Identity Crisis – My mother’s Christian name is a little different. Which led to some confusion when I started completing my emigration paperwork. 2
A typical example…
…of why everything takes so damned long.
I scanned my Visa application instructions for Ginger, and so that a copy can be put on the www for others to see (the version online right now is out of date).
I had just finished when I realised the first page had all my personal details on it, and so I had to scan it all over again.
August 23, 2008 16:13
Resignation – I have to give three months’ notice at work. So linking the end of my employment to having my US Visa is a nightmare. One-minute read
August 21, 2008 12:19
My Little Car – Once petrol went over a £1 a litre I noticed an interesting phenomena. Suddenly most of the big gas guzzling SUVs, BMWs, Mercs and Audi’s et al started cruising at modest speeds in the inside lane leaving the fast lane free for nippy little compact cars like mine to zip along. One-minute read
August 10, 2008 16:23
Plans are afoot – With the possibility of the Visa being approved any day more and more likely we’ve been turning our thoughts to fixing a few dates. Two-minute read
August 2, 2008 21:36
Keith’s Graduation at the University of Southampton. +3
July 24, 2008 16:34
Officiating at Graduation (365:167). 2 pictures
July 17, 2008 15:39
Graduation Preparations 2008 (365:166) 2 pictures
July 16, 2008 12:52
A view of the sunset from Butser Hill in Southern Hampshire, UK.
July 2, 2008 20:40
Sitting in the front seat – Back to work for me today, so Ginger has had to keep herself entertained. After work, we went for a walk along the beach. As neither of us took a Self-portrait during the day we did a mini-shoot in the car when we got back to the flat. 2
June 23, 2008 21:34
Doing the American tourist thing — Our route back from Birmingham took us near Stonehenge, at which point Ginger declared “Rebbie will never forgive me if I don’t go see it.”
June 17, 2008 11:48
Fourteen months later – finished – A lot of water has passed under the bridge since the night in March 2007 when I started thinking about finishing off the work on the house. Two-minute read, 2 pictures
June 4, 2008 17:00
Stairwell — University of Southampton. The Excellent lighting comes from a single roof-light. Very sixties construction, though I think it may have been built much later.
June 4, 2008 13:52
Occupied (365:123) – Another blanket box picture
June 3, 2008 21:34
Stretch (365:122) – It is about time the blanket box made a re-appearance.
June 2, 2008 23:25
Blanket Box (365:121) – It is about time the blanket box made a re-appearance. 4
June 1, 2008 21:20
I didn’t get to go to Memphis (this year) (365:120) – The girls have gone to Memphis with the choir, and apparently a whole shed load of adults have to chaperone them. It was suggested that maybe next year I should go…
May 31, 2008 15:41
The builders have finished … well almost. 11 pictures
May 24, 2008 12:05
Curry night – May 2008 (365:111) – We’ve all worked together at some time or other and we’ve been getting together on a monthly basis for longer than I care to recall.
May 22, 2008 15:37
Accident (366:097) – It took me one and a half hours to get home tonight because of an accident. 2 pictures
May 8, 2008 13:20
Painting by Peter Ross — I bought a load of these pictures in the 70s for about £5 each. Acrylic on hardboard.
May 5, 2008 16:45
Norfolk Broads Poster. Not normally considered art, but I very much enjoy this style of commercial art.
May 5, 2008 16:38
Keith and Gary, coffee at Lou-Lou’s. May 2008.
May 5, 2008 11:51
Southsea Motor Factors – The colors remind me of India.