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10-09-24 I picked up this camera about 10 years ago for a really cheap price (see the connection to the above photo !!! ) when there wasn’t so much interest in film photography. It’s a small ...

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28-08-24 It was a bit of a week last week, an old friend of mine (since 1970) who lives in France passed away. It wasn’t unexpected but it really saddened me. I used to visit them such a lot pr...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/catmint-nepeta-garden-and-cats/

12-08-24 I had forgotten about the film that was sitting in my Olympus OM2sp since October 2023. It was the photobuddies outing and the three of us went to the “Analogue Spotlight” event in N...

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11-08-24 We had so much rain earlier this year that I have been struggling with keeping on top of the garden work. But at last I can see a bit of progress, trying to do a couple of hours each day...

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06-08-24 Drinking / meeting Places. This is the Cafe in town where I meet up with friends, the young couple who run it are really friendly. For this shot I placed the camera on the table, pressed...

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01-08-24 As I’m writing this post it has got very dark and I can hear the rumble of thunder in the distance, hopefully it will clear the air and lower the humidity. These photos are from Octobe...

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29-07-24 ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ I’ve really been enjoying taking macro images in the garden with the film era Olympus 50mm 1.8, and extension tube on my Olympus EPL1. Over the years I have collected q...

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23-07-24 ~~~~~~~ I have a constant battle with my indoor weeping fig plant, it’s winning at the moment. This year it decided to shed most of It’s leaves, and they should be dark green. There ...

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21-07-24 It was the annual “Bring The Paint” event in the city last month, part of the International Graffiti Festival. It should have happened in May but the weather was so bad, wet and cold...

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18-07-2024 I’m nearly getting to the end of my recent door photos, but summer seems to have arrived, at last, so will try and grab a few more door images over the coming weeks. If you would lik...

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17-07-24 In Town, and it was a sunny bright day. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ We are supposed to be getting a new Market Place, but I’ve heard (don’t quote me) that someone has bought up all the property ...

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11-07-2024 A few more doors from walks around town, locally, and with my PhotoBuddies. The weather hasn’t been the best this summer so far, but at least we have had a few dry but mainly dull da...

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04-07-2024 A few doors from a walk last week with my two PhotoBuddies. Luckily the weather was good, for a change. We had a great day and plenty of coffee stops. If you would like to find out mor...

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02-07-24 Walking to the pub. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Claude Claude asleep on his bed next to me on the sofa. When the world (to me) sometimes seems like it’s imitating scenes from the film Idiocrasy, (...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/zenith-lomo-lca-bromide-is-a-drag-2/

24-06-24 My second roll of film this year through the Zenith LCA. I haven’t been able to get any of my preferred film developers recently, but I found a very old bottle of Agfa Rodinal hiding a...

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12-06-23 The kittens and their mum are doing really well at the cat charity foster home. They have all opened their eyes. So pleased they are safe and being well cared for. ~~~~~~~ Some images fr...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/kitten-update-and-walkabout-images/

03-06-24 It was a lovely bright day yesterday (Sunday) unlike Saturday which was dull and quite chilly. So I took my old Olympus E620 out into the garden with the 35mm Zuiko Macro lens. Macro pho...

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01-06-24 Really good news about the kittens and their mum. I had contacted a cat charity that have helped in the past, had a call from them on Thursday morning to say they had a space for the kit...

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29-05-24 ******* Olympus E620, Zuiko 35mm Macro Lens. Kitten Update The kittens opened their eyes for the first time yesterday, they all look really cute. I’ve deliberately not disturbed them t...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/in-my-garden-and-kitten-update/

23-05-2024 It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted on “Thursday Doors” the weather here in the UK has been changeable to say the least. The last two days have been really cold so back o...

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20-05-24 The Kittens are nearly a week old now, and growing fast. Mother cat is being very attentive spending most her time with them. The fun will start when they open their eyes !

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15-05-24 I have been feeding 3 homeless cats for the last 2 years or so, then 3 months ago another one turned up. Unlike the others she wasn’t neutered and was very timid/wary so I wasn’t rea...

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04-05-24 It was Claude’s 3rd Birthday on the 27th April. He got some nice treats and we had a really long play session with his favourite toy, one of my old hiking boot laces. ~~~~~~~ The weath...

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23-04-24 My old Zenith Lomo was my carry around camera on my trips to town and locally for a couple of weeks in March. Hadn’t used it for a few years but everything seemed ok so I loaded it up ...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/zenith-lomo-about-town-brain-left-at-home/

15-04-24 Sunday was a lovely sunny day but I have a lousy cold, my head feels as if it’s full of cotton wool. I felt the urge to take a few images of the garden as spring seems to have arrived ...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/sunday-morning/

10-04-24 Had a good meet up and walk about with my two Photo Buddies on Monday. A few coffee stops and a photo exhibition. The weather was quite dull as has been the norm recently. So to bring ou...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/photo-buddies-meet-up-and-james-bond/

07/04/24 Met up with my photo Buddies a couple of weeks ago, as usual a wet and grey sort of a day. It was good to get together again though, one of the guys hasn’t been too well recently but s...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/photo-buddies-meet-up/

05-04-24 The last few images from the Agfa half frame camera. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Claude Claude’s friend Henrietta often pops in for a visit, they both get on well a...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/agfa-optima-parat-3-in-town/

21-03-24 I loaded this roll of film into the little half frame Agfa at the end November 23, hence the Christmassy images. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ I’ve got enough images for another post from th...

https://coronet66.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/agfa-optima-parat-2-out-and-about/

11-03-24 I have wanted one of these lovely half frame camera’s for a long time, but they have either been in poor condition or really expensive. So when one turned up on that auction site for �...

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