Saturday 8 January 2011

Focus on 2010 an A to Z picture guide

For some reason I seem to have started 2011 in a bit of a blogger malaise (It might be this never ending cold which I just can't seem to shake). So to give me some breathing space I thought I would treat you to a "best of "(i.e repeat, re-run, 2nd chance, call it what you may) last year's BlackLOG pictures….

Energy watch
Monitoring our way to a fortune (or not) with our Solar Panels

KW Produced so far - 113

This has earned us approximately – £48.17 so far

Hmmm, the road to riches is proving longer than I had hoped.....Don't worry Mrs B, this time next century we will be millionaires....

A record of the week

 The Kinks - Picture Book

Photo finish
Not so much a finish this week more of a start, middle and end....or even an A to Z (i.e 26 of them).  


A collection of some of my (and Mrs B's) favourite pictures from last year.  It took me a while to sort through as I took over 10,000 pictures last year, Oh the joys of 8 frames per second -   cachuck,cachuck,cachuck  ....They are in no particular order:

Feel free to let me know which ones you like.....

(Shot A ) - I love the fact he looks like he is
wearing some cool shades....

(Shot B ) - Squirrel Monkey, how cute is he???

(Shot C) - At last Mrs B got to see an Owl....

 (Shot D ) - Look at the power and those eyes....

(Shot E ) - Mischief, keeping an eye on things

(Shot F ) - At last a (grey) seal of approval for the BlackLOG...

 (Shot G ) -Possibly the best wedding cake in the world....

(Shot H ) - Jonny Borrel - Lead Singer of Razorlight
at Newmarket - just 1 of 14 concerts last year 

Vampire Weekend (Febuary)
Noah & The Whale (March)
Scouting for girls (May)
Keane (June)
Bootleg Beatles (July)
Razorlight (July)
V festival* (August)
Bare Naked Ladies (September)
OMD (November)
Marina & The Diamonds (November)
Athlete (November)
James (December)
Paul McCartney (December)
Shakira (December)

* Including Kasabian
Lissie
Magic Numbers
Paloma Faith
Parlotones
Stereophonics
Madness
Faithless
The Kooks
Plan B

 (Shot I )McG taking it easy....He is an old man
after all and he has been practicing his
relaxation technique for years

(Shot J )Focus on the Bride, Mala's wedding
One of 4 we attended last year .

It was a bit like buses, you wait for ages for one
and then 4 come along at once.

Congratulations to

 Matt and JL
Craig and Mala
Christian and Philip
Richard and Alison

(Shot K )Joe's Brother Alex, proving
Boarders have their uses....even if it is
only for photographic purposes..... 

 (Shot L )Joe powers through, just
look at all that snow....
not bad for April....

(Shot M ) Me and Mrs B. Yeah I still can't
work out why she is with me.....

(Shot N ) Our nephew Alex in January
He flirted with boarding in the summer but
fortunately got over it in time for this year

(Shot O ) Mr Fox - if only he didn't have that drug habit....
I blame the pressure of urban living....

(Shot P ) Cycling in Cuba....Well done Fidel for
surviving until we got there....

(Shot Q ) It might not be very exciting but capturing
one of these in flight was no easy task.....

(Shot R )Cuban kitty....Stick that in
your pipe and smoke it.

(Shot S ) Mirror lake - Cuba

(Shot T ) Spider , not exactly from Mars more
in our garden.... 
 
(Shot U ) Feed me, feed me now....
 
(Shot V ) Mrs B going for broke.....

Unfortunately she actually managed
to fracture her Fibula, didn't stop her   
 limping around on it for 2 weeks before
I insisted she went to the hospital.
She then got to wear an airboot
 for 8 weeks, the lucky devil...  

(Shot W) Scottie dog enjoying a day on the Beach
 
(Shot X) Mrs B at V2010
 
 (Shot Y ) Seagulls in Dorset
going for a paddle

(Shot Z ) The Mrs B avoidance Owl

I hope your 2010 was as good as ours, should be back to normal next week with details of our New Year ski trip to Meribel in France....

14 comments:

  1. Your pictures are incredible. I love all of them, but especially the cats, the squirrel monkey, the action shots and the wedding. You and Mrs. B are also great shots! Feel better and here's to a great 2011!!!

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  2. Thank you Climb2Nowhere nice to know that there is someone out there who appreciates The Beasts work....

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  3. All the men down on the farm seem to have the same lingering virus/bug/flu/cold as you. I think you should all pull yourselves together and GET OVER IT!!!!! (Some antibiotics may be required to facilitate this procedure). A car crashed into our telephone pole 8 days ago - not one of ours I hasten to add - and we have only just been returned to the land of the living by the BT engineers today. Yippee. The photos are, as always, glorious. My vote goes to the sunglasses on the insect. How cool is that???

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  4. The photos are awesome! Your wife is movie star gorgeous! (You aren't bad either.) Love the Cuba pictures!

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  5. Ah yes the Blogger malaise - I've got that!

    favorite photo = dog on beach

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  6. Love all the photos' Niel, but probably my fave is the ones with Nicky (and you)!! Keep them coming in 2011.

    Anna Cirillo

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  7. Oh, great, I've been skiing in 2 different spots over the past few weeks, but thanks to your photos, I'm ready to go again :) I keep trying to pick a favorite shot, but I can't. I like them all.

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  8. skipperthewonderhorse said...
    All the men down on the farm seem to have the same lingering virus/bug/flu/cold as you. I think you should all pull yourselves together and GET OVER IT!!!!! (Some antibiotics may be required to facilitate this procedure).
    I saw a new product in Sainsbury’s called “Man Flu”

    A car crashed into our telephone pole 8 days ago - not one of ours I hasten to add - and we have only just been returned to the land of the living by the BT engineers today. Yippee.
    That will teach you to deal with the evil that is BT. I bet it was a BT van that crashed into the pole…..

    The photos are, as always, glorious. My vote goes to the sunglasses on the insect. How cool is that???
    Uber cool

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  9. Linda Medrano said...
    The photos are awesome! Your wife is movie star gorgeous! (You aren't bad either.) Love the Cuba pictures!
    Thank, I think. It the sking all over again

    People we meet on the slopes - “Wow your wife’s a really good skier”

    Me – “Thanks”

    Telling silence

    Me ”Hey people I have feeling even if I don’t have abilities…..”

    People we meet on the slopes – and said begrudgingly through gritted* teeth “ You aren't bad either.”

    *On the plus side their teeth won’t freeze

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  10. Imo said...
    Ah yes the Blogger malaise - I've got that!
    Worse than Man Flu in my opinion. I notice that there has been very little Blog production from your side of town

    favourite photo = dog on beach
    Why IMO you old softie – I bet you were a ‘Hamish’ (Robert Carlyle and wee Jock) fan

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  11. Anna Cirillo said...
    Love all the photos' Niel, but probably my fave is the ones with Nicky (and you)!! Keep them coming in 2011.
    I hate photo’s of me. I only put it in because Mrs B insisted that there was one of me

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  12. Brooke said...
    Oh, great, I've been skiing in 2 different spots over the past few weeks, but thanks to your photos, I'm ready to go again :)
    Sorry…..Still at least you can go almost at will. We have to wait to the end of March before we can go again

    I keep trying to pick a favorite shot, but I can't. I like them all.
    Do you want more toast with that butter?

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  13. I loved Hamish. Also we had a scottie dog called Mark (the black version - slightly bigger) when I was little, so I have a soft spot.

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  14. Imo said...
    I loved Hamish. Also we had a Scottie dog called Mark (the black version - slightly bigger) when I was little, so I have a soft spot.
    Scottie dogs do have a lot of character, I’ve always been a big fan.

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