Into the woods #photography

‘Stockbrot‘ #photography #campfire #Odenwald

Winter walk. #photography #dog #dogs #forest #silhouette

Clear winter sky #photography #sunset #skyline #horizon

We took our 7-year-old to see #Wicked at the weekend. He absolutely loved it and understood the majority of the narrative & messages of the film. I sign on to all the hype about this movie. It’s wonderful! I also recommend reading the book - darker, deeper, and even more hard-hitting.

If you haven’t seen this story yet somehow (WaPo nixing a cartoon critical of Bezos and Trump), the blog post from the cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, is very much worth reading: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-… #politics

Not a big frequenter of McDonalds, but we’re in the road travelling back to Germany, so it’s convenient. Here in France, they serve the fries and other things in reusable plastic holders/bowls. This is great! Has it come to any other country? Not in use in Germany yet, I think.

This heartfelt speech from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems worth boosting as we move toward January 20th. #politics www.youtube.com/watch

“Remember – hate is always foolish and love is always wise. Always try to be nice and never fail to be kind.” This perspective has stuck with me since Peter Capaldi’s final #DoctorWho episode in 2017 (Twice Upon a Time). I hope it resonates with you too. (Images generated with …

Another hike at Cap Leucate. This time on the other side of the nature reserve. Can’t believe it’s taken us 10 years to realise this area is so close to where we regularly vacation! #photography #beach #france #coast

The more aged this greenhouse gets, the more lovely it seems to become #photography #rust #decay #greenhouse #ironwork #brokenglass

Added a vignette to this one of Lucy. Can’t believe she’s 13. She still acts like a doggy teenager 😂 #photography #dog #doberman

Today’s hike was around the cliffs to the east of Banyuls-sur-Mer. If anyone knows what type of rock this coastline is, I’d love to know. Claude.ai claimed “The coastline east of Banyuls-sur-Mer is primarily composed of metamorphic rocks, specifically schist, which is part of the …

Today’s walk was around the lake at Leucate. Absolutely beautiful views of the mountains across the lake. So wonderful to be here in the sunshine.

Cerét market

Millionth time’s a charm. I’m not sure why only one photo from Cap Leucate uploaded the first time. So forgive the slightly duplicated post, but I wanted to include these others too. #photography #coast #coastline #sea #water #cliffs #mediterranean #sky #clouds

More little living things. Not sure why these two weren’t actually added to my other post. #photography #macrophotography #lichen #moss

Amazing hike around Cap Leucate

Little living things #photography #macrophotography #plants

Beautiful hike up above Ceret #photography #hiking #mountain

Just came across this joyous Dr. Who parody of ‘I’m just Ken’ from the Barbie movie: www.youtube.com/watch

Spent a wonderful afternoon in the Odenwald enjoying bananas and chocolate cooked in the fire.

Moon

Sandra'€™s new friend

Mini wasp!

Our breakfast companion

Auerbach Castle looking stunning

moss

Finn’s Easter art

Risotto

Sandra’s & Finn’s eggs

I didn’t love the #doctorwho TV movie when it came out in 1996 because it killed a Doctor I had really loved watching. But now it’s a favourite! I particularly like Paul McGann’s fresh portrayal of the character, and the 8th Doctor has by far the best TARDIS interior!

Peter Davison will always be my childhood Doctor. Though my goodness, Ncuti Gatwa is absolutely amazing! #doctorwho

Once-in-a-century flowering of the green twigs Sandra keeps watering diligently on the windowsill!

Steggy

Watching the #doctorwho specials make me wish so much that Jodie Whittaker had had Russel T. Davies as her show runner. Such a shame.

Larry

From our summer holiday. Taken by Sandra

Mum and Dad’s for the weekend

Sunshine

Buzz

Homemade quick pizza a la Jamie Oliver.

Our home for the weekend in the Bayerische Wald

Yesterday’s adventure. Today’s adventure was being in bed with a migraine

Moss too

Moss

Easter fire with Sandra

Last snow of the year?

This is PooPoo the sheep who, according to Finn, is a key player in the Nativity.

Tokyo

Tokyo

Lovely evening at La Chouette creperie

Clear blue skies today!

Shroom!

One of the hornets in blurry close-up

Beach days 😁

Dinner view

Linguine with chicken and peppers in a white wine, cream and Grana Padano sauce.

Taken with #googlepixel stellar photography setting and touched up in Snapseed. Wow!

Healthy eating isn'€™t all bad

Enjoying my bag patches a ridiculous amount!

The first harvest! Five more pots to go

Camping for the weekend

Pottery market in Otzberg today! Also a fantastic vegetarian food stand!

C'€™est la Vie!

Is it me, or does this imply I shouldn'€™t waste my coffee cup by simply throwing it on the ground, I should find a turtle and hit it on the head!

Lucy’s new publicity shot

Massively over-HDR treated in Snapseed, but I love that it brings out the different colours and textures of the bronze. Emden’s fish girl.

I realise my time line is becoming ‘€˜fires I have had€™’

It wasn’t really this blue!

Lunchtime walk!

Playing with portrait mode!

😊

Sandra’s small tomato harvest. Going to try ripening them indoors

A snail shell Finn found

Enjoying a fire

I love Charlie Mackesy’s illustrations

The perfect book to read right now “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy @charliemackesy

Painting!

Cooking stovies

Such a wonderful place

An evening of supervising your little brother is very tiring

Built by daddy, demolished by Finn.

A cafe where you can also watch trams? Could this be a little boy’s heaven?

I love this wallpaper

Maybe some slight editing on this one to enhance vibrancy. The colours were amazing!

The less favoured child

Lucy and I have found our morning walk route

Moved to Bensheim! (Phase 1). Phase 2 is packing the rest of our stuff and sorting out the old house to hand it back over to the landlady.

Peacock (presumably on the lam from Walldorf animal park) casually walking down our street today.

Incogneto

Lucy is not meant to swim in this lake. Unfortunately she can’t read, so she doesn’t know. I don’t have the heart to tell her.

I may have dialled the saturation up on this slightly to match the vividness of my memory. Such a beautiful day 😊

It’s not about food…

My aunt’s magnolia tree. My favourite

Spring strolling

Well at least my dress sense has improved…

If I hold the camera high and look pensive, you can'€™t see my chins!

It was very cold today. The Christmas market at Le Barcarés was lovely. Churros were eaten.

I’ve ordered some more waistcoats. I hadn'€™t realised how gorgeous I look wearing one!

The hotel I’m staying in in Stockholm was formerly a prison

coffee for daddy and HiPP for Finn!

We’ve had 2 solid weeks of this quantity of tomatoes every night from Sandra’s plants this year! Amazingly good!

You talkin' to me?

Hot!

This little bee spent 10 minutes on our sunflower!

The wallpaper at this conference centre is awesome

Germany’s favourite crop!

Poor doggy has to wear the cone of shame to stop her licking a sore spot on her tail

Collioure - always lovely

Moggies hiding from the rain

We enjoyed today’s half hour of sun!

Happy girl!

Happy girl!

Photo: 

Vines

Vines

Mr and Mrs Croal?!

Nearly Easter

Rotkäppchen

Time in the palm of your hand

iPad is connected, Android phone is connected, wife’s iPhone is connected. What makes the MacBook Pro so Special?!

Off to the theatre in Heidelberg tonight!

Found this in the forest… #horrorfilm?

pylon

Probably not edible #mushrooms #forest #autumn

mushroom

I’m guessing ‘not edible’ #fungi #mushrooms

autumn path

My favourite season has begun

Uncle Andy, taken by my aunt Anita

I put a crate there for her to stand on. This dog is a genius…

Sandra says you can eat some of these. It’s huge!

Railway bits…

Have hundreds of these on the garage wall! They never seem to move…

20 years of records! That’s love!

I'€™m hoping black and white hides the grey!

The cake is always awesome!

dog #doberman #portraitphotography

Heaven

Just what I needed 😀

Trainspotting!

#kaffeezeit

Schrödinger’s door…

Old man Sam

Our new place 👍

This beautiful creation arrived today from nicholashemingwaystationery. Absolutely wonderful design and engineering! Thanks Nicholas!

Taken by my partner. We think it’s a swallowtail butterfly #butterfly #insect #rarespecies

The Dali sitting room that I based my GCSE art project on

Figurine at the Dali Museum in Figueres

Time for a

Sexy legs!

Bunny invasion! So tasty

Little Larry

What has arrived?!

Should I really add tonic?!

11 days #doctorwho

Newest office toy. This must be the coolest movie car ever made!

Uppsala cathedral

Great spot for lunch

Wizard’s Rest

Rosehaven Castle

Wizard’s Rest, Rosehaven Park

secondlife

A thoughtful wizard #secondlife

Wizard’s Rest at Rosehaven Park #secondlife

Storm’s-a-comin'

Yes, I still play #secondlife ;-)

Beautiful light at sunset today

Winter flower?

Castle Gala Dali gardens

Churro 👍

Tired doggy

Winter lantern

1865

Christmas Day sunset

Boxing Day dog walk with Chris :-)

How pissed off does the dog look?!

Canigou. Suffering here in the sun for Christmas

Ice crystals on pine on my way to work #winter #ice #pine_tree #sunrise #morning #commute

Rogue One has landed! Going next week :-)

Cube is looking Christmassy :-)

Goose season! Wonderful meal at the Felderbock in Nuߟloch

Weinachtsmarkt

The kit lense on the Sony A6000 is really very good (for a non-pro like me)

Don’t use a severed hand to unplug the TV while it’s updating…

Cup of tea :)

I am your father…

What a tongue!

I’m currently using the OSIII watch face from Lorenzo on my Pebble. Yes, it’s a bit derivative of a certain fruit maker’s ring idea, but it’s beautifully done and super useful: apps.getpebble.com/applicati…

Sleepy little bee

My new Mystic friend…

Didn’t even notice the skater when I took this!

This dude was amazing!

Heidelberg Herbst

Homemade apple puree and pancakes for breakfast :-)

Giant fungus

Autumn begins

Love Mildners

R2LEGO

The rumours that I left work a bit early to have a sneaky beer are wholly unfounded…

pebble’s new timeline peak is so so useful!

Our nocturnal visitor. Just a baby :)

Something about flowers?

Blue today

Of we go!

Bierpinsel. Empty, riddled with asbestos, but under a presentation order, so can’t be removed. They should renovate it and use it!

Come on train…

Someone really really really wants to be first!!

A cloud that didn’t get the memo

Molly is so pretty!

Hobbits eat a lot!

Because it’s fun to entrap your friends and fine them for speeding…

Breakfast in Mannheim

Fantastic stag party beer walk. Thanks Matt and the gents!

The beer team! (this was all in aid of Matt’s stag party!)

The cucumber taste was very strong and weird. I’m not sure I’m cut out for craft beers!

Oops, this was the sour, salty one! The Pfeffer one I posted previously was obviously peppery… duh… But fruity peppery rather than spicy peppery!

Probably my favourite of the day. Bitter but fruity with a lot of hop flavour. Very refreshing!

Quite bitter but rather fruity. Would be great with a curry (so the Bierpadre said!)

A little sour for my taste. Infused with salt and coriander, so quite an interesting flavour though! Not allowed to be called ‘beer’ in Germany as a result (German purity laws…)

My house is somewhere behind that cloud…

Where’s anty?

The buzzing this pylon makes is extreme

Gotta kick the habit…

ATC building at EMBL

There is no easy to make beige sound sexy!!

They can be such pretty things…

The audio capture feature (i.e. you say a command rather than press the screen to take a photo), coupled with the OIS, really makes macro shots with the S7 a breeze #galaxys7 #flower

Just chilling out…

Frozen

Frog Hopper

Tabitha (lives with my parents; photo by my dad!)

Come to papa…

Life size…

Thunderstorms and biblical clouds this evening!

Pretty clouds

Coeleur Café in Massat is awesome!

Unreal editing…?!

O’er the Misty Mountains cold…

Dune De Pilat

From the top of Cirque Du Cagateille

Cirque Du Cagateille

The bar for bronze must have been very very low…

Cap-Ferret

I’m told this is an opium poppy… not sure about the spider

Meet this lovely old girl today. Her name is Lou

Lunch at PIRATES in Heidelberg

Awesome patina on this 5 cent coin

Toilet selfies are going to be a thing. Trust me.

Budding

Puff puff

Kaffeezimmer - awesome nerd coffee!

Vigil

War is basically shit for everyone (grave of an unknown German soldier in Dahn)

View from our terrace :) The rocks on the horizon are the Lämmerfelsen

This one courtesy of my brother

Heidelberg Christmas market. Photo courtesy of my friend Anja

nofilter

Moth! Reminds me of a young moth I once knew named Peter

Bride & groom

A friend we met on holiday

Street leading to St Michael’s Church

Cirque de Navacelles

Mayfly?

Miss these fields

Lunchtime walks aren’t so bad!

Beef and Potato pie #food #foodihavemade #recipe

Coming in to land

Schließheim

Larry on the table!

Bavarian Alps

Gentians

Walchensee, Germany

Bahnstadt in Heidelberg

Balazuc, where we stayed

The Ardeche was magnificent. Back to work tomorrow…

From the top of Pigue Neulos

This is not the South of France I ordered! #rain #couldbeengland #nicecloudsthough

SolarEclipse

Taking a break

Another coffee break… but more deserved today!

Sunset for our last meal at Stephan’s Resturant as Eppelheimers

Having a coffee break!

A first hint of spring

doctorwho #startrek #fandom

Still hanging on

Such a cutie

A culturally sensitive number plate!

Schwetzingen’s Buchmesse (book fair) is a bit less crowded than Frankfurt’s

Android Wear is fulfilling all my childhood dreams!

Love this bush!

My Game of Thrones audition??

Chillin' in ma TARDIS

A visitor this evening

I like this black and white filter - it hides the grey in my beard.

One down, three to go!

Not long for this world, now.

Moonrise

Shadow man

Roman viaduct

Abbey

Tarascon château

Power juice activated!

Suspicious bunny is mountaineering

Nothing like some miracle sauce to make you feel refreshed!

Je suis le Chien chaud!

Oh honey

Chapel on a hill

Just relax

My co-pilot

Why the long face?

Possibly edited…

See, Ryanair knows how to make you stand in unnecessary queues. They treat you with the efficient contempt you deserve.

Wizzair… I don’t want airlines to be cute or humorous. I want them to be wretched cattle trucks. I fly Ryanair.

The street

I knew someone would do this eventually!

No dancing dogs in this playground please…

Now that’s a view!

Lucy would like you to appreciate the length of her tongue. Again.

Everything is better ‘mit Gin’

A drop of orange

A bee wearing flares?!

Boy my eyebrows are impressive!

Nexus 7 front camera with lens blur. Not awesome, but interesting.

Legomentary my dear Watson… sorry, that was terrible!

Lucy enjoying her hobby

Bloom

A dog and her master

Reflecting on Woodbridge

A dog and her mistress

Dover decay

Lucy ‘the Tongue’

I assume it means something different in German!

Coffee in Mannheim

Turns out my iPhone 5C’s camera is better than my old digital camera…

I think we can all agree I look awesome after a run!

I am in love with blossom!

Wingmen

This evening’s entertainment. Grand Budapest Hotel at Brennessel cinema in Hemsbach

Magnolias

And that’s a wrap

First bloom

I taste good to lambs. The feeling is mutual!

His eyes were like two pools of shadow!

Please be seated.

Reflections of Betriebshof

I used to have one of these!

I find it amazing how much more interesting heavy processing can make things look. At least to me…!

Turn to the light

Skyfire

Highly recommend this place if you’re ever in Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof

Journey’s end

Faschingbären

You wish you could rock a hat like this!

Graffitizug

Obligatory travel photo

Cloudy with a chance of processing

Roof cleaning has begun!

In detail: leaves

Good evening

Mini-Heidelberg

Healthy-coloured water…

Moon

Patronus?!

Like the shed says…

Snow!!

Time Lord

Into the woods

Such a lovely day. This is NOT a black and white photograph!

In contrast

Morning

Didn’t quite look like this…

Unreal

Fade to black

Gold clouds meet silver clouds.

How rude!

Waiting…

Autumn skies

Uniplatz, Heidelberg

She’s only pretending to be tired!!

After a week with Lucy, his brother looked like this. Anyone else think he kooks nervous about his turn?!

Told you they were friends…

Weird slug…

Today’s hot dog

It’s how I roll…

There was a weird rainbow in the sky earlier. More like a rainspot. It was visible to the naked eye, so not a camera artefact. 2024 update: I now know it is called a Sun Dog

The decoy…

Wild flowers

Yet another sunset

This picnic by the Neckar could be about to go horribly wrong!

A smarter look for work(ish)

No Pooh Bear, don’t touch me there.

Gone.

Going, going…

Holding on…

Sonnenuntergang

Come on Spring…!

So what if it’s raining?

Dumbledore lives!

What is that thing in the sky? I don’t remember what it’s called.

Tonight…

Sometimes the ATC reminds me of an insect colony

The storm cometh

OK, OK, enough boring flowers

Nice weather right?

Reality?

Beauty is brief

Time to defrost!

Rather a lovely evening

Our view of the performance…

The international bluegrass festival in Buhl…

Run!

The cow whisperer

Is she tired? Impossible!

Poor thing flew into Sandra’s window. After a short rest, it was OK and flew off.

Patience…

The oil seed is amazing. It sprang up in just a week!

Springiness

Our freezer has issues

Can I have some of your tasty breakfast

Drooooooooool…..

Breakfast vigil…

Dover (unprocessed)

Yes, I still have toys…

Hanging garden

This new Lego series is awesome. www.lego.com/Chima

Sandra and I got creative for Easter :)

Paella is basically a massacre on a plate. Also, why the fudge don’t they peal the prawns? Why yes, I would like a tasty mouthful of leg and antennas with my rubbery bags of seawater and rice.

This bird had issues.

Beware of R2-D2s with ponytails…

Lunch beneath glass

Last of the sun

Our newest employees

Biscuit lamb anyone?!

Is this sunlight I see before me?

Bathe your weary head in gold

To lunch (and beyond)!

Guardians of the twilight

Tastes good!

Visions in a microwave door.

Success! I have finally discovered how to keep the latte layers separate!

Someone is not impressed that I’m watching Dexter

The roses I gave Sandra on Valentine’s Day have gone black! Hopefully not a sign of anything!

Oh yes!

Why yes, I would like a slice!

Just a puppydoodle!

Some say the world will end in fire and some in ice… We had freezing rain this weekend with icicles everywhere! They’re all gone now :(

Car bunny!

The beard is returning… Our team raised a total of 2,600 Euros for Movember. My personal total was 282 Euros. Thank you all so much!

Someone wants to know why there’s a tree in the living room!

Last one… for now!

Winter sun

Snow fruit?

Have yourself a berry little Christmas!

Christmas hat?!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Now that’s what I call a sky!

Last doggy training before Christmas!

The mo' is getting messy… mobro.co/samuelcad…

mobro.co/samuelcad…

mobro.co/samuelcad…

Here comes the Mo'

Can a lamp be interesting?

A better Movember update! (i.e over-processed but not blurry!)

Rather pathetic mo growth so far! I’m sure that donations will help! ;)

Lucy.. with less processing!

Lucy… Isn’t she adorable?!

Let the MO begin! Somehow, not having a beard makes my eyebrows look huge! mobro.co/samuelcad…

Lucy!

Suspicious bunny is a human too!

The answer is in drink!

Ready to drink?!

Wine tasting today!

My home from home in Second Life: Wizard’s Rest in Winterfell Ebonshire. Feel free to drop by.

Tower & Moon

Model of the ATC at EMBL

Dinner in Nice, France (massive bowl of Parmesan risotto hidden from view!)

The carpet at the conference centre! Groovy man

Hama Bluetooth keyboard for iOS is genuinely awesome. Uses AAA batteries, great typing feel an some very nifty function keys. Only downside is lack of travel case. At €50 you can’t go wrong!

Welcome to Nice!

Water tower in Mannheim

I don’t know why I took this picture… I’m bored!

This was a tasty little red.

A mouse!

Little bee

Chlodwig the king… I’d have changed my name…

This is more like it!

I think the stickers melted!

Starting off the hike healthily!

We have sheep up here today - they’re supposed to be eating the grass… I think they’re currently digesting…

C’est moi

The sky tonight! No filter applied

Wonder how much they cost!

Yellow sugar! As bad as yellow snow? The sugar at work is contaminated again….

Double rainbow!

Preparing for our trip…

Terrible picture, but we have and owl visiting today!

Breakfast has been sorted… At 2.30pm… It’s a holiday

Sunset over the gas power station! Or is Jesus ascending early?!

Canteen tables at work are decorated today… could be for Christihimmelfahrt on Thursday.

The guy changing my tired today… times are tough, even for ancient gurus!

Here’s looking' at you

What’s over there?

Pensive?

Delicious! Wonderful day in the Pfalz

Anyone else feel like a bra isn’t an appropriate mother’s day gift??

Suspicious Bunny is weight-conscious

Suspicious bunny is suspicious…

Admit it, you wish @Apple would make this available.

My but that flying dildo she’s riding looks unfortunate!

Triffid?

How young was I?!

Just a short coffee break…

Mmmm this looks delicious…

Venus (right) and Jupiter (left) unusually close in our skies for the next few nights

EMBL PhD selections have begun again! Good luck everyone!

No enhancement necessary… the coast north of Den Haag - stunning!

Tea in Delft

Small spelling error on my t-shirt!

In Amsterdam’s new Apple Store. I may be in heaven! Except it’s a bit crowded…. Grrrr

The Advance Training Center at EMBL in Heidelberg really is rather cool.

The Moon over Hauptstrasse

Goodnight EMBL

Join me for eternity….

Heidelberg Castle

Fun bench in Heidelberg Hauptstrasse

Perfect latte!

Rheyol

The tracks of an old lady with a zimmer frame on wheels

The chocolate landscape

Somehow feels like it should be Christmas again!

Look what my delightful rabbi Missy did to my sweatshirt while it hung to dry…

Weird story, but I recommend the beer!

I didn’t know this was on a Euro coin :)

Sandra made it :) It tastes even more amazing than it looks!

Why yes, I am going to the Heidelberg Vampire Ball!

Is this not the most stylish wooden washing machine ever?!

Harry Potter on call?!

And you thought these went out of fashion in the 80s! Watching it helps me think :)

Our last cards evening

Good morning sun!

I’d forgotten how nice it feels to have smooth cheeks!

Off to Saturn we go!

I know, I look weird…!

Feuerzangenbowle!

Trivial Pursuit

His first true love…

The Paella begins!

Intrepid beach explorers!

‘Breakfast’

I love this photo of Carolyn

Let the feasting commence!

Sinister Christmas Elf says Happy Christmas!

Nearly there…

Another rainbow! ‘Tis the season ;)

It was more vivid, but I was slow capturing it :(

Fourth advent! Can’t wait for Christmas in the UK :) See some of you there!

Ah Starbucks, I do love you so you delicious, reliable, corporate coffe-monster!

The winter sun sinks golden into night

Our work Christmas Tree :)

My colleague is extracting a power supply from a printer - it’s arts & crafts afternoon in our office!

Does my mug need cleaning?

What? This is manly!

My first Instagram…. inspiring, no?