Friday 30 April 2010

120/365:2010 Distance to Empty

120/365:2010 Distance to Empty

The car's computer gives several measures including this one - distance to empty. The number of miles that you should be able to cover until the tank is empty.

Today marks the first third of 365 completed (in terms of months!), but there's another 245 days until we're done. 245 more photo ideas to come up with.

(Plus, just for Wils, we listened to Radio Ulster - the Colin Murray late night programme in Friday nights!)

Thursday 29 April 2010

119/365:2010 Happy Birthday to Me!

119/365:2010 Happy Birthday to Me!

Please don't think I'm a greedy gorb having eaten all this cake by myself. This is the remains of it following staff meeting and afternoon tea! 29 on the 29th.

Select Vestry (the church committee) is on tonight which is a great way to celebrate my birthday!!!

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Tuesday 27 April 2010

117/365:2010 Granny's Birthday!

117/365:2010 Granny's Birthday!

This is my Granny Jean, on her 83rd birthday.

Monday 26 April 2010

116/365:2010 Nuala at Night

116/365:2010 Nuala at Night

This statue at Thanksgiving Square between the Waterfront Hall and Queen's Bridge on the River Lagan in Belfast has been given many alternative names. My favourite is Nuala with the Hoola!

Sunday 25 April 2010

115/365:2010 Full Moon

115/365:2010 Full Moon

A quick and lazy shot tonight after a busy day, preached and did childrens' talk this morning, led the evening service and preached at youth group. This is the moon through our backdoor.

Saturday 24 April 2010

114/365:2010 Arachnophobia?

114/365:2010 Arachnophobia?

Bedtime and this massive spider was on the stairs! He got a wee trip on a piece of paper and a holiday outside. Let's hope he likes it out there!

Friday 23 April 2010

113/365:2010 Back to School!

113/365:2010 Back to School!

This morning I was taking a School Assembly in our local Primary School. Those election posters get everywhere, but then I suppose it's a place where lots of people congregate, and also the place where the votes will be cast on the 6th...

Thursday 22 April 2010

112/365:2010 Late Night Shopping

112/365:2010 Late Night Shopping

It's handy to have a 24 hour shop nearby when things are needed late on! Sadly I thought the big red sign would be lit up and it would make for a good reflection on the car roof, but it wasn't, so instead the big red letters fade away into the night.

Wednesday 21 April 2010

111/365:2010 Happy Birthday to Her!

111/365:2010 Happy Birthday to Her!

It's the Queen's 84th birthday, so I fished in my pocket and found three pound coins with three different portaits on them. Hope she's having a good day! Of course, this is just one of her two birthdays, with the official birthday in June. Does she get twice the number of
presents???

Tuesday 20 April 2010

110/365:2010 First On The Doorstep

110/365:2010 First On The Doorstep

So there's just over a fortnight until the elections, and the first people to come round the doors were the Conservatives and Unionists. Can Trevor Ringland unseat a certain Mr Robinson? Here in Dundonald we have a bonus by-election to fill the seat on Castlereagh Borough Council vacated by a Mrs Robinson. I wonder just how much paper is used in the election campaign and ballot papers?

Monday 19 April 2010

109/365:2010 Going, Going, Gone

109/365:2010 Going, Going, Gone

The Belfast Wheel pods have all disappeared, so it's just the main frame left standing...

Sunday 18 April 2010

108/365:2010 Percy's Piglets

108/365:2010 Percy's Piglets

Yum Yum!

Saturday 17 April 2010

107/365:2010 Mystery Object

107/365:2010 Mystery Object

What is this?

Friday 16 April 2010

106/365:2010 The End of the Wheel

106/365:2010 The End of the Wheel

The Belfast Wheel is being deconstructed over the weekend, having finished its turn in Belfast last Sunday. The Belfast skyline will seem very bare next week...

Thursday 15 April 2010

105/365:2010 The Opera House

105/365:2010 The Opera House

Had a quick wander round Great Victoria Street tonight and caught this image of the Grand Opera House lit at night, with a handily passing bus providing the dramatic movement in the right corner.

Wednesday 14 April 2010

104/365:2010 Gaz

104/365:2010 Gaz

Complete lack of inspiration today until I spotted the Church of Ireland Gazette on my desk. It's the weekly newspaper of the Church of Ireland, but what I spotted was a form of my nickname at school - Gaz, or Gazza. Something I haven't left behind though, as some in church have taken to calling me that too!!!

Tuesday 13 April 2010

103/365:2010 Docs

103/365:2010 Docs

My old Doc Martens which are mostly worn for cutting the grass now. First cut of the back garden this evening.

Monday 12 April 2010

102/365:2010 Welcome to Stormont

102/365:2010 Welcome to Stormont

A big day for Northern Ireland (despite the attempts of some terrorists to wreck it). I had a lunchtime walk in Stormont Estate and spotted this new angle on the old building.

Sunday 11 April 2010

101/365:2010 Waspy

101/365:2010 Waspy

Wasp in the whin (gorse) bushes on the north Down coast at Seahill.

Saturday 10 April 2010

100/365:2010 Evidence of Easter Eggrolling

100/365:2010 Evidence of Easter Eggrolling

Up at the Knockagh War Memorial above Carrickfergus today, and as I walked down the hill, I could see lots of egg shells and bits of boiled eggs. That's odd, I thought, then realised they must have been rolling their eggs at Easter on the hill here!

Today was a great day weather-wise, and I took quite a few photos on my big and proper camera, enough for a month of uploads - but I'm sticking to my photo-a-day rule for my 365, so if you want to check out some alternative candidates, click on the photo and explore around my Flickr!

Friday 9 April 2010

099/365:2010 What Else?

099/365:2010 What Else?

Day 99 of the 365 photo challenge, and there was only one thing the photo could be. A 'ninety-nine' is an ice cream poke (wafer cone) with a Cadbury's chocolate flake in it. Maud's ice cream, obviously, and honeycomb in flavour!

Incidentally, did you know that Mr Morelli, the founder of the ice cream brand and cafes in Northern Ireland died at the age of 99?

Thursday 8 April 2010

098/365:2010 Night Driving

098/365:2010 Night Driving

Perhaps the closest to midnight I've got without having my photo taken... Don't worry, I wasn't driving at the time...

Wednesday 7 April 2010

097/365:2010 Budding Genius

097/365:2010 Budding Genius

Cotton Wool buds in a last minute shot...

Tuesday 6 April 2010

096/365:2010 The Birthday 'Girl'

096/365:2010 The Birthday 'Girl'

My mum's birthday today, shared with Ian Paisley and Paul Daniels!

Monday 5 April 2010

095/365:2010 The Pictures

095/365:2010 The Pictures

It's nice having a cinema very near to home.

Sunday 4 April 2010

094/365:2010 Risen!

094/365:2010 Risen!

The Easter Greeting from Church this morning. Jesus is alive!

Saturday 3 April 2010

093/365:2010 Value for Money?

093/365:2010 Value for Money?

Late shopping in Tesco and their special offer makes a mockery of the 'better value' pack. Most people would buy the big one to get value for money, yet it's actually cheaper to buy two smaller ones!

Friday 2 April 2010

092/365:2010 Hot Cross Buns

092/365:2010 Hot Cross Buns

Good Friday, and some seasonal food (although I like them all the time!)

Thursday 1 April 2010

091/365:2010 Home Communions

091/365:2010 Home Communions

The borrowed Home Communion set I'm using this week to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus with those who can't make it out to church any more.