13th November 2013

We're trying to live by British Summer Time (BST) now. It is supposed to save money and be healthier. In other words, the idea is to leave our clocks on BST all year and not change them. I know it makes sense. We did it in this country for about three years back on the sixties, and I hoped we'd keep it. We didn't.

Of course, now we're doing it but the rest of the country isn't, so it really means that we just go to bed and get up an hour earlier. And all day we pretend that the rest of the world is out of step with us by an hour. It works quite well, and is better for our body clocks. What I like about it is that our waking time fits much better with natural daylight hours, a definite plus as far as I am concerned. We'll see how it goes on. 

I love a good crisp frost, and this morning we had the best one around here for a long time. 

This frost was on our car at breakfast time. They're always different, and seem to appear best on cars for some reason that I don't understand. I must look very suspicious as I walk down the road taking pictures of people's cars!

I get very annoyed by people who treat Big Issue sellers as street beggars, because they are certainly nothing of the sort. They are people trying to pick themselves up and build new lives for themselves. They are traders, buying and selling the Big Issue magazines, and as such well worth supporting. Most are very interesting people and rewarding to chat with. This week's 'Issue' has some particularly good articles in it, especially by it's founder John Bird. He's always worth a read.

As you probably know, I have a great urge to photograph everything around me. Usually I am behind the camera a real life is in front of it, but now, with iPhones et al it is so easy to turn the tables and take a picture of yourself taking a picture of yourself, if you follow me. Here's today's effort ...

Goodnight lovely readers. More tomorrow.