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We popped to Eastry Fête today as it was a sunny afternoon. It seemed strange to see the Band playing and not to be a part of it but it was nice to be able to stroll around, have a chat and take some pictures.

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First driving lesson ....

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Marley passed his Bronze Award at Dog Club tonight. I have to say that he did really well with his one minute sit - stay and his heel work was great. I was concerned though because barking at the Boxer and trying to hump the Golden Retiever probably didn't score us many points.

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A quick phone pic taken on the QE2 bridge on today's journey home.

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My son's Birthday today so we had Indian takeaway. The restaurant owner sent a couple of bottles of Bangla beer for him - what a nice gesture.

194/365 The Wall

I am short of inspiration - I have photographed just about everything of any interest in the house. I've hit the 365 wall.

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Children are getting brighter, exams are getting harder, education constantly improves... so how come mine can't work this out?

192/365 Marley's Birthday

So Marley has made it to his first Birthday. Amazing how many stories I have to tell from such a short period of time. Marley spent most of today in the garden chewing on a massive bone. I spent the day patching up after him!! The pond had to be emptied to recover all the things he's dropped in - he had even managed to pull out the fountain pump and chew that. Let's hope the next twelve months are as entertaining as the last.....watch this space.

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189/365 Ham Sandwich

This is a very frequently photographed signpost. Sadly, for some a picture is not enough people actually steal it. You can see from the picture that the pertinent part is newer than the rest of the construction.

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Due to the current economic climate all pots of gold have been temporarily suspended. Normal service will resume as soon as possible.

187/365 Wind Turbine.

I've been waiting to try and photograph this but tonight's attempt was a failure. I wanted to underexpose the sky and use a slow shutter speed to get some motion blur in the blades also use a reflector or flashes to light the structure. Sadly I failed on all of the above but never mind there will be plenty more opportunities. Tonight's feeble attempt was heavily photo shopped to appear abstract - it didn't even look good in black and white that's how bad it is.

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My target this weekend was to complete the editing of the prom pictures. I suffered a bit of a set back as the monitor I was originally using was not accurate resulting in much re-editing and my chief Dodge and Burn'er is away on a field trip. Anyway, on completion did I sit for half an hour relaxing before bed - no chance. The curse of 365 found me crawling around the carpet with my trusty camera and a couple of torches or flash lights for those of you from across the pond, trying to interestingly light a pattern on the rug. My wife disappeared upstairs with a supportive look of disbelief but at least for me it is done - until tomorrow!!

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On Friday I probably took one thousand pictures - today just one. As you can see my focus was elsewhere!!

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A while ago my son asked if 'we' could photograph his school prom. I thought it sounded like a good opportunity and a bit of a challenge so we agreed to do it. On the run up to the event Thomas realised that he would be away on a geography field trip!! Rather than cancelling I enlisted the help of my wife and a talented young photographer, Joanna Lane. I set up a Photobooth and left Joanna to capture the reportage images. We had a great night and took loads of pictures. If you are on Facebook search 'Dover Design' join our group and you will be able to view many of the pictures.

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