I Left Home Before Diana This Morning,

into a grey day, 

the good news was that it was not as cold as yesterday, past the snail mail box in the park,

into Beckenham and up the hill past the 'A' sign and into the church, 

and a rather nice treat that one of my photographs was chosen for one of the posters, I was there from 10 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon, and unlike yesterday had a steady flow of visitors calling in,

the first 2 hours I was with one of the club members Steve, the last 2 hours I spent with Roger above who at 2 in the afternoon was joined by his wife Angela who was with Bill on the next 2 hour shift, 

then a walk back to the park, still grey, but at least it was not bitterly cold like yesterday, arriving home I had a few things to do, order my bi-monthly prescription, also make an appointment for my annual foot inspection that all diabetics should have performed as a matter of course, a chat with the shops bookkeeper and also the shops accountant, end of financial year accounts to be approved, next pay for a upcoming trip to Minsmere with the RSPB Bromley Local Group in April,

 it was then time for evening sherry and read,

as Diana was still at work, for tonight a shredded pork pie with broccoli and new potatoes, 'Cheers!', next feet up for a film, for tonight,  

The Swedish Connection, produced in Sweden it was released with English dubbed in, but neither the less an enjoyable film, from the blurb:

"Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy",

and amazingly the film was based on factual events, after it finished, Diana arrived home, so feet up for a coffee and a chat, as I recounted my day and the attendance at the exhibition, after which we watched an Endeavour before we were off to bed.

It Was Diana's Day Off,

but the weather looked so awful we decided to stay in, 

while Diana busied herself in the flat I played with a couple of images, firstly from our latest trip to Kew Gardens for their annual orchid show, 

staying with Kew I decided to play with a photograph of the Palm House, but when I took the photograph the shy was not particularly nice, so I swapped it and made the result black & white, 

in the late afternoon I was out, I was going to help out for the last hour at the Beckenham Photographic Society annual print and digital image exhibition, 

the details above if you have time to visit,

I was going to join Sara for the 6.00 - 7.00 in the evening slot to hopefully answer any questions guests might have,

outside a 'A' board, 

as well as a small,

and a large banner by the entrance, 

as I arrived Brian, who kindly gave me so much help with my new camera, was chatting to, I am not sure if it is Sue or Sheree, after they left Sara and myself looked at the prints, as it happened we both had plenty of time to look at each one in detail, regrettably no one walked in to look, so at 7.00 in the evening we left after one of the club members secured the building and locked up, on the way back home I stopped off at Marks & Spencers for some shopping, also picking up a kebab at the chicken shop on the bridge, arriving home we both tucked into our meal, after which it was a double helping of Deadliest Catch, as there was not much on that we wanted to watch, a film it was for tonight,

Hot Fuzz, the story centres around a perfect police officer that shames his colleagues by his success rate, so the powers that be move him to a quiet backwater in the countryside, but then things hot up for the fuzz, followed by a Endeavour, after that we were both off to bed.

Off To The Photography Club,

where we meet,

a cold and grey start to the day,

no signs of spring in the park yet, 

across Beckenham Green, 

a few areas of the green,

with daffodils putting on a nice show,

in the graveyard, 

a few more,

as well as snowdrops,

arriving at the school Sara was already there, we did not have long to wait for the van,

then we could start to sort through what would be needed for the exhibition at the Church,

the van loaded, 

and secured, 

I walked to the church, the High Street strangely deserted, no kids at school I guess, 

we started unloading the van,

so many bits & pieces,

the heavy ones, the display boards,

and most important, the photographs, there will also be a display of images on a screen in the hall,

the empty hall that the club has hired for its annual exhibition,

unpacking the display boards,

and mounting them on their supports was next,

final positions made, 

and the prints are starting to be affixed to the display boards,

one done, lots more to go,

by now there were several of us helping, 

as visitors enter the hall,

this will be the first display they will see, 

nearly done, the blue board at the far end is where the digital images will be shown, for anyone that missed this yesterday,

here are the details of the exhibition,

as most had been completed I made a move for home, past the church, (this is not the one the exhibition is in),

looking into the front graveyard, a few daffodils, 

and snowdrops, 

lots of snowdrops, 

as I passed the green in one of the raised planters,

I noticed some bright red, 

a few cyclamen were really colourful, arriving home I had breakfast and watched a few documentaries in the afternoon,

until my evening read and sherry, the latest copy of Private Eye arriving this morning, 

for tonight a lamb hot pot, 'Cheers!',

then off for tonight's meeting, but not at the school, tonight we were going to the church hall where we set up the display earlier today, above the digital display of member images, on the left Brian who so kindly gave me so much of his time to show me how things worked with my new camera,

each member could submit 2 digital images and up to 3 prints, 

a few boards were not completed when I left today, here they are, the first a friendly challenge with Image’In Périgny a French photographic club,

 

some of the images above, 

the second board, images from days out and field trips organised by the club,

the third board in memorandum for Nenne van Dijk DPAGB, regrettably I did not have the chance to meet her,

some of her photographs displayed above, 

the hall now bustling with club members, at the front seated looking at the digital images whilst others admired photographs on the boards, there was going to be 2 fun votes, one tonight where members gave one vote for the print and digital image they liked the best, (and no I did not vote for one of my own!), and for the open days members of the public could have a vote each for a print and a digital image, after the meeting I made my way home, Diana arriving shortly after me, so feet up for a Endeavour before we were both off to bed.