dreams I remember from this morning. In the first, I cycled down a country road which was submerged beneath a clear river. There were various fish. I passed a pretty salmon, and then ran over one, to eat it, I suppose. However, as I turned, someone else was recovering the fish. Was it Gary Evans? Russell Williams? I think it might be Russell at the hotel restaurant table, where I suppose we ate the fish. It was a pretty conservatory restaurant, with soft yellow light and comforting views.

In the other dream, dad and I were on a sunny path, like something in Cefn Onn, but more pristine and cultivated. There were small fungi with red tops growing on the walls. I think there was a notion that they were tomato mushrooms, whatever they might be.

00003353 | 2005-02-09T00:48:11Z | -no-label- | -mt4-
I just watched Ocean's Eleven and Leaving Las Vegas back to back - both for the first time. The kiss in the casino reminded me of the one in my dream this morning. :)

00003355 | 2005-02-14T01:32:24Z | -no-label- | -mt4-
This morning, Sacha and I were told that such a project was a waste of time. But we took our video camera anyway - (I don't know what the hell this was all about) - to a well-populated dark wood bar (wherever). Plenty of light entered the front, through large panes of glass. We made our way through the crowd. And then blah. And then... I found myself in a dark back room, perhaps a large old dressing room or rehearsal room, doing magic with a magician. Was it Ken Dodd? :-S Anyway, he levitated some small metal workbench, or whatever it was, a small distance off the floor. I shakily achieved a similar feat, with which he was impressed. There was another trick too. One moment, I was standing in front of him as he described a disappearing trick; the next moment, I was in a nearby wardrobe, wearing a big (orange?) jumper. Anyway, apart from some detail from the beginning of the dream, that's about it. :-)

00003357 | 2005-02-16T13:45:39Z | -no-label- | -mt4-
llandaff fields, cardiff

0000787f | 2005-02-25T12:33:32Z | location | -mt4-

bare tree on a dark, cold llandaff field

0000342d.jpg | 2005-02-25T12:33:34Z | -no-label- | -mt1-
shrewsbury station

00007880 | 2005-02-28T15:17:34Z | location | -mt4-
my bedroom, wolverhampton

00007881 | 2005-02-28T23:59:58Z | location | -mt4-
I dreamed this morning that I rescued a duckling from some bits of tree in the middle of a river. It struggled for a while, but then it came to rest in my cupped hands, as I carried it onto shore. Whether in the dream or since, it reminded me of the ducklings we nurtured at work.

0000335c | 2005-03-08T14:35:39Z | -no-label- | -mt4-

paul drives between ludlow and wolverhampton; titterstone clee hill in the sun

0000345f.ogg | 2005-03-10T17:44:26Z | -no-label- | -mt2-
matthew munro, my bedroom, wolverhampton, still photograph, movie clip