I feel as though I’ve been time travelling at the speed of light since it’s already the first week of May and my last post was a just a quick Easter message so I’m going to travel backwards in time now with this recap.
Mid April and the first stop was London and a brief meet with a very dear friend. It was also a chance for the Ricoh to practice its forte i.e. some street photography in Covent Garden where the camera sometimes unwittingly captures personal dramas. Also a splash up lunch at the Royal Opera house and on to the Royal Academy exhibition of Brazilian modern artists.
Next stop was Germany and the chance to spend some time with another lovely friend and photo blogger Kiki @ CKOH Photography. Over the years we have met up in London and I always envy her talent as well as value her company.
This time the street photography emphasis was on people within the framework of Stuttgart architecture for which the black and white format suits, even on brilliant sunny days. I’d accidentally switched the setting to cross processing in the Black Forest spa town of Bad Wilbad but regained colour perspective for the red sandstone of Hirsau monastery and castle.
Back home for Easter and then a friend to stay for a few weeks, and also help with a some jobs in my Japanesque garden, including finishing touches to the Teahouse style gazebo.
The tail end of April brought some scorching weather which accelerated the Spring bulbs into an unwelcome summery demise. And the old saying of ‘Ash before Oak, in for a soak’ did not apply as already the young oak leaves and flowers were appearing in the nearby fields whilst Ash still held itself within sooty buds.
The runes however did not predict the Covid virus which has laid me low for the past 10 days or so and from which I’m just recovering though the airways were making some tell-tale V signs in the sky!
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