Highlights this week were the Supermoon and tracking down cans of tomato puree. The weather continued to be sunny and just how I like it, so I’ve been in the garden reading a lot of the time. I also dug over another bed and scattered more seed. I have a saucer with the ends of carrots and radishes sprouting. These are experiments because I’ll admit I’m no gardener. I have some aubergine seeds sprouting by the look of things (everything looks weed-like to me in the first stages).
I became quite obsessed with the Supermoon and one of my sons brought out the smaller of his telescopes and we set up in the front garden before moving to the back garden to carry on as the moon rose over the roof of our neighbour’s house. I was able to cadge a look at Venus through the telescope and my son pointed out Orion’s Belt. Anyway, I took a ton of photos messing around with increments of exposure (both up and down) to try for that perfect shot. I am limited a little with a bridge camera and the length of zoom, but I came away with some shots I was happy with.
When I woke up sometime after three o’clock the next morning I decided to get up and see how the Supermoon was doing (I’d heard it would be at its best at that time). Through the kitchen window all I could see was cloud and a few breaks where I could see the light of the moon, but no moon. I made a mug of tea and went into the lounge on my laptop (as you do), but with one eye looking through the curtains every so often to see what progress the cloud had made. Finally, I saw something worth going outside for. Yes, there I was in my jim jams sitting on the bench trying to steady the camera (all my shots are hand held). This went on for almost two hours – in and out of the house – until at about 4.45am when I got full moon shots. I uploaded them onto my laptop and went back to bed.
The following evening my other son said the moon looked even better. Did I need an excuse? Nope. I went into the front garden for a few shots, and yes I think it did look better.
I have managed only one walk this week (we are very limited for decent walks living as we do in an urban area). This walk incorporated a busy road before heading off down through a golf course. On the way back through the high street I did my shopping and finally found the coveted tomato puree. Still looking for plain flour.
If you are missing views around London and learning a bit of history, I’d highly recommend Look Up London (who I have been on real walks with). Katie is running virtual tours about three times a week through Facebook and Instagram. Details through her website here.
See you next week.
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