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Spring is Sprining

Ken — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:58:02 +0000

The English weather has improved immensley the past few weeks. First highs in the 50s and this week all in the 60s with lots of sunshine. I could really tell, though, when I came home from work to find Mary camped out in the back yard. Note the socks. That’s Mary’s signature move! The snowdrops have come and gone, the crocuses are almost gone and the daffodils are in full swing. Next month the bluebells will be out and I’ll be working hard at getting some nice photos of those. And best of all we change our clocks this weekend.

This past weekend I snuck out early to go take picutres at Portland Bill. I took a wrong turn in Weymouth which led me along the waterfront where all of the clubs are. It was 5:15am and there were lots of young people (and police) outside the pubs. I realized it was still yesterday for them!

I’m Famous!

Ken — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:28:57 +0000

Two of my photographs were published in the latest issue of Amateur Photograper. You can see better versions of the photos here and here.

Failing in my Blogging Duties

Ken — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Well I have not been keeping up with my blogging duties lately so here is a shotgun blast of stuff that’s been going on.

Mary had her 11th birthday back in August and for that she got a rat … er, I mean a hampster.

Her name is Moly and she doesn’t bite us any more.

With September the kids went back to school. Mary moved up to Year 7 and with that she started Secondary School this year and she is really enjoying it. Noah is still attending St. Francis Primary School and is now in Year 2. Since school started that also means football is back on.

The only downside is that we now practice at 9am on Saturdays. You can see how foggy it was on this day.

I’ve been roaming around taking pictures, as usual. Here’s one from Lepe a few days ago.

I have started down a new path with the blogging and photos. I am begining to host my photos with a hosting service (click on one of the pictures and see where it takes you). This is so that Google doesn’t have unrestricted rights to all of the pictures that I post online. (Are you posting photos or blogging on Gooogle? Have you read the Terms and Conditions?) Sorry Goggle, you can’t have this (even if you don’t want it).

This is a chimney in the village of Hursley that I’ve been admiring for some time.

In the near future I will move the frampton.us domain over to this new hosting service along with the pictures and blog. You probably won’t even notice except for a change in blog format.

One last picture for you. Low tide at Lepe.

Vacation on Lake Como

Ken — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:42:00 +0000

We returned from our holiday on Lake Como in Italy a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time even though the weather wasn’t the best. Noboby seems motivated to blog about it now, but there are lots of pictures so go check those out.

Durdle Door

Ken — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:28:00 +0000

Noah and Ken spent an afternoon at Durdle Door along the Dorset coast of England.

On the way there we drove through the Dorset military range and Noah got to see some old tanks that they use for target practice (but not on the weekends).

Geologically, and visually, this is a very cool place. Click on the pictures to see more.