Tag Archives: sheffield

Hometown Prettiness

By 6000 | 6000 | March 5, 2010

While we’re suffering the slings and arrows of the outrageous thirties, the UK has had a horrible, horrible winter. Much of which has been beautifully documented by flickr user karl101. These are two of my favourites, snowy foggy view and ferris with moon, but his whole photostream is well worth a (long) look.

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Snow-ta Photo

By 6000 | 6000 | January 3, 2010

I’m watching Tranmere v Wolves in the FA Cup (and currently Tranmere are all over the visitors like an aggressive gravy) so I’m giving you a snow-ta photo. It’s like a quota photo, but with snow (see what I did there?). This is one my Dad took on New Year’s Eve. Beautiful. My parents arrived [...]

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What were the skies like when you were young?

By 6000 | 6000 | December 27, 2009

What were the skies like when you were young? They went on forever – They – When I w- We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in ‘em, and, uh… they were long… and clear and… there were lots of stars at night. And, uh, when it would rain, it [...]

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Half a world away…

By 6000 | 6000 | December 21, 2009

A couple of photos taken this morning. One of mine, taken in Cape Town, featuring my boy and False Bay: And one of my Dad’s, taken in Sheffield, featuring his back garden: And although for many it might seem to be a no-brainer, I’m actually struggling to decide where I would rather be right now…

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How did I miss Richard Hawley?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 16, 2008

One of the most difficult things about emigrating is keeping up with things back home. Sure, you want to embrace the new lifestyle and the culture of your new home, but that doesn’t mean that you should completely lose touch with the land of your birth. And thus, when I find myself watching Sky News and finding [...]

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