Blood will Flow

Went for a gentle windswept walk on Sunday - the sunshine was lovely!
A bit hard to see, but left to right you have the modern port with giant container ships, leading round to WW2 fortifications and the Napoleonic fort, a little journey through nearly 3 centuries. There was a fort there earlier than 1744 but there's nothing left to see of that in the photo.

Here's a mini pic spam of the point.
Not a church, just more WW2 fortifications with a decorative seagull.

Loved this weathered wood

The point part of Landguard Point

A sandy bit

My end of walk reward - yummy

Why not... You can get your own card here!

Day 1 Myself

I just tried some lilac colour drops this morning - I kinda like it!

yourself (disguised enough that you're comfortable sharing the photo)	your favorite book (we won't tell any of the others you picked a favorite)	merchandise from a fandom (pick your definition of fandom--sports 100% qualify)	your exercise equipment	the view out a window
something alive	a meal	a letter/postcard from someone (feel free to redact)	something that keeps you sane	your computer
a useful tool	memorabilia from an event outside	wild card	a game you've been playing	a musical instrument
something someone made for you	a gift you're planning to give	an outfit you've worn recently (with or without you inside it)	something that makes you smile	the kitchen sink
something unexpected	something funny	a bad habit	a good habit	something you're proud of

Well that was a bad fan week - I lost my draft fic for spn_cinema somehow, no idea how, but I must have deleted it before I did my backups. DOH. So I missed the draft submission deadline for that one, while I also had to admit I'm not going to get my Dean Winchester Big Bang fic done either. So I've pulled out of two challenges in the same week. I hate doing that once, let alone twice.

On the up side, I'm happy to report that my hare raised £3400 for Break kids charity in Norwich, and even better, my giraffe went for £7000 (my personal record so far!) in the auction in Worcester. Wish me luck for the other two auctions this week - the bees are on Wednesday and the car bonnet on Saturday. I should tot up what my sculpture paintings have raised so far over the last couple of years and add it to my resume!

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I have some backup access, though sadly my external drives haven't been updated very recently... dammit. My online auto-backups show 1 million files backed up but I can only access ones in folders from 2015 - not very useful. I'm waiting for the company to come back to me on this issue - I'm assured it can be fixed. We'll see! In the meantime, the Apple retailer have pronounced a time of death for my hard drive and said if I get an Apple replacement then I don't get my old hard drive back to take to a data recovery specialist. However, if I can get my backups online, then I probably don't need to try and salvage anything anyway. Argh.

My ex work colleague is a Mac expert, and tells me I should replace the drive with a solid state one, and he could do that for me. Since the machine is out of warranty, I'd have nothing to lose. So tomorrow afternoon I'm going to pop into the local shop and see if they can put in a SSD instead and how much they'd charge me. If it's too much dosh, I'm going to get Jim to do it for me and buy the drive on Amazon.

In the meantime, I've installed a trial version of Photoshop CC to tide me over while I'm using my Mum's laptop she kindly lent me. I have no idea how people manage to work on iPads - I NEED laptop functionality! Even though these new Macbooks are a pain in the arse not having old style USB ports or any other interfaces apart from the stupid thunderthingy. So I've had to buy an add on with two USB ports so I can use my Wacom tablet, charge my phone etc.

Oops that went on longer than I intended. I really came on to post a few old photos I found and to give y'all a good laugh.
My wedding day, way way back in the mists of time, when I was half the woman I am now.( Read more... )

Leaving to catch our flight home in a bit, but I thought I'd post this as when I arrive home I'll be busy uploading vids and photos that I haven't been able to do here because the hotel wifi is woefully inadequate.



And because.... *melts*. Doesn't his quiff look soft and strokeable?

I'll post some con reports anon - I have Jared stories of happiness, Jensen hotness, Misha smiles and lots of fangirl fun to recount that will probably bore y'all to tears before I'm done. Bwhahahah!

Firstly - Happy Birthday borgmama1of5, hope you have a lovely day! Here's some Demon!Dean for you.( Read more... )

A very silly interpretation of today's prompt - yup. Hide and squeak...( Read more... )

I may have had entirely too much fun with this dress up Castiel game by brightfallenstars....Click on the image to go to Deviant art and play!( Read more... )

My friend Lois and I got out ducks in a row this morning, and took them for a photoshoot in the park.
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