Winter is definatley here

I have been using my Blackberry 3G phone to take some photographs. The resolution is not great, but the phone is always at hand.

I do love walking in winter, the country side looks spectacular.

Winter Is Coming

Deisal and I spent some time walking on the moors this evening. It was a pleasant evening, the sun was shinning, but there was a bite in the wind. A little reminder that winter is not fare away, and the evenings are drawing in.
I have been meaning to do some photography, and I used to love shooting black and white in the winter. The low level of the sun can produce some striking images. Maybe this is the winter that I once again take up a camera.

Hand like a club

I woke this morning to find my hand now resembles a club.  It seems a horse fly made a meal of me while I was out on my evening walk with deisal yesterday, and my hand has swollen.
Its almost impossible to resist  scratching...... I hope it returns to normal soon, typing is very uncomfortable.

Rainy Day

Well its the 1st of june, 7:30 in the morning, and it is raining.  I am sitting on my bed going through my emails before I take Deisal out for he's morning walk.  The sky is grey and the rain is falling steadily.  Looks like it has been falling all night. I enjoy walking on days like these. There are less people around, sounds seem to be muted, the world is quiet. The absence of sound seems to heighten the other senses, I find I am more aware of the smells that surround me.
Time to pull on the field jacket and gun boots, and go for a walk.

Girl Is On My Mind by The Black Keys

Listening to some Black Keys Girl Is On My Mind by The Black Keys

My new web page header.

While out walking Deisal this morning I passed these flowers in some woods on route.  It was a fantastic morning.  The sun was hot, there was no breeze to speak of, and being Saturday it was quite.  It seemed like I had the whole moore to my self, glorious. The woods run along a small stream on Hatherleigh moore.  I took some photographs.

I quite like this one.

I like this one, even though its not a hundred percent sharp (limitations of the camera).

Stepping through the landscape on waypoint at a time

While out walking this morning I got to thinking about how hard it would or wouldn't be to build an electronic compass.
You know the type of thing, a hand held unit, with an electronic display that mimics the actions of a real compass.  Being electronic it could be paired with a GPS unit via some form of Personal Area Network (PAN).
 How hard can it be.  A lot of the functionality has probable already been engineered into an integrated circuits.

Watch this space.

Deisal's morning walk in photos

I thought I would put up some images of the route Deisal and I take in the morning.

The start of our walk.

Open fields. Deisal is off the lead.

Deisal waiting at the gate.

A slight detour.

I have had to put the 'Here comes everybody' book down for a while.  I have just bought a couple of books on self branding. Nothing todo with red hot irons, more todo with image etc.
Being self employed I need to present myself in the best light and I am hoping these books will allow me to fulfill my full potential.

We shall see.

Reading Material

I am half way through 'Here Comes Everybody' by Clay Shirky at the moment.  This book also has it's own blog. It is an interesting book. This book along with a recent presentation I attended on Innovation has made me question and change my ideas on business.

Morning coffe

I have started taking a mug of coffee with me on my morning walk with Deisal.

Half way through our walk is this great spot. The picture doesn't do it justice.  I can sit for fifteen minutes, drink my coffee, and get my mind in order for the rest of the day.

I am not sure if Deisal appreciates the wait, but he settles and makes himself comfortable for the time it takes to drink my coffee.

Deisal has come to stay

I have had Deisal from a pup, but due to work commitments etc, I hadn't seen him in a year and a half.  I picked him up a couple of weeks ago, and although he is thirteen years old, he is still spritely and full of mischief.

It didn't take him long to find he's favourite position in my bedroom. As can be seen from the photo above.