Weekend At Last

At last its Friday night.
That means :
1 - A few pints of real ale tonight.
2- No getting up early in the morning and having to defrost the car

After another cold and snowy week roll on the spring.

Yet More Snow

Just looked out the window, and yes you've guessed it. Its SNOWING again.
Bet its going to be white over again in the morning :-(
Animals have the best idea, hibernation over the winter.
Only trouble with that is you miss Christmas.
Still, I'm nice and warm inside, working on the computer.
Current outside temperature 0.9°C Inside temperature 24.4°C

These photos were taken hand held through the window.
The camera was set to ISO 3200 and flash turned off.



This is the view out the back window











This is the view out the front window


I've a pint of Summer Lightning on the desk beside me. (Thats a bottle conditioned bitter)
Anyway, I'll post a photo below of what seems like a distant summer.

CD II

The previous post brought me up to date with the CD's bought this year.
Now posts will reflect new purchases.

7th February 2009
Brogue - Rhythm Of The Celts.

Spotted this album in the local HMV. Never heard of them, but bought it on the strength of the cover photo & track listing.
Brogue are a Scottish duo consisting of :
Brigitte Rodrigues & David Scobie both sharing lead vocal
The music is a mix of traditional, rock and world melodies.

Did I like it, yes, and their latest album is now on my wanted list

Brogue Website

CD's

This year I'm going to post all the CDs I buy on the blog.
This could get to be quite a large project.

3rd January 2009

The Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits.

All the Eagles best tracks from the entire back catalogue.
Includes tracks from the last studio album, Long Road Out Of Eden.
Overall a great album, even better as its a double.




3rd January 2009

The second album of a 2 for £10 from HMV.

Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life

Heard a couple of tracks "Mr Rock & Roll" & "This Is The Life" on the radio and quite liked them.
Thought I'd risk it for a fiver.
Some tracks not to my taste, but I do like her voice.







2nd February 2009

A self titled album by a group called the "Fleet Foxes"

I'd not heard of them, until I bumped into a friend in HMV buying a copy.
We both have a similar taste in music, so I looked them up on youtube.
Liked what I heard so the following week, picked a copy up myself.

Not bad for a fiver. (I don't just buy £5 cd's :) )




Oh and the cover photograph, there is a very similar painting in the waiting room at my dentist

Yet More Snow

Thursday Morning 7am
It just started snowing as I set off for work. (35 mles)
Main roads were not too bad, though got worse behind me. Snowed till dinner time in Lincoln.
By home time the main roads were all clear again :) though side roads looked real bad.
Good job its Friday tomorrow.

Snow Snow Snow

Snowed on Sunday afternoon and night. Didn't get as much round here as they had in some parts of the country. Certainly nothing like London's covering.
Roads were clear going to work (Lincoln). Had some during the day, but had turned more sleet tonight and again roads were mostly clear.
Hope its the same in the morning.

No Snow (Yet)

Its currently quite bright outside, though its tried to snow a couple of times this morning.
The weather forcast is for a lot of snow today and into next week.

Yesterday, was a lovely afternoon.
Took a few shots of the gardens near the local council offices on the way into town. Be interesting to compare them in a couple of months once the flowers start to bloom and the trees come into leaf.