Diana Was On Early Shift Today,

so I played with a few more photographs, 

these are all from the infrared camera, if you are interested in infrared photography, I made a post on my infrared blog here as to how I process them, 

the sensor in the camera 'sees' differently than a normal sensor, the colours are shifted and changed, 

and also you can give the photographs a even more different look by colour swapping, I carried on playing after Diana had arrived home in the afternoon until the time for our evening meal, as we watched a Outback Opal Hunter and a Deadliest Catch, after which a couple of films, firstly having seen the latest Naked Gun at the cinema we decided to watch the first in the film series,

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, so much better in every way to the latest Liam Neeson film, after which a slightly mores sinister police adventure,

Ransom, a multi million has his child knapped but instead of offering a reward for the return of the child, he offers double the ransom demand for the capture of the kidnappers, with unexpected results! a enjoyable film in a slightly perverse way, after which one from the It Ain't Half Hot Mum box before we were off to bed.

We Were Up Early,

and on our way, sort of, 

we are going to visit Rainham Steve, all was well, but when we looked to confirm the train times a hour or so before we left, the train from Beckenham Junction to Bromley South had been cancelled! so a mini cab it was to Bromley South for the train to Rainham to meet Rainham Steve, at his home his back garden was the venue for our Sunday lunch along with Bob & Debbie, it was perfect,

as was Steve's man apron, 

first things first, open the bubbly, 

any second now, 

the cork was up and away, 

after a delicious lobster bisque soup, we all tucked into a roast beef Sunday roast with all of the trimmings, 

and the the pièce de résistance, a sherry trifle made by Steve, who it has to be said was once a professional chef, Debbie,

and Bob admiring his creation,  

and here he is, 

the portions served with cream were huge, 

and so delicious, Diana and myself both agreed that it was the most delicious trifle we had ever tasted, what a wonderful day we all had, a big thank you and huge well done to Steve, in the evening after saying our farewells we were soon on the train back to Bromley South, 

where Mr. Sleep paid me a visit, arriving at Bromley South no train to Beckenham Junction so a Grab taxi it was, except there were not any! thankfully after 20 minutes or so a bus arrived, so home we went, Diana went straight to bed as she is on early shift tomorrow, for myself a spiced rum and a Bangers & Cash before I too was off to bed.

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and I was out, 

to pick up Kai, today was Steve's 69th birthday, also the day that we were putting Steve's ashes in the family grave, from left to right Liz, Mike, Kai, Jeremy, Kathy, myself and Clair, it was a solemn occasion as you might guess, it still seems almost unbelievable that Steve is not with us, the vicar conducted the service impeccably, after which we went back to Kai's home where Kai had prepared a huge meal for us all, after saying our farewells I made a move for home, Diana by now was at work, I played with a few photographs, 

this one from one of our days in Vietnam, after playing with them,

it was time for my evening read and sherry, 

my meal for tonight was liver & bacon, 

'Cheers!', after which looking at the Saturday evening's entertainment on the television I decided on a The Borgias fest, as I mentioned it is set from 1492, the year Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI the series takes you through period of the late 15th and early 16th centuries in Italy, I watched episode after episode until Diana returned from work, it was then time for a coffee and a chat as well as one from the It Ain't Half Hot Mum box set before we were off to bed.

Diana Left For Work,

late in the morning,

 

after she left I played with a few of my photographs, these are just a few of them, the first when we visited Saigon way back in November 2015, we were on the Saigon River as it runs through Saigon, (now known as Ho Chi Minh City),

 

the second couple, 

from a walk past the O2 back in July 2016, 

in the early evening time for my read, but today not a sherry, I am picking up Diana from work, also first thing tomorrow morning I will be driving, 

for tonight a left over Indian meal,

which was delicious, I later tucked into some strawberries as I watched a evening of The Borgias, what a family! during one episode Diana called so off to pick her up from work, arriving home a Poirot had just started, so we watched that tucking into some raspberries that Diana had brought home, and chatting away until it was time for bed.

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and I was downstairs putting the wheelie bins out for collection, 

it was not actually our turn, but one of the residents had moved out, so I was taking their 'turn' and the bins were heavy!, for some reason every bin was full of really heavy rubbish, after taking 6 of them out to the collection area I was bushed, next a walk into town, 

through the green,

passing one of the resident squirrels, 

and past the graveyard, 

I was going back to school, well not really, Andrew from the photographic club had asked for volunteers to help with this, 

the clubs shed in the school grounds, it is where the club stores their bits & pieces needed for each meeting, well we have to have a coffee or a tea in the evening meetings,

the ends of the roof needed to be fixed, roofing felt overlaid, 

and ends put in place, and here is Andrew, job completed, so home and time for a coffee, before I headed back in to town, I had a few things to drop off at the shop, by now it was late afternoon and I realized I did not put my weekly trip to visit Duncan on yesterdays blog, so here it is, 

arriving at the nursing home where he stays I noticed on thing about the parked car on the left, I must remember not to park there, above it a chestnut tree, 

and in it these seed pods that will in a few weeks open, and if one of the seeds inside falls on your car, you will have a nasty dent in it if you are unlucky enough for one to fall from the upper branches, inside it was one of Duncan's bad days, he hardly said a word, although he was awake, even eating his favorite snack, salt & vinegar crisp, a trial for his hands as he is starting to have difficulty using them, he was in his own world, when his lunch arrived we said our goodbyes, 

it is so sad to see him like this, over the 50 years or more that we have known each other we have had so many wonderful times when he was active and we travelled so much together, back to yesterday, after my evening meal Diana arrived home, so feet up for a coffee and a chat as we watched,

The Core, the Earth's core has stop spinning, disasters are appearing all over the world, birds acting crazy, powerful thunderstorms, 32 people died to the second in a 10 block radius but everyone else is unharmed, great start to the film, and good special effects, then for us we were off to bed.

I Had Another Quiet Day Playing With My New Camera,

which had arrived,

regular readers will know I use a Lumix GX8 and a Lumix FZ 200/220, well as we are going on a 5 week holiday to Thailand and the Philippines I was going to take the FZ200/220, but as it is a bit long in the tooth I thought it would make sense to buy a refurbished later model the FZ300/330, just incase the 200/220 decided to go mustang on the trip, it was advertised that as well as a battery and charger, it would come with a new camera bag and a 32mb card, it all arrived, but, it had a 64mb card included! I was at a loss to know why I had received a much better card, and then I received this:

Dear S F KEMP,

The following order has been shipped to your delivery address:

Congratulations on being our upgrade winner for Monday therefore your kit has been upgraded from the 32gb to the 64gb card giving you twice as much capacity for pictures and movies :)

a big 'Thank You' to Richard at the UK Camera Store Ltd as you might expect I played with my new toy for the rest of the afternoon until Diana returned home, then we were out for a evening meal,

on to a number 54 bus to the Kathmandu Masala, 

we started on some poppadum's, 

and a sherry for myself, a coke for Diana,

our starters arrived, Diana choose a chicken tikka chat,

 I went with the Kathmandu Sekuwa, which was tender lamb fillets marinated in Nepalese herbs and spices and slow cooked in clay oven, after a long break our main courses arrived, 

we had three main dishes, a chicken, lamb and a prawn dish, 

along with a rice with mushroom dish,

 I nearly forgot the nan bread, we were full to bursting!

but Diana still had room for a couple of pastries soaked in syrup dish, I have forgotten what they are called, 

for myself there was only one sensible choice for dessert, a Caribbean coffee with lashings of rum! the bill came to £112.00 including service charge, and we even had some to take home, no prizes for guessing what I will be eating the next time Diana is on a late shift! arriving home it was feet up for a Midsomer Murder followed by one from the It Ain't Half Hot Mum box set before we were off to bed.