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More May Photos
We took Abigail to Saltwell Park on the last weekend of May. It was a roasting day and we wanted somewhere to just doss in the sun where she could run around.
Don't think I realised how big the place is. If you're willing to keep away from the kids play area it seems there always a quiet corner of the park to relax in. Also has a pets corner but I think birds bore Abigail to be honest!Photo's Here.
May
I haven't been here since April, so I might as well try and cover May in one post...!
May was the start of what are going to be a very busy few months for us. All in a good way of course but I can't believe how much stuff is planned.
The beginning of the month started with Sam and Alan's wedding at the Holiday Inn. When I say wedding it certainly wasn't a run of the mill one; They'd got married a few weeks earlier in Vegas, in true Vegas style. The ceremony was streamed on the t'interwebs and it was quite bizarre being able to see it. This photo is just after the ceremony finished and they all waved to the camera.
Anyhoo, getting back to the home leg of their doo; it started with drinks at the Holiday Inn, then speeches, and then onto a formal blessing. Then came the food, Elvis tribute act, Poker Table and Wheel of Fortune! Yep it was bizarre, but it was also really, really good.
It was also the first time we'd been back to a doo at the Holiday Inn since our wedding there nearly 4 years ago. It was in the same room, but that's about where the similarities between the two end! Flickr photo set of their wedding is here.
Also went to see Girls Aloud last month at the Arena with Jen. Missed them the last twice they've been due to us having holidays booked.
I wasn't really sure what to expect to be honest after the recently dissapointing show by the Pussy Cat Dolls (photos on my Facebook somewhere). Girls Aloud though turned out to be really good.
The stage, songs, performance, atmosphere were all way better than PCD. Ours seats were dead centre and really close to the front so we had a cracking view of the show. Again the set is on flickr here
Altogether there was me, Jen, Abigail + Lee & Emma + Maddy, Sarah, Jess + Simon & Kirstine + Maff, Kelly & Anna + Jimmy & Family (sorry I'm rubbish with names). We had 3 caravans and it was a proper fun 4 days.
The whole idea was a cheap caravan holiday somewhere and given the Haven Park's are all basically the same anyway we thought it made sense just to go to Haggerston.
Kids all had a great time and the parents all lapped it up too. Within a day of being there you completely forgot that you were only like an hour from home. Yep photos here again.
Had a quiet week during the middle of the month, which wasn't a bad thing seeing as I was on call anyway. Then came Jen's 29th Birthday on the 22nd May (only 1 year away from the big '3' '0'!), which was also a bank holiday weekend. We were both at work on the 22nd so again it was a quiet one, then we went for an Indian's with Lee and Emma on the Saturday.
I think that's about everything worth mentioning here for the Month of May.
The house extension is still on-going. We've now had the plans back for the new kitchen which is quite exciting, although it'll be even better when the plans turn into reality!
June is looking like quite a good month but I'm not even going to commit to saying I'll post here again soon because I'm pretty useless with updates! JUNE: Take That (Jen), Abigail's Birthday, Boy Zone (Jen) and finally a week in Magaluff / Palma Nova which Jen booked last night after work - wahoo!
Highbrow Flickr
I think most people are aware that President Obama is on Twitter, but also found off Joi Ito today that there is an official White House Flickr stream...!
Flickr: The Official White House Photostream's Photostream
Have to say that's pretty cool.
Damn ISP's!!!
Straight to the point here...
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS / FAVOURITES WITH THIS ADDRESS:
http://thecornells.blogspot.com/
http://thecornells.blogspot.com/
My Blog runs on Google's free Blogspot service. It's been on there since day one and I simply make use of web forwarding from my Internet Service Provider to forward thecornells.co.uk to the address above. This is all well and good until the web forwarding breaks down and you're left with a 'website currently unavailable' message, which has apparently been here for the last week or so.
This is no doubt more than a coincidence that the problems occur at the time that my domain is due for renewal! Anyway I've complained and they look to have re-instated the web forwarding but can I suggest you go straight to http://thecornells.blogspot.com/ from now on, as this will bypass the middle man.
Incidentally the reason I still use blogspot as oppose to one of the many other and often more advanced blog engines, is because I try to keep as much stuff 'Google' as I can. Cloud computing is great for someone like me moving between many different devices and OS's and touch wood I never have a problem with Google. My mail, calendar and contacts management is all out there somewhere and is easilly accessible on my PC, laptop, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry etc.
Sorry for the geeky tech post, but had to at least explain why the blog has been down for a week!
"Eeeeh it makes everyone look like miniture people!"
'Tilt Shift' photos are something that has fascinated me for a while now but they're something I'd never have the time to look into creating from scratch. It's a lot more technical than this, but in short it an effect which can make people / objects / landscapes etc in photos all look miniture, - like a little toy town if you like. Try Googling for examples or looking round Flickr.
Normally it's quite a lengthy process which also involves a decent spec camera for a start. However I came across a link to this site a few months ago; tiltshiftmaker.com/
Which allows you to have a go at it with your own photos in 3 easy steps.
Decided to try it with this photo I took a few years back at St James' Park when 'The Match' was being shown on Sky 1. Obviously the original is on the left, and the tilt shifted version on the right.
Click the photo to see the full original size.This is example is no where near as effective as some of the ones kicking around the web but I was pleased for how long it took.
If you really want to be impressed check out this example of a Tilt Shift video;
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
You constantly have to remind yourself that the video isn't just a load of toy people!
