Flowers and animals, mix of pics

  A mix of pics from this morning walk.

Flowers and odd pics.

 

 A few random pics from the last few days, all shot on the Lumix TZ80 compact.  mainly because I carry it around with me all the time.

 

Stained glass

 

 Took these yesterday.

 

Eurovision time

 

 Yes it's Eurovision time again!   The show where the best song wont win.  This is because the voting is a joke.  It's been a joke for decades, countries voting for thsir mates, shunning the countries they dislike.

 To be honest I really dont know why anybody bothers any more?  It's not as if winning a joke competition counts, the singers nearly always (with a few exceptions) vanish back into nobody land after it's over.

 Theres the political arguments every year, and frankly the contestants are terrible as are most of the songs.  It's only worth watching to see the countries fiddle the voting to suit their mates.  Terry Wogan used to take the piss out of it, indeed he was miles more value than any of the contestants.

 This year it seem almost every contestant is non-binary, and got dressed in the dark.  My God what a bunch.  I thought it was a casting session for the new Mad Max film when I turned the telly on.

 Then theres the title.  Eurovision.... Except Isreal and Australia are in it, along with a number of other non European countries.  So change the bloody name then twats!

Fire and dead bee

 

 Two shots from last night, the dead bee was in the garden and it seemed a good subject to test the macro on my compact out on.  The fire was last nights beach bonfire.

 Nice evening all around.

Both shot on the Lumix TZ80

 

Two from last night.

 

 Took quite a lot of pics last night, heres two for now.  High iso Canon 7d

 

Chilling, coloured shapes and a dandylion.

 

 A rather odd random selection of shots from yesterday.  Canon 7d 18-135mm lens

 

Shadows. Some black and white shots.

 Took these today looking for shots with shadows in them.  Canon 6d2 50mm lens

Red leaves

 

 Shot yesterday on a Canon 7d and a Sigma 18-250mm lens.

 

Squares two

 

 A few more shots from a day or two ago.

 

 

Carved wood

 

While over the hospital and killing time I spotted this.  Shot on my phone.

 

 

Squares!

 

 Took these last night, coloured fabric squares, actually quite small, about an inch square. Shot on the  Lumix TZ80 compact.

 

 

 

 

Tablets.

 

 Tablets, not the Ipad kind, the ones we take to make us better when we're ill.

 As you get older things in the human body start wearing out/going wrong.  Thats why lots of older people are on medication of one sort or anothe (and some young people)r, be it for high blood pressure, heart problems or any of a legion of other various conditions .

 One thing they pretty much all have in common is you have to take them at regular times (mostly) and not stop taking them without consulting your doctor unless it's a set course of medication.

 Thats all well and good.... Except... Sometimes they can be hard to take!

 To be fair I dont have any issues taking tablets, I can swallow them dry if needs be (not a great idea) but a problem I do have is getting the bloody things out of the packets.  You see I take a few different tablets twice a day.  They come from the chemist in a paper bag... inside of which is a plastic bag.

 Inside the plastic bag it the box, sealed shut.  Once you've prised your way down to the card of tablets you can take your dose... or can you?  You see my meds have changed, from one brand of tablet to a different (cheaper?) brand.  Now I dont mind that.  The problem I have is getting the tablet out of the foil card.

 My God the foil is thick, way too thick if you ask me.  I'm breaking the tablets pushing them through the foil.  Now I can still take them, but now I'm taking powder instead of a tablet.  Oh God they taste bad, really bad!!!

 So now I'm left with using a knife to cut the foil.  Not the end of the world you say.  Well no it's not.  But I'm a burly bloke with all his fingers working.  Not an 90 years old lady with stiffened fingers and dodgy joints.  If I cant get them out of the packing how is the old lady supposed to?

 Will she just stop bothering when it gets hard to get them out?  Not everybody has someone to help get them out of the packing, or able to do it themselves.

 So if you have elderly or infirm realitives or neighbours next time you see them ask if they need any help getting their tablets out of the packing.  They might be glad of the help.

More shots from Saturday

 

 A few more pics from Saturday.  All shot on a canon 5d4 or 5d3.

 

 

 

A few pictures from yesterday

 

 Got these yesterday, either a Canon 5d3 or a 5d4 (used both) and a 24-105mm lens.

 

The perils of flying

 

 Flying is really pretty safe.  Yes I often mentions accidents here, but in fairness they are really few and far between.  The chances of being on a crashing plane are less that driving to the airport.... That said it depends on where you fly.

 In the west your fairly safe on the big carriers, a bit less safe on smaller airlines, and a fair bit less in light aircraft or helicopters.  But still reasonably safe.

In some other countries...  well you take your chances.  Most big national airlines are reasonably safe (with one or two exceptions) smaller airlines or light aircraft and your a lot more likely to die in an accident.

 This is due to several factors.  Lack of maintainence is the big one.  Then it's poorly trained or in some case untrained pilots flying a death trap scrap plane. Yes it is that bad in some countries.

 But often overlooked is the airport itself.  Many have rough runways, no air trafic control, no landing aids like ILS, bad weather and unfenced runways.  The last factor is no firefighting equipment or medical help.  

If you crash landing (take off and landing are by far the most risky parks of flying) your on your own, maybe for hours until even basic help arrives.

 That brings us to todays accident.  A Cessna in Ecuador.  This aircraft on landing hit a donkey crossing the runway.  No it's not a joke, it's real.  Sadly the donkey died but luckly the passengers survived unharmed.

Fire photos

 

 From last nights bonfire.

 

A few beach photos.

 Taken recently when my son and I went for a walk.  Both on my phone.

Derelection part 2 Sony ZV1

 

 The rest of the pics from the Sony ZV1