Similar to as seen on TV.

Great label, at least whatever it is was cheap and I may even find a use for it sometime.

Another camera special effect.

I'm not usually a fan of camera effects but when I saw this I though I may try out the sparkle one, I think it may have even been appropriate.

Don't be too hard on the camera for the shots today, the air was very murky, smoke I think, and the light wasn't my friend today. I have to get out when conditions are better.

I feel a bit sorry for people having Xmas in winter but I suppose originally that was the whole point of it.

Oops.

A little bit of trouble has led to Council clamping down on activity at Tyto, but when they finally see the little error in #3 they'll wish they had a proofreader like I used to have with Grace, she was superb and often picked up little oopsies that I had missed.
I'm not fond of rule #10 and would be rather filthy on it if I was a nipper again but they have their reason I suppose, and it does help to protect them, but when I was a lad I loved to wander about and explore, and there's plenty more children who are not up to mischief than ones who are.

Me again.

Having fun testing the new camera, this was using the landscape mode that's supposed to make things a bit punchier, pity I don't like the look on this shot, but the purple shirt came up well.

It's hard to believe I'm smiling, it seems more a scowl. Years ago I though I was starting to look a bit Arthur Brough (Mr Grainger in Are You Being Served) which wasn't a look I wanted, I was hoping to be more like John Wayne or Sean Connery, but now I suppose I'll just settle for breathing, good looks are for other people.

Some Gallic charm.

After visiting the cemetery I had a happy disposition that wouldn't go away and I decided to have a walk about Tyto before going home.
Glad I did as someone had built a rather droopy Eiffel tower recently, complete with stick like people walking about the viewing deck

As well as sand birds nesting underneath it, though they were nesting well prior to the tower being built, surprising actually that they haven't met a bully with big feet yet.

Change the belts.

This is a chore that I've put off for a couple of months But first thing this morning I changed Cubby's three accessory belts.

The old ones were still OK but I didn't fancy one breaking if I was on a trip anywhere. I grabbed new ones from China at about 20% of the cost the local sharks desire. This must be one of the last multi-belt cars, the newer single serpentine belt system is vastly simpler and fairly idiot proof, though their tensioners can fail and be rather expensive to replace.

I'm smiling today.

Grace got her plaque through the week. Now all we need are the vases they supply and a couple of holes in the cement to put them.