The Rock and Roll Ukrainian Party
There are few hangovers around this morning!!
The Future of the Ukraine and Scotland
Two beautiful young girls, both aged 16. One of the girls from Scotland, the other from the Ukraine. Both have their futures ahead of them. They have been brought together in Scotland by a brutal war brought about by a man who is now, it is clear, completely unhinged. What right has Putin to destroy the hopes and dreams of young people in the Ukraine and other places?
The Ukrainian Party
A bit of a party here last night for our guests from the Ukraine. A good time was had by all. Our thoughts, though, were and are very much with the people who remain in the Ukraine.
The image below represents the beginning of a deep, warm and lasting relationship between the people Scotland and the people of the Ukraine. Apart from anything else, the Scots and the Ukrainians make fine drinking partners!!!
The Ukrainian Girl
The Ukrainian Girl
The Ukrainian Girl
The Ukrainian Girl
The Girls from the Ukraine…
The girls from the Ukraine…
Olena and Svitlana who are staying with us for a while
The Girl from the Ukraine…
The Girls from the Ukraine
We have two guests from the Kharkiv in the Ukraine, Olina and Svitlana, who are staying with us for a while. Yesterday, we took the girls to see Findlater Castle and sample our bracing Scottish air.
The Chicken
The Ikea Shambles
For the first and last time, I visited Ikea in Southampton this afternoon. I booked a ‘click and collect’ pick-up and oh my, what an utter shambles it was. Hopeless uncommunicative staff moving at a glacial pace (if they are there at all – see the picture of the empty ‘click and collect’ room). They sent me an email telling you that my pick-up is ready and then, when you arrive, you have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. An so, goodbye Ikea, you will never see me again!
The End of the Road for Adobe!
I never thought this would happen but I have just closed my Adobe Creative Cloud account. Frankly, Adobe are charging too much, too often. I’ve been an Adobe customer for over 20 years. I have moved to products (Affinity, Apple, ACDSee) that do not charge me monthly for their products.
And so, so long Adobe. When you charge more reasonably, I might return as a customer but, for now, you’ve lost me.
The Harbour
The Chicken on a Stick
I couldn’t eat a whole one!
The Bar
Mine’s a double!
The Lock
The Lovers
The Sunglasses
The Sounds of Kart Racing
Join me on the trackside at a Grampian Kart Racing Club meet (14 August 2022)
The Door to Doctor Death!
Don’t go in!
The Chicken Challenge For John
Let’s see if John – https://lvphotoblog.com/blog/ – can identify this chicken (below)?
John is an expert ‘avianonics’ man from Las Vegas. John recently identified this chicken on a different post as a Mandarin Chicken.
The Player
The Pre-Race Advice…
The Queue
The Racing Driver
The Starting Point
The Racing Machines – 2
The Racing Machines
Grampian Kart Club
The Cabbages
The Door To No.12
The Flower
The Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Mess of Bikes
The Bug
The Fluffy Things
The Stern Gland
Or is it bottoms up?
The Two Chickens in a Tree
The Ice Boat Woman
The Hip
Rose hips grow everywhere here in Scotland at this time of year…
The Woman
The Ice Walker
The Long-Eared Otter
The Mushrooms
The Two Humper
The Tied in Tyres (Tires!)
The Sub
The Climb into the Murk
A good day to be above rather than below the clouds…
The Attractive Alien
If only all aliens looked this good!
The Grandchild
The Man on a Boat
The Ball Catcher
The Flower
The Thumb’s Up!
The Snooze
The Boarding Party
The Party Girl
The Floating Party
The Passengers
The Woman
The Shadow
The Lookout
The Player
The Boat
The Searchers
The Waitress
The Hang Glider Insect
Clear for take-off!!!
The Cycle Path Question
Why is it, I have to ask, that in the Netherlands they have miles of really good cycle tracks whilst here in the UK we have hardly any that even begin to compare with the cycle tracks they have in the Netherlands. Could it be something to do with having a completely useless, weak, corrupt and currently paralysed Conservative government in power? Perhaps the Dutch government could tell the British government how to run a country. I never thought I would end up despising the Conservative Party…but, well, here we are!
The Big Boat
The Expensive Watering Hole
No inexpensive sandwiches here!
The Pods
The Dead Leaf
Its funny how bits shrivel up and drop off in later life!!
The Woods Today
The Woods Today – Richard Broom Photography
The Rabbit (short eared)
The Prickly Thing
The Train
The chicken in the reeds
The Go Faster Boat
The Organ
The Multicoloured Chicken
The Boatman
The Walk in the Woods..
Join me as I walk around the wood close to Duff House, Banff, Aberdeenshire, UK.
The Walk in the Woods – Richard Broom Photography
The Little Chicken
One of our small native chickens…
The Musyhrooms
These mushy mushrooms would probably kill you stone dead if you cared to nibble on one of them.
The Firework Plant
I have no idea what this plant (weed?) is called but I call it the firework plant because it looks like a firework exploding in the sky..
The Friendly Chicken
Sue makes friends with one of the chickens in the woods.
The Wibbly-Wobbly Nobbly Tree
The Back View of the Fluffy Chicken
The Long Nose Chicken
These long nose chickens spotted near to Banff, Aberdeenshire this afternoon.
The Thistle
Well, we are in Scotland!
The Beautiful Evening
A wonderful sunny afternoon in Banff, Aberdeenshire
The Weed
The Fluffy Chicken
The Log Jam (the state of UK politics)
This log jam represents British politics. Never before in the field of British politics has so much been fucked up for so many by so few!! British politicians – not a good one among ’em. I’d rather trust a snake oil seller. British politicians should be hanging their sorry heads in shame. Indeed, they make us ashamed to be British. As for Liz Truss….is this really the best politics has to offer? I despair!
The Robert De Niro Chicken
Are you looking at me?
The Party Boat
The Long Legs
The DJ
The Girl
Richard Broom Photography 