At the table

Nice glasses

Nice glasses, a photo by stewils on Flickr.

Right, lets see if I can manage a regular post....

The Chapter House Ceiling, York

 

Spent the weekend in York with Rach and took this in the minster today.
So, thats the first two weeks of the new year blogged...lets see if I can keep it up this year.

A Beautiful Start to the New Year

 

 

Spent new years with some other friends round at my friends Johns parents house which is very nice, very big and on the edge of lake Windemere

But the Black Knight always wins.

Ok, he's not wearing black, but then this isn't a weekly picture blog anymore either, so...
Went to Tatton park to see some medieval re-enactment

 

Spring time again

 

It's the annual blossom picture, but this time taken in Sale where the cherry trees are few in number.

Tree lined lane

 

After a lull I'm going to attempt to get back on the photo a week, so heres the first post.
This is a little lane of trees at a park in Sale.

Nativity

A nice Christmas scene in the middle of the Seoul shopping district.

 

see-through screens (but not mine)

This is the kinda thing that inspired me to try it my self with slightly less impressive results. I would post this in my normal blog....but thats currently being investigated as a spam blog....

see-through screens - Amazing Incredible!

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Merry Christmas and a Hapy new year

And finally, bringing me almost up to date is Christmas party picture. Not quite sure what went into this concoction, but I think it tasted ok...

 

Teachers Day out

This was on the grand day out at the end of term, for the full story have a look at my other blog where I seem to have put up the best picture from the day already. So two are the best of whats left. A portrait I quite like and a landscape from the first toilet stop :)

 

 

Traditional Village

A couple of weeks ago the school district had it's annual outing for the foreigners under it's employ. We were taken to a traditional village lovingly recreated for the modern Korean and foreigner. After a few cold days of blinding sunshine and pure blue skies this was the day the weather decided to break, so it was a somewhat damp, foggy affair.
Korean culture of old it seems was mainly obsessed by the need to have male heirs to carry on the family name.

 

 

This is exactly what you think it is. Traditionally hung outside the house in order to encourage the birth of a boy in the family.

Lest we forget

 

This was from last Sundays trip to the war museum. This is part of the list of names of those who died.

Who watches the watchers

 

Well, in this case, apparently, it's me.

Teaching....

 

This week was the male teachers outing and this month it was beef, not dog, and very tasty cow it was too. This is one of my fellow teachers.

Another Buddha

 

Met up with Dave toaday and visited the seoul national museum.

Never rains but it pours...

I know it's not Sunday, but I was busy, not quite sure doing what though. It's been odd, for the couple of weeks before Japan the camera didn't leave it's bag, then, this week (well last week now, but you get the idea)...school show, staff hike up mountain AND a fireworks display!!! Because I'm generous I'll let you see one of each!

Cute


Tradional Korean fan dance

OK, I lied...I'm showing you EVEN MORE!!!!!

My fave shot from the show.


Maybe 30 floors and apartment block, 4 apartments a floor, one family an apartment...many many many people.


And finally some fireworks over the Han river.

I'm back.

I know I've been slack, and I've not put up a pic for a few weeks, so I thought I'd get back into things with a couple of shots from Japan, and, hopefully, next week, I'll actually put something up I shot THIS week.

 

 

These are both from Kyoto. The girl with the white face is a Geisha, or in Kyoto dialect, Geiko, or an apprentice Geiko, a Meiko. The other is a woman in traditionl Japanese costume. She's not as sharp as I'd have liked, but it's night shot and I like the overall effect.

Wot no photos?

Apologies for not getting a photo up for the last few weeks. The camera just hasn't left the bag. I guess that means I've failed in my attempt to shoot and post every week, but I'll hopefully pick things up this week. This week I'm off to Japan, so lots of new things to shoot. I just need to keep taking the pics once I get back....

Back in Seoul

Ajhimahs have been laying out chilli peppers in the brief spell of sunny days to dry.