thursday portraits

I am going to try new blogger again
at least it uploads the images in order
just in case here is a selelction of what went on yesterday


from Bristol and thank you for a good clean job fixing the door telephone


with a wagon load of gear

I could hear the sound of the approaching masonry drills - the two installers started on the tenth floor and worked their way down Merton House to me on the seventh


just quality from apple and ancestry

without the flash
smile :-) because I can see you on our new TV door telephone

but I have not read the manual yet

The sunset reflected in the Fire Control as I set out for Solihull

In Firefox on Mac OS 10.4.8 a very high quality image of 1841 England census on ancestry.co.uk and below Family Tree Maker 16 on WinXP on Parallels on my Mac Book Pro with an Apple cinema screen above


new shop design in Touchwood Solihull

window cleaner then chemist library post office

beneath my kitchen window

Facelift Access Hire UK. Cherry picker platforms. Safety equipment shop.





here he comes

"Smile!" I called out




ready to start work at the tenth floor

3 done and next the seventh


a bit futher over >>>>


steeple jack and window cleaner




going down

Next I went across the car park in Crabtree Drive to the doctor to get some more penicillin on prescription


Thank you for your patience
New dispensary computer in use.


in flower already

rubbish has been a while



the benches to the left on the other bank of Kingshurst Brook look as if they just catch the last rays of light


on the bridge

by the benches
new paint needs new tags





gardener or barber at work here?

in Denmark I would pick this up and get some money for it.

the police have run out of space in the station and are using this van as a front offfice

heading for the library

and a computer to make some print outs from gmail

"chick lit" - Google Search
by the computer



Chelmsley Wood Post Office sorting office has LOTS OF OLD LITTER on their lawn


and I posted my New Year's Greeting cards at last -- AKA late Christmas Cards
or one monthe early for this Chinese New Year
the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4705 begins on Feb. 18, 2007.


when I got off the 97 bus on Bosworth Drive the day was over

with promise of a clear cold winter night.

blogger portrait bug fix

Deal or No Deal slot machine

please may I have my football back?

I bought next week's Radio Times in Bosworth Drive and saw this at the back of the shop on my way to an urgent appointment with my doctor in Chelmsley Wood Medical Centre

I am on my way to Solihull hospital and if offline see GENEALOGE blog for an update

portrait fixes in old blogger

the low sun always tempts me for a shadow self portrait
there is a good self portrait in a mirror in the blog too

looking up ORWELL PASSAGE on the map of United Kingdom | Multimap.com
and standing on Allison street - Google Maps
with my back to the Digbeth Police station, and the coppers towing away a badly parked car
fetching rice fish and train ticket

this was a starter photo for the blog to establish weather and time of day

fetching rice fish and train ticket