Friday 13 January 2012

If a picture paints a thousand words....

If a picture paints a thousand words....you guys are in trouble,  prepare yourself for a pictorial War and Peace, as The Beast takes you through some of the highlights of BlackLOG 2011.  It’s odd but it has taken longer to put this together than a normal BlackLOG, so apologies that we are halfway through 2012..

McG -

We start with McG, given a death sentence by our ex vet
(can you guess why) in January last year but still going strong
thanks to a change in diet and a lot of love and understanding
(he was having a few accidents - cured by taking any
stress out of his life).
 Skiing - Val d'Isere March-April


Joe gets featured because he looks like he can ski
It's all smoke and mirrors
 Wales - June

Alfie - Kirsty and Joe's dog who joined us in Wales...

The running man - waterfall shot....

Spotted fly catcher

Red Kite

Mischief

Mischief - who often gets over overshadowed by McG
V-Festival - Chelmsford
Another great year and already booked up for 2012, before Mrs B changes her mind....

Noisettes
"Don't upset The Rhythm"
Not so much a case of “Where's Wally?” – as 
 “Where isn’t there a Wally?”

Eliza Doolittle
"Skinny Genes"

Hard-Fi
"Tied Up Too Tight"


The most asked questions when people see The Beast 


Are you famous?
can you take our picture?
 Safari South Africa
Can't a girl have some privacy when she goes into the bush...

“I blow raspberries in your general direction....”

This Lion taunter knows how to give  some stick

Pack your trunks guys - it's holiday time again....

In case you didn't notice I like to
capture birds in flight...

I don't think I'm too bad at it....
Mauritius
Technically the same holiday as the safari
Red  sails in the Sunset

Mauritius seems to specialise in Sunsets....

Told you I liked trying to capture birds in flight...


My first photo pass - Love and Money
One more high in a year full of highs....


So that's how you play one handed guitar...
 
James Grant - "Walk the Last Mile"

And ending as we started with McG
lets hope we can get him through 2012...
The photos probably don't even come close to doing justice to 2011 but I'm sure you have already started to get bored,  I can see some of you fidgeting and checking your watches....

Favourite film of last year - My week with Marilyn
Favourite album  - probably Velociraptor by Kasabian
Next week catch up with us in Canada for our New Year Ski trip to Whistler

18 comments:

  1. Great photos, and I wasn't even close to boredom. Hope the rest of your ski trip went well!

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  2. And nary a shot of a wardrobe malfunction.
    Nicely done, sir.

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    1. Hey Al, nice to see you over here! The Beast does take good pictures, and the dude operating the buttons isn't too bad either?
      I'm always mighty impressed when I drop by, then I go and have a long heart to heart with my pipsquick pocket camera and tell it to shape up or I'm trading it in for a Beast of my own!

      I'm taking total advantage of this new method of replying...now I reply everywhere...you just never know where you'll find me next!

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  3. Fantastic photos - I can't wait to see next week's lineup!

    Glad to have you back posting...you've been missed! Lots has been happening around Bloggerville while you've been globetrotting!

    Cheers, Jenny @ PEARSON REPORT

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  4. Brooke said...
    Great photos, and I wasn't even close to boredom. Hope the rest of your ski trip went well!
    Glad to hear at least someone out there has good taste and staying power. Whistler village was a bit wet at times and no blue skies to be seen but some excellent snow...find out the gory details next week....

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  5. Al Penwasser said...
    And nary a shot of a wardrobe malfunction.
    Nicely done, sir.

    Fortunately for me the lion and the witch soaked up all the malfunctions.....

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  6. Pearson Report said...
    Fantastic photos - I can't wait to see next week's lineup!
    I’m looking forward to it myself.....

    Glad to have you back posting...you've been missed! Lots has been happening around Bloggerville while you've been globetrotting!

    Cheers, Jenny @ PEARSON REPORT

    I was only a week late....Did I go into some sort of Rip Van Winkle 40 year sleep???

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  7. Pearson Report said...
    Hey Al, nice to see you over here! The Beast does take good pictures, and the dude operating the buttons isn't too bad either?
    I'm always mighty impressed when I drop by, then I go and have a long heart to heart with my pipsquick pocket camera and tell it to shape up or I'm trading it in for a Beast of my own!



    I'm taking total advantage of this new method of replying...now I reply everywhere...you just never know where you'll find me next!
    Not sure it’s going to work as I had to suspend the new method as it freezes the blog...

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  8. No boredom here! Really great pictures. I love the waterfall and lion ones. Really cool! Thanks for sharing. Here's to a great 2012!

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  9. Love all the photos, especially Mischief. And Imma gonna steal that Alfie dog! Love love love him.
    Kisses and better health to your dear McG. :)

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  10. L-Kat said...
    No boredom here! Really great pictures. I love the waterfall and lion ones. Really cool! Thanks for sharing. Here's to a great 2012!
    I will have to try and get a picture of a lion in the waterfall, that would certainly knock your socks off. Sorry I have not been regularly commenting over at Dear Diary, I seem to be struggling with a bit of comment block and floundering for inspiration....

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  11. Dawn @Lighten Up! said...
    Love all the photos, especially Mischief.
    It’s nice that Mischief gets some recognition – about 90% of people favour McG...

    And Imma gonna steal that Alfie dog! Love love love him.
    He is a character but I think Joe and Kirsty might have something to say about

    Kisses and better health to your dear McG. :)
    indeed, as long as he doesn’t continue to wake me up at 4am, looking for a warmer spot to snuggle into....

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  12. I appreciate a good trunk joke. And any animal caption joke for that matter, as you well know. It bears repeating that still I think you ought to try and pitch a collection of those snapshot funnies to a literary agent. Real life Gary Larson type stuff.

    Also, Velociraptor: loved it. Damn fine choice.

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  13. McG is a adorable! What we do for our babies!

    Your photos are amazing! You definitely have a talent for photography! I thoroughly enjoyed them! Thank you for sharing! You have an amazing life!

    Looking forward to 2012!

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  14. A Beer for the Shower said...
    I appreciate a good trunk joke. And any animal caption joke for that matter, as you well know.
    Unfortunately most people would like to see all my jokes locked in a trunk.....
    It bears repeating that still I think you ought to try and pitch a collection of those snapshot funnies to a literary agent. Real life Gary Larson type stuff.
    I wonder if I should just print off some of my pictures and stick them straight in a bargain bin, cutting out the middle man.....

    Also, Velociraptor: loved it. Damn fine choice.
    Excellent, another person with good taste...

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  15. ryoko861 said...
    McG is a adorable! What we do for our babies!
    He’s certainly a character

    Your photos are amazing! You definitely have a talent for photography! I thoroughly enjoyed them! Thank you for sharing! You have an amazing life!
    We do count ourselves as fortunate for ordinary people....

    Looking forward to 2012!
    I’m not sure I’ve got over 2011....

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  16. Tara said...
    Beautiful pictures!
    Thank you Tara

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