What bemused you today?

[Alfonso_Frisk]

On the plus side they are also predicting some spectacular sunsets in the next few days

[hevans]

Sweden is closing its airspace tonight, and Schiphol (NL) will be shutting down as of 19:00.

Glad I'm not flying anywhere in the next few days (except for a trip to Guildford on Sunday night).

H.

[Simple]

I am off to Paris for a long weekend tomorrow with Eurostar. I bet my tickets are worth a few pennies more to some people.

[Oldboy]

On the plus side they are also predicting some spectacular sunsets in the next few days

Yes, and I stayed out until gone six tonight, but the grey clouds didn't clear, like they promised at 13:30 today! 

[picsfor]

I am off to Paris for a long weekend tomorrow with Eurostar. I bet my tickets are worth a few pennies more to some people.

No because it'll be the wrong kind of Volcanic Ash  

But i hope you get there all the same

[spinner]

Local weather forecast. It's been forecast to be colder today than it's been during the work week. Wifey asks me to check the forecast for today. I pull up the weather site and it tells me it's cold and rainy outside. From where I'm sitting I can see out to my back garden and I see sun beaming down and blues skies, but apparently it's actually raining. 

[picsfor]

Ok - irony time.

Enjoying a walk up at Devils Dyke again today when i noticed that the hang gliders were out.
And guess who was piloting them?
The Brazilian Hang Gliding Club - yes really.You couldn't make it up.

Not a plane any where in the sky to get them home - but gliders a plenty if only the thermals would hold up.
One fellow walker by noted some of them even had sleeping bags slung under the glider - clearly expecting along trip 

[picsfor]

More Irony.

I've spent the day at Kew Gardens as i do occasionally, enjoying the sunshine, the roar of landing planes ( ), a chance to photograph a variety of flora and fauna, try my luck in the sky walk - usual stuff.

And guess what i got the most photographs of?

Marine Life in the fish tanks 

Yep, due to the cold and long winter as predicted by the Groundhog, the flowers etc are all still merrily enjoying the protection of the ground!
Looks like i'll have to go again in a few weeks...

[Sandy]

I think even the blubells are late this year.

Sandy

[Oldboy]

I thought I'd seen a UFO today! 



Click for bigger size. 

[picsfor]

Yeah, i saw the same UFO at Kew 

[SimonW]

To quote an expert on the subject: I've got no idea what it is, but it's not a UFO !

[happypaddler]

I was at home on Monday to find 2 lads attempting to break in and burgle my house. The fled after breaking the window, which set off an alarm, as well as seeing me shouting at them from my office window on the next floor up. Anyway, what bemused (if that is actually the right word) me today is the poor investigating police officer from the burglary squad. As a DC she seemed not to be aware of various alarm sensors, such as the motion sensors we have on our doors - which went off as soon as the window was smashed (the police force in my area is renowned for being disjointed in its workflows). It was all the more annoying for her (not knowing advisory officers are handing these sort of things out (as well as smart water)) was the fact that her own house was burgled and her husbands car stolen in the process. Hopefully things will get sorted quickly for them.

[spinner]

I know I've mentioned in the past that I run Ubuntu linux on a system, trying to wean off of MS. I installed the lastest version on an old system a friend was tossing out. Having issues with it, so been visiting the Ubuntu Forums regularly. What's bemused me is the activity on that forum. Messages are being posted in the General help section at a rate of one every few minutes. The question I posted 4 hrs. ago is now 4 pages back. I'm surprised any of them get answered. 

[ABERS]

The Photo Call!

Having watched some of the election coverage on TV I'm wondering why at these so called press conferences so many photographers turn up to take pictures of the event, when to me they all follow the same procedure and the line up of protagonists are all the same as the last one. How many pictures of the three wise monkeys do you need.

I suppose there is always the possibility of some major gaffe occurring or hopefully one of them losing it completely but what a bore for the photographers involved. The down side of the perceived 'glamorous' side of being a 'pro I suppose.

I wonder what percentage of the pictures taken actually get used in any shape or form?