EVENING LIGHT

Welsh valley 35mm Olympus OM4

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Jo~Studio portrait.

35 mm Olympus OM4. digitally enhanced

P.M.

CLIMATE

My favourite song

As my friends are all too painfully aware as I know all the words.It once nearly got me slung out of my art school for singing it during a life class.

Mrs Duck and friend

At Stouhead Gardens Wiltshire. Olympus C~8080 Zoom

Go green...Cycle to work and play

GODS GIFT

JO

Olympus OM4

SUSPICION

SOMERSET CARNIVAL FLOAT DESIGN...1970s

Not used....Would have frightened the kids.

Five in the morning Wales

35mm Olympus OM4

DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES

My big regret I was too young to go tea dancing in the 30s.How civilised was that?

MORE EARLY MORNING SUN

Wet grass against the light

From the studio

One of the garden ponds.

Camera...Olympus C~8080 Wide Zoom.

ON LEADERS

SCIENCE TODAY

A song to remember

Lil Armstrong

EARLY MORNING SUN in a Welsh garden

Bruce Grimes 1936~2009

My brother Bruce was buried yesterday in this lovely little church situated in a Welsh valley close to where he lived,

Nature was kind to us and produced some soft autumnal sunshine during the service.

The above beautiful poem was read out by Jessica Elder his daughter,a poem written by his wife Anne. We will miss him.

PORTRAITS through the ages

Music by Wim Mertens

Story time

Charlie and Yvo

OK for the Turner prize?

Nothing new in art.... Librarian by Giuseppe Aroimboldo 1527~1593

A REAL RADIO it even lights up.

German made Blaupunkt "Barcelona" Bought late 1950s. for 62 guineas which was a fair amount of money in those days but I bought it with some winnings so didnt feel too guilty in spite of being broke.it was a so called stereo radio with three speakers, a rotating ferite internal arial,magic eye and the latest thing, FM. three wavebands but medium wave was the one we listened too,much better in those days for some reason,I could get all the continental stations,this is where the rotating arial and magic eye was useful for fine tuning. and also Long wave for Radio Luxemburg for the latest hits, The BBC was very stuffy then mainly brass bands and cinema organs with maybe some light dance music in the evenings. There was no local radio,just "Home Service"(posh) and "The Light Programme"for the more common people But on the new FM band you could also hear Londons police cars!
This radio also acted as an amplifier hooked up to a record player for our parties in Lansdowne Road played full volume and still survived (slightly wine stained)
Anyway it still works with just a few valves(tubes) replaced, gets polished every week and listened too on special occasions even though turning it on is a bit of a fire risk..