I'm glad to have been able to mark Lucy's birthday with a lovely evening with her parents and my brother-in-law.
I think she'd have approved of a family meal in her honour, and she certainly would have been chuffed to find gluten free calamari on the menu.
(The pint is Side Pocket For A Toad, in case you were wondering, and yes, it comes highly recommended)
My attention was drawn to this old fire bucket resplendent in the evening sun.
I smell of spray paint. My house smells of spray paint. My entire neighbourhood probably smells of spray paint.
But progress has been made, and I took a photo.
What an unusually productive evening.
This one's a focus stack at 4.5x magnification
Today has been a day of fixing things - I started out repairing my washing machine, where years of vibration had worn through the paint, and it was starting to go a bit rusty in a couple of spots.
Later on, I picked up a lamp from my parents' that needs a bit of first aid. I shall rewire it and put in new LED lamps to replace the old halogens that have cooked part of the wiring and the lampholders.
Here's one of the bulbs that's given up the ghost - not a particularly amazing shot, but I suppose it tells a story. EOS R5, EF100mm f/2.8 L IS Macro, LED cube lights
I took a walk down the river to see Nottingham's latest river crossing.
A road bridge would have been rather more useful, but it's quite a nice thing all the same.
I'm going to have to get the drone up here at some point soon.
