Chantal has become a 365 addict. She has started uploading a photo a day onto the 365 project web site, as I have been doing for a couple of years, in June, and it has become life changing! Who would have thought that EastEnders, and all the other evening soap operas that have dominated Chantal’s evenings for as long as I can remember, would take second place to sitting quietly at her laptop at the kitchen table, selecting processing and uploading images?
The kitchen TV is still on of course, quite possibly with the EastEnders characters arguing and fighting among themselves in the background, but maybe this is part of the weaning-off process – the TV addicts equivalent of an e-cigarette.
There are other advantages to Chantal’s enhanced interest in photography. Last Tuesday my friend Duncan Hill and I returned after dog-walking to the pub with the other dog walkers, Hilly intending to collect his bike before cycling back home to Stoney Stanton. As he was about to leave, Chantal spotted the photogenic potential of the bright full August “harvest moon”, bathing the garden in silvery light. Hilly was off on holiday the next day, and I was working the following night, and so neither of us had to get up early. And so while Chantal was busy on the patio with her tripod and camera, Hilly and I settled down at the table overlooking the moonlit garden, and watched Chantal in action while enjoying a night cap or two. Perfect.
Click on the images near top left for our latest 365 uploads.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
