Vacations

Times when we spend more than five days away from home and not working.

Late at night sitting on my uncle’s sofa, apparently with a ceramic pigeon sticking out of my head (365:180) — UK June 2011 – Day 15. More hiking, lots of driving, and a fish supper.

Larchwood path. 4

Uncle Keith, Gary and Ginger on Dumyat, Stirling, Scotland (365:179) – UK June 2011 – Day 14. Time to get some hiking in again

View from the near the road near Largs Scotland across the Firth of Clyde twoards Great Cumrae and Bute. Color Photograph

Looking Towards the Islands – Looking across the Firth of Clyde towards Great Cumbrae and Bute. Taken from near Largs, Scotland.

View from the near the road near Largs Scotland across the Firth of Clyde towards Great Cumrae and Bute. Black and White Photograph

Looking Towards the Islands (Black & White) – Looking across the Firth of Clyde towards Great Cumbrae and Bute. Taken from near Largs, Scotland.

On the beach near West Kilbride (365:178) – UK June 2011 – Day 13. Today we had a longish drive, by UK standards anyway. Birmingham to Cumbernauld (North East of Glasgow).

Tonight we are in Shirley (365:177) – UK June 2011 – Day 12. “Surely you can’t be serious.” “I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.” One-minute read, 2 pictures

Watching Coldplay live at Glastonbury in 3D. And today we met Dandy. Two-minute read, 6 pictures

Hands (365:175) — UK June 2011 – Day 10. Today was a day for recovering.

UK June 2011 – Day 9. A trip out to visit family. 10 pictures

Rest day (365:173) – UK June 2011 – Day 8. Today we didn’t do a lot.

Gary and Ginger at the Tate Modern (365:172).

Encased staircase with Floor 4 marking at the Tate Modern, London UK

Floor 4 – Tate Modern.

Visitors to the Tate Modern (London UK) study a huge pile of porcelain sunflower seeds

Porcelain Sunflower Seeds – Ai Weiwei – I wish I’d been able to see the full installation.2 pictures

Dinner with Robert and Mel (365:171) 6 pictures

At the end of the evening (365:170) – UK June 2011 – Day 5. A late night family picture of the stragglers.

UK June 2011 – Day 4. Gary and Ginger braving in the wind outside Southsea Castle.

An evening with Mick (365:168) – UK June 2011 – Day 3. To be more precise a whole day with Mick. 2 pictures

Lego (365:167) UK June 2011 – Day 2. Here I am once more in the land where the plural of Lego is what it should be – Lego.

Layover at Chicago (365:166) – UK Vacation – Day 1. The day was going well until I checked on my camera. Two-minute read

Packed and ready to go (365:165) – I had a busy day processing pictures.

Bluffs on the Meramec River at Meramec State Park, Missouri – I love my little Fuji Finepix F30 compact, it produces such ‘painterly’ pictures.

Color photograph of Red Bluff on Huzzah Creek, Davisville, Missouri

Red Bluff on Huzzah Creek, Davisville, Missouri – With Mick heading back to the UK, we had a couple of days leisure time before we had to collect the girls at St Louis.

Pines Overlook Campsite at night. Red Bluff Campgound, Davisville

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