I Did Not Have A Lot Planned For Today,

so I made a start on bringing down all of the Christmas decorations from upstairs, 

then spent some time in playing with photographs that I had started to arrange in categories and then give them a black background, the photographs above the black background ones are as they come out of the camera,

 this collection titled Steam Engines, 

in our travels in Thailand, we would often bump into people you could call characters, 

like Mr. Gold, from the Thailand collection, 

a arowana, 

from the fish collection, 

when we were in Venice, 

from Masks,

Bonsai, 

from a trip to Wakehurst, Bonsai, 

this one again from Thailand, 

but in the section Boats, as when I am playing with my infrared photographs, it is great fun seeing the end results, I should say the finished image with the black background may look out of focus, but in reality when printed they are pin sharp, 

after Diana returned home it was time for a read and a sherry, 

before bangers and mash, 

'Cheers!',

Diana made herself a noodle dish, 

we then watched the start of the Netflix series Vikings, which was remarkably good, I am sure we will be watching a few more episodes, after which Diana was off to bed, the combination of early starts and late finishes had caught up with her, for myself,

a old favorite Jojo Rabbit, a highly satirical film set in WWII, with NAZIS, Jews, the innocence of youth and the horror of war, it seems strange to say it, but as before I thoroughly enjoyed watching it again, after which I was off to bed.