For The Past Few Days,

I keep meaning to mention that I bought some Marmite, 

as a change for breakfast, a thin layer of Marmite on butter toast is so nice, I am guessing the Australian equivalent is Vegemite, both have a loyal following and both have two camps, either you love it or hate it, I love it!

today was another day of the crows,

taking turns to eat the peanuts, 

occasionally with one trying to out manoeuvrer the other, 

there was plenty to go around, 

after eating,

they were off,

making room for another one,

and away!

making room for the next one,

before he too, 

was off,

then the turn of juniour, but he has a slight problem, I noticed it a few days ago,

he appears to have tumours or a similar growth, 

on his feet/claws,

they do not seem to bother him, he comes and goes as well as his parents, I spent the day re-packing my carry on camera bag, which brought me nicely up to my evening meal,

read and sherry, the latest issue of Private Eye had just arrived, I have mention one featured often before that I like, number crunching, here are the two in this issue, 

and a final reckoning and compensation for the innocent postmasters still goes on and on,

why when I was in my career's master's talk did I not land a job like the one Susan Davy had?

on to my main course, a delicious beef stew, 'Cheers!', then feet up for another one from the excellent,

Hornblower, a great series, each episode nearly 2 hours long, just as it finished Diana arrived home and 

American Gangster, had just started, a look at the other side of law enforcement when both brother officers in the police force and the criminals are against a serving policeman, also the downfall of Frank Lucas, (1930 - 2017), and the officer that brought him down, Richie Roberts, although both Lucas and Roberts were talking to other after Franks release, the true story is here, but he, (Richie), has somewhat fallen from grace according to this article, as it happens we had both watched the film before but it was nice to watch again, after which we were off to bed.

Whilst Diana Was At Work,

I decided to have another play with the glass ball, 

I tried 3 different lenses, 

with varying degrees of failure, 

I guess it did not help, 

that I was shooting towards the sun, but it was the only window I could use unless I wanted to move the dining table and chairs out of the bay window,

I finally ended up with this,

which sort of looked in focus, but shooting through a glass ball the image is upside down,

so here it is downside up, after which we had, after Diana finished work, arranged to meet in O'Neil's, as a regular customer I had been given a weekday 30% off voucher,

and here we are,

drinks ordered, 

a huge beef burger and chips for Diana,

steak and chips for myself, with a extra add on of prawns, so a turf and surf,

plus a few onion rings, 

what a feast!

and here is Diana,

and a 'Cheers!', from myself,

we then shared a Baileys ice cream sundae, it was all so nice, the bill with the 30% off of our bill including service charge a very reasonable £38.52 plus another £8.40 as we ordered a dessert and could only use the 30% off voucher once, I have to say the pub looked so nice with its Halloween decorations being put up, next a walk through the park and home, where it was feet up for a film, Diana decided on,

 The Other Boleyn Girl, which we both enjoyed watching again, we do like costume/period/drama films, after which a Have I Got A Bit More News For You before we were off to bed.

For Some Reason There Were No Foxes Today,

but the crows made up for it, 

it was a non stop food fest for them, 

both parents,

and the youngster, 

repeatedly, 

called by, 

for peanuts on the window sill,

the last one, 

then goodbye, 

as they then started burying the peanuts in the garden, this is junior above, you can just see the white of his white wing patches, I spent the day packing all of the accessories that I will need for my upcoming trip, unfortunately due to using a small bag to go in the 4x4 as requested, I am so short of space, the tripod good as it is takes up so much room, what little is left is not as much as I would like, but there it is, on to my evening meal, 

first a read and a milk, driving tonight, 

then a huge bowl of delicious beef stew that Diana had left, 'Cheers!', next of to a meeting of the Beckenham Photographic Society, this evening we had a presentation from a professional photographer whose name I have forgotten, note to self, must take notes! the talk was so interesting, he had in 1 year travelled to 73 countries on various commissions, working for some of the most well known UK and International companies, after which I was off to pick up Diana from work, arriving home it was feet up for a real treat, a nearly 2 hour long special about the life and times of Buster Keaton, titled:

The Great Buster - A Celebration, and what a treat it was, remembered in the UK for so many silent films, this documentary also looked at his later career in shows, series and advertisements, so many different sides to his lifelong career, as it ended we were off to bed.