Start the week with a wow, view first.
Tag: Planet Earth
Start the week with a wow, view second.
Astoundingly, beautiful land and sea-scape photography, by Patrick Smith.
One of the amazing things about the world-wide-web is the way that one can follow links and end up somewhere totally unexpected. This is what happened when I happened across the Blog of Patrick Smith. It was then a short trip to find his home page and then sit in awe at the magnificent beauty of Patrick’s photography. This guy is a wonderful artist.
I sent Patrick an email asking for permission to re-publish one of his photographs and, to date, have not heard back. If it hadn’t been for a comment on his Blog then this Post and the previous one would not have been published by me.
Patrick’s comment on his Blog was:
Some people on —— are having quite a bit of fun with one of my photos. There is a link back to my photo on Flickr where it is getting thousands of views. Some people might get upset but it seems like they are having a good time not at my expense!What do you think about unauthorized use on a blog or ‘just for fun’ website?
Here are some other blog articles showing my work (with links to my websites) but without my permission. It is fine with me. (my emphasis)
It was a difficult call for me to take but, on balance, and taking into account Patrick’s Blog comment, it was decided to show just one of Patrick’s images because I think his work deserves the widest fanfare possible.
So I urge you to visit Patrick Smith Photography and support him in any way that you can.
Patrick may be found at his web site, via his Blog and on Flickr
Enjoy!
Patrick, if you read this and want the pic removed, just let me know!
By Paul Handover
Full moons and ghostie things.
Man’s continuing fascination in unworldly ideas.
When the bedroom light was turned out last night, the full moon was brilliant through the window. Inevitably, we pondered about that massive universe out there. My wish was expressed that before I die, I wanted to know that there 
was life on another planet. This one piece of information would be the most thrilling and challenging fact ever presented to mankind.
So it was rather serendipitous to come across a small clip on BBC Television purporting to show a ‘UFO’ being caught by a live web cam.
However, the BBC also had in their archives another clip that did rather bring things down to earth. Towards the end the reporter interviews the man responsible for crop circles, a better example of an eccentric Englishman would be hard to find!
Bet we still privately hope there is something ‘out there’, don’t we?
By Paul Handover
Sunday observance and a flight to Barra in Scotland
This little story about one of the world’s strangest areas has been doing the rounds and appears in several newspapers. It concerns Sunday observance issues in the Western Isles of Scotland. But first some background.
Sunday post 1
Krakatoa. Is it heading for another deadly eruption? Probably not!
Like many Bloggers, sources of inspiration come from other Blogs and, no less, than this one and Sunday post 2.
So a ‘thank you’ to Naked Capitalism for providing the links to two British newspaper articles both of which seem to have very little to do with capitalism. But it is Sunday, after all!
Learning from Dogs 