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Tag: January

My Year in Photos – January 31st – “HOW MUCH?!”

Posted on January 31, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 31st – "HOW MUCH?!", originally uploaded by henweb. Being a fairly quiet day (an increasingly rare occurrence in our house these days), we opted to go out for a nice pub lunch at the Crown at Playhatch – a very nice pub if you’re ever in the area. The…

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My Year in Photos – January 30th – “Here’s one I made earlier”

Posted on January 30, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 30th, originally uploaded by henweb. On a day whose highlights will include a visit to Tesco, two visits by plasterers, a trip out to look for a new oven and numerous loads of washing, I figured I probably wouldn’t get any good photos out of any of those activities….

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My Year in Photos – January 29th – “Building up to bedtime”

Posted on January 29, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 29th, originally uploaded by henweb. At the end of what has been a pretty fecking tiring week, I was pleased to come home and find that Robert was feeling much better, so much so that when I walked in he was treating his mum as a trampoline. For those…

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My Year in Photos – January 28th – “Not a plane funeral”

Posted on January 28, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 28th, originally uploaded by henweb. Today was a bit of a sombre day, being as it was the funeral of my wife’s uncle, who died a week or so ago. The funeral was a very nice service which I won’t dwell on, but the wake was very different to…

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My Year in Photos – January 27th – “Battersea or bust”

Posted on January 27, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 27th, originally uploaded by henweb. Busy day for us today, starting with an early appointment at Starbucks in Clapham, where Milly and I were covering the DAVOS social media session for the Tamar blog/twitter feed. After that we headed over to Battersea for a workshop we were running with…

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My Year in Photos – January 26th – “Red sky at night”

Posted on January 26, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 26th, originally uploaded by henweb. This shot was taken as I walked through Chiswick this evening, at the start of what turned out to be a really nice sunset. Apart from having to explain the “Red sky at night” concept to my American colleague Milly a few weeks ago,…

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My Year in Photos – January 25th – “What shall I paint?”

Posted on January 25, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 25th, originally uploaded by henweb. Today’s photo is of something I saw very early in the day, at around half seven on my way to the M4. I don’t *actually* know what it is, all I know is it’s been erected on the massive building site next to Junction…

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My Year in Photos – January 24th – “A classic evening”

Posted on January 24, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 24th, originally uploaded by henweb. This evening was a momentous evening in chez Elliss – it marked the first time that Sara and I have been out (without Robert) for well over a year. Thanks to Katy, who very kindly babysat for us, we went to see the Royal…

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My Year in Photos – January 23rd – “Feeling broody…?”

Posted on January 23, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 23rd, originally uploaded by henweb. Today we headed over to Hertfordshire to visit our Uni friends Dave and Claire, who recently became parents for the first time. We had a lovely day out, followed up by a lovely pub lunch in Maidenhead and a trip to the Sheeplands farm…

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My Year in Photos – January 22nd – “How not to save money”

Posted on January 23, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 22nd, originally uploaded by henweb. I headed down to the trendy shopping street in Chiswick today (I’m assuming there’s not many of these streets, or I’d have found them by now!) to buy a baby gift for some friends of ours who have recently had a baby. As you’d…

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Spent a few hours in a client meeting this week wh Spent a few hours in a client meeting this week where this was the view from the meeting room. I’ve definitely seen worse views.
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Good morning from a frosty Brimpton Good morning from a frosty Brimpton
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing @actualbenfold Had the absolute pleasure of seeing @actualbenfolds again last night, this time at the @royalalberthall. Not only was it an amazing concert, there was a big surprise at the end when he bought out both @doddleoddle AND the legendary @realmattlucas - what a treat!
Went to the ‘Spectacle of Light’ at @welfordpa Went to the ‘Spectacle of Light’ at @welfordpark (where they film @britishbakeoff) and had a lovely autumnal stroll amongst the lights
As today is ‘Back British Farming’ day, I want As today is ‘Back British Farming’ day, I wanted to give a shout-out to all the farmers in the local area, especially Brimpton’s own @mbowden1954. One of my favourite aspects of living where we do now is being surrounded by countryside and farm land - and being able to see an actively-farmed field at the end of our garden. Every time something’s being done to the field I’m out with my camera, usually trying to figure out the names of all the machinery - and it’s so nice to see a product being grown right from seed to harvest. I know it’s not easy for farmers at the moment, and I dearly hope ours are able to keep farming for many years to come - so if you have one near you, make sure to show them all the support you can!
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