2015
Lighthouse progress plus a review of Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter
(For the review of Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter just scroll down) As you can see, progress continues on this project. I am beginning to wonder whether I am being overly ambitious, but what the hey…
Progress on Blender lighthouse
Today’s post, as suggested by the title, is about using Blender to make a lighthouse scene. Well, I persisted (mostly) –
Blender lighthouse
Hi all, today I just intend to give you a brief description of my next attempt at making something in Blender. I decided to tackle
3 versions of my Great Grandfather Curling & some thoughts on my novel(s)
Today I will ramble on about two things. The first is the restoration and colouring of an old photo. The second is my current thoughts on my writings (novels, novellas, short stories). The old photo As some of you may remember I started work on restoring and colouring a pre-1890 photo of my great grandfather William Clark Curling (of Hernhill, Kent).
Book review: The Abyss Beyond Dreams
Hi all, I must apologise for a lack of activity over the past 3 or 4 days. I’ve had a dreadful cold that really knocked me around. On the bright side I did finish reading Peter F Hamilton’s “The Abyss Beyond Dreams” while bedridden. So I figured that I would write a book review as I once did quite a bit on Amazon. I will also try to avoid any
I’ve got the Liebster Award
Hi all, Creakingbones has nominated me for the Liebster Award. Thank you 🙂 As I understand it, there are three main requirements for recipients and they are: 1
Five photos – Five Stories – Day Five – Not the final act
All good things come to an end. So it is with sorrow I finish this Five Photos – Five Stories sequence of posts. But
Five Photos – Five Stories – Day Four – Tropical waters
Memories, like old photos, can fade. Perhaps now that we are in the digital age that metaphor will itself fade away. Who knows? For much of my life I have used cheap cameras. Most of my photographs were taken with a second-hand Russian camera that was old when I bought it in 1983. This happenstance was not due to me being a cheapskate, albeit I cannot deny that accusation. It
Five Photos
Some things you just have to touch. Sure, you can stand there and admire them. You can even fantasise about the touch of them beneath your finger tips. But looking is not sufficient. And fantasies can be so… frustrating. Oh yes, I remember it like it was yesterday. I had to get my hands onto them. Everything that was me demanded that I do so. And yet there was a