Monthly Archives: September 2011
Far above the Moon | Planet Earth is blue
On Wednesday 12 April 1961, ten years before I was born, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human-being to leave the earth’s atmosphere.
Far above the Moon | Planet Earth is blue
On Wednesday 12 April 1961, ten years before I was born, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human-being to leave the earth’s atmosphere.
Blurred vision
When I was in primary four at Knowepark Primary School in Selkirk I kept getting moved desks by the teacher, Miss Dickson. “Stop talking!” she would implore me. But I kept on chatting to the people to my left and right.
Blurred vision
When I was in primary four at Knowepark Primary School in Selkirk I kept getting moved desks by the teacher, Miss Dickson. “Stop talking!” she would implore me. But I kept on chatting to the people to my left and right.
Not the northern lights
When we lived in Inverness Jane and I were told that if we stood at Chanonry Point between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle we would be able to see dolphins. We never did.
Not the northern lights
When we lived in Inverness Jane and I were told that if we stood at Chanonry Point between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle we would be able to see dolphins. We never did.
The night before my exam results arrived
The evening before we received our exam results at the end of sixth year a small group of my friends hiked up to the top of one of the hills above the Bowhill estate just outside Selkirk to spend the night.
The night before my exam results arrived
The evening before we received our exam results at the end of sixth year a small group of my friends hiked up to the top of one of the hills above the Bowhill estate just outside Selkirk to spend the night.
Outside Dunedin
There’s an excitement about New Zealand right now with the Rugby World Cup 2011 being staged there, and Peter Jackson filming The Hobbit. If my photo was anything to go by, however, you’d think: New Zealand… not that exciting! It
Outside Dunedin
There’s an excitement about New Zealand right now with the Rugby World Cup 2011 being staged there, and Peter Jackson filming The Hobbit. If my photo was anything to go by, however, you’d think: New Zealand… not that exciting! It
Not Abbey Road
This is another photograph from the summer of 1996 (as sung about in the dyslexic* Bryan Adams song) featuring my then-flatmate Jonny and my school friend Kenny (whose birthday and wedding anniversary is today) who was visiting me in London.
Not Abbey Road
This is another photograph from the summer of 1996 (as sung about in the dyslexic* Bryan Adams song) featuring my then-flatmate Jonny and my school friend Kenny (whose birthday and wedding anniversary is today) who was visiting me in London.
