I’m enjoying using the Argentum Camera app on my iPhone. Here are a couple of images from today’s early morning walk with “the boy” over the fields. 📷

Lest We Forget

For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls not Thee to guard, For frantic boast and foolish word— Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord! Source: A Choice of Kipling’s Verse (1943) Sony a6300, Sony E 16-70 F4 ZA OSS, …

Listening to A Beautiful Life by Heartless Bastards on Tidal. This band had passed me by, but pleased that they’re now on my radar. This album will be high on my “Best of 2021” list in December. 🎶 Listen here

Testing out Street mode in Argentum app

I got a haircut this morning, and this is a candid shot of Isaac prepping the chair I took on my iPhone 11 using the Argentum app. The image is as shot with no post-processing. Thanks to @TheDimPause on Micro.blog for pointing me in the direction of the Argentum app, which captures Black & White …

Did they fix UK social care or just kick the can down the road?

I’m not convinced that the UK social care crisis will be fixed by the rise in NIC contributions. It sounds to me that the additional tax payable from next April, will be used to drive down the NHS backlog, which was already growing pre-pandemic. The new care reforms are slated to come into …

UK Government says polluters can dump sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment

It beggars belief that the UK government is telling businesses they can dump raw sewage into our rivers because of Brexit-related issues with the supply chain. Boris Johnson’s “Sunlit Uplands” will start to stink if this carries on much longer. This is the quote from today’s …

Fundraising for Wiltshire Ride + Stride

I’m fundraising for Wiltshire Ride + Stride this coming Saturday. Ride + Stride raises money for Wiltshire’s Churches. Half the money donated goes to the participant’s chosen church, and the other half is used by the Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust in grants to churches for …

Album of the Week — August 23, 2021

My Album of the Week is Fever Dreams from Villagers. Listen on Tidal 🎶

Pictures from the car show

Twin-cylinder Morgan Sony a6300, Sony E 16-70 F4 ZA OSS, processed in Lightroom Classic Car bonnet (hood) mascot Sony a6300, Sony E 16-70 F4 ZA OSS, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷🚙

Finished reading

Finished reading: How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship by Ece Temelkuran 📚 How to Lose a Country is an impassioned plea, a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don’t march fully-formed into government; they creep. There’s a lot about post-Brexit …

I’ve got three invites to Glass if anyone wants one 📷

Album of the Week — August 13, 2021

My Album of the Week is Pressure Machine from The Killers. Really enjoying the slightly more restrained tracks like “Runaway Horses" as well as belters such as “In The Car Outside.” The commentary before some of the tracks adds to the overall feel of the album. Listen on Tidal: 🎶

Listening to the new album from Big Big Train and loving it so far. Listen to Common Ground on Spotify. Alternatively, buy your own copy in sparkling 24bit on Bandcamp. Here's a link to an unplugged performance of the title track on YouTube. 🎶

Excited to read about the new Evernote features on their blog today

Currently reading: The Things You Find In Rockpools by Gregg Dunnett 📚 Get your free copy here.