Jessie's Album, 2008
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This page contains the pictures I selected to put together in an album for Jessie (Stephen's Mum) to remember 2008 by.
This year's pictures aren't quite as personal as in previous years: we simply didn't get out together very much, so I've had to choose pictures I think Jessie will like, regardless of their personal significance.
They were captured digitally using a Pentax K10D digital SLR.
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Page 1
I've started the album off with a picture I took in the church where I played in a Christmas concert last year with Maidstone Winds. It's a wall hanging behind the altar in a little church called St Margaret's at Barming, on the banks of the Medway.
Pages 2 and 3
I included the snow pictures as we don't see snow that often; while Jessie's love of birds made the Blue Jay pictures taken on the same snowy April day and easy choice.
Pages 4 and 5
Stephen and I attended the Wrotham Steam & Vintage Classic on a rather muddy Saturday. In fact, it was so muddy that there were only static vehicle displays and so some of the non-vehicle displays turned out to be where the best photographs were to be had. "Pollys Rescued Parrots Road Show" included the two parrots at the top of these pages, while "Eagle Heights" displayed a number of birds of prey. The yellow Rolls Royce is bound to give Jessie a smile: that was what the Trotters graduated to when they got rich. Stephen is still on 3-wheelers, himself!
Pages 6 and 7
Now these two pages are personal: these are two of Jessie's cats. The one on the left is Minnie, eight years old at time of writing, and a nice companionable little cat who loves to sit alongside of you on the arm of your chair; while on the right is His Gorgeousness himself, Bruno. He's affectionately known as Boonie and he's now about 11 or 12. He's also the most expensive of Jessie's cats as he cost a fortune in vet's bills a few years ago, but made a full recovery from his complaint and is a lovely sweet natured cat who will sit alongside you and purr. He climbs onto Jessie's lap from time to time, but she says he's really too heavy to nurse!
Pages 8 and 9
These two pictures are unashamedly my choice. They were taken at a farmhouse whose garden was open for a Red Cross fundraiser. The wind quintet I play with performed in the garden during the afternoon. The one on the left is the front, while the one on the right is the rear. At least, I think it's that way round!
Pages 10 and 11
These two pictures were taken at the same farmhouse as those on the previous page. I found the oast house particularly picturesque, and I enjoyed the garden a great deal. It wasn't one of these carefully manicured gardens, but had been allowed to remain somewhat natural, while still having an order to it. There were a number of static ornaments in the garden, although none are visible in the picture on the right.
Pages 12 and 13
The top two pictures are of a poppy and a love in the mist flower taken in Jessie's garden, while the lower two pictures are from the holiday Stephen and I took in Yorkshire last year, and show the Cellarium at Fountains Abbey and part of the Studley Royal Water Gardens.
Pages 14 and 15
This double page contains more pictures from our holiday last year. The two on the left have Stephen in them, which will interest Jessie, while the two on the right are just pictures I think she will enjoy looking at.
Pages 16 and 17
Stephen and I attended our local bonfire night fireworks display. The weather wasn't very good at the beginning of November: we'd hoped to attend the Knockholt display as well, but torrents of rain deterred us that night. We just about managed to stay dry at the Chislehurst display.
Pages 18 and 19
Here are some fireworks from the Chislehurst display, plus a picture I took last February when the sun set in the reddest sky I've ever seen. Jessie will probably think of "Red sky at night, shepher's delight" as she comes from a shepherding family.
Page 20
I've finished off with a couple of pictures taken on Royal Parade, Chislehurst. We pass by these on our way to and from Jessie's place - unless we decide to go through Hayes and look at the Christmas decorations along there instead!
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Last Revised: 23rd December, 2008.
