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This blog is a photo-diary of 2007, created by Sue Rogers and David Hughes, both graphic designers, and Mike Reed, copywriter. We're all in the UK, based in various parts of South London and Surrey. Since March, we've also been enjoying occasional exotic contributions from Clare Goff, who's shaming us all by doing VSO work in Cambodia. And in May, fellow graphic designer Piers Rutterford joined in too. As well as the blog, you can see a slideshow of all our shots (except Clare's), albeit without the explanatory remarks that sometimes make sense of them.

Wednesday 28 February 2007

Stairwell at St Bride's


28th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Sally looking snooty


28 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Tuesday 27 February 2007

Mad floor it!


Mad floor it!
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

All right, I took this yesterday. But after seeing Sue's shot for today I can't resist.

Jim'll mix it


27th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Monday 26 February 2007

Condiments


26th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Met a new friend on today's walk


26 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Sunday 25 February 2007

The last night of the fair


25th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Light fitting


25 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Toad


frog
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Saturday 24 February 2007

I spy


24th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Imperial War Museum

I claim my crock of gold


Feb 24
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Gymnastic school


gymnastic_school
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Friday 23 February 2007

Birthday cake


23rd February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Short back and sides. (And about time too.)


24 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

It seems having my hair cut also gets me into focus.

BP motor spirit


bpmotorspirit_web
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Thursday 22 February 2007

Psychedelic Norwood


22nd February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Too busy to tidy


23 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Wednesday 21 February 2007

Doorbells


21st February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Wrong side of the tracks


wrongsideofthetracks
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

The boys


21 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Tuesday 20 February 2007

Kebab anyone?


20th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Worst


worst
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.
This is the corner of a little Chinese notebook that contains all my silk swatches for Indochine. They are in fact the best swatches I could lay my hands on so the cover rather belittles the content. I can only assume it is an extension of the Chinese tradition of adopting western words for their inate charm. I'm reminded of a chinese girl whose 'westernised' name is Chloroform - she just liked the sound of it.

Gloom with a view


20 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Monday 19 February 2007

Arty shit


19th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Tree trunk


19 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Snow tree turns pink


pinktree
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Sunday 18 February 2007

Tom picks his moment


18 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Abbe and Marc visit from NYC, and are first to tour the new house. It's worth noting that Marc is standing two stairs down from Abbe.

Bear at the fair


18th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Ducks in a row


ducks_in_a-row
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Saturday 17 February 2007

Rustington Convalescent Home


17 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Took my camera this time. But Mum didn't fancy appearing on the Internet.

Tree


Tree
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Stripey socks


17th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Friday 16 February 2007

Kids' party


16th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Doors open at 2:30 presumably

His bark is worse than his bite


16 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Chemist


Chemist
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Thursday 15 February 2007

Mirror mirror


15th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Rush hour


Rush hour
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Fungus Pt 2


15 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Wednesday 14 February 2007

Rustington


14 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Right. Today I took my Mum, fresh from the hospital after her heart surgery, to Rustington-on-Sea, where she is to spend a few days at a convalescent home on the seafront.

It was a spectacularly beautiful drive through the Sussex countryside, and we passed no end of gorgeous, picture-postcard English villages and acres of rolling country. All of it flaring gold, copper and bronze in the low, bright winter sunlight, and casting long, soft shadows over the fields.

Then we arrived in Rustington, a charming place near Littlehampton, and drove along the sea road (called Sea Road), into the light of a setting sun that speared the rolling southern sea with a bright sword of flame. Etc, etc.

And where was my camera during all of this?

At home.

So I was forced to snap a picture of my Mum's new temporary accommodation on my phone, recalling to myself that you can send pictures to Flickr from your mobile.

I'm sure you can, too, but I'm buggered if I can work out how. Email? On my phone? Doesn't want to work.

So I end up forced to take a picture of the picture on my phone with my real camera.

And now the very lovely place in which my Mum resides (that's her window on the first floor, behind the balustrade) looks like the sort of place Norman Bates might call home.

And I have proved that sometimes, a picture requires a thousand words of explanation. Or near enough.

A lesson learned, I suppose.

Fungus


Fungus
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Romantic balloons


14th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Tuesday 13 February 2007

Alan Kitching at St Bride Library


13th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Over-subscribed

Walk this way


Walk this way
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Plantain Place, SE1


13 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Why don't all street signs still look like this?

Monday 12 February 2007

Time for bed


12 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Didn't manage a shot until it was almost too late. The weird-looking thing on the stairs is a clothes horse we use as a gate to keep the dog at bay.

Birds of a feather


Birds of a feather
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

A grey day


12th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

Sunday 11 February 2007

Kryptonite


Kryptonite
Originally uploaded by biscuitcrackers.

Silver birches


11 Feb
Originally uploaded by Mike Reed of Surrey.

Bargain


11th February
Originally uploaded by Sue Rogers.

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