http://www.fretnoise.com Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:43:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a rare blog entry with text, I'd like to introduce my reader(s) to my new son, James. Here he is alongside a handy 'scale-device': James was born on Monday the 2nd of June at 1:13am, weighing 7lb 13oz (or the same as about 3 and a half bags of sugar). ... http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/06/08/baby-james/ Our good friends (of far too many years to mention), Keith and Jenny, got married on Friday.  Huge congratulations to you both from Mary, Harry, the bump and me, and thanks for a lovely day.  The sight of two of my oldest friends being delivered in the back of a ... http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/04/13/mr-and-mrs-f/ Well, maybe they did but not to us. Or at least I was too stressed to listen. Today marks the first anniversary of my marriage to Mary. Thanks again to everyone who made the 31st of March, 2007 so special, not least my lovely wife. Here's to many, ... http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/03/31/and-they-said-it-wouldnt-last/ http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/03/22/links/ There was an old lady, Who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, Perhaps she'll die. (A fly, on some kind of furry plant, at Grove Ferry. I should be a botanist...) http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/03/10/i-dont-know-why/ A rarity, this. A self portrait taken today whilst out and about at Grove Ferry. Don't I look old?! http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/03/09/older-than-i-feel/ The family and I took a trip down to Tilgate Park the other day. The light wasn't great, and I ended up with a metric shedload of 'meh' pictures. I kinda like these two though. The dense undergrowth, and the back of a piglet who was a ... http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/02/24/tilgate-park/ The roof of my car, taken first thing a few mornings ago. The rear end of my car was clearly visible from the window, and was nicely defrosted. The front half, however, was hiding behind our hedge, and Mr Frost had been well in attendance. Oh well, ... http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/02/20/icy-roof/ The same place as the original cliché. http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/02/18/another-cliche/ This is, more or less, the picture I had in mind when I set out for this place last week.  I quite like it, but I think it lacks something.  A sense of scale, perhaps?  A dramatic sky?  The end of the shadow?  There's always next time... (again)   http://www.fretnoise.com/2008/02/18/bw-water-tower/