June was that sort of month that slipped
quietly by. The weather was still uncertain with rain and hot days
intermingled.
The photography has suffered a bit with the
rain and the end of the breeding season. I have been out a few times to check
on the Bee-eaters. As noted before when the chicks get bigger the provided food
gets bigger…we go from bees to large dragonflies…..some appear to be almost as
big as the captor. Sometimes the cargo is so tempting the chick misses out.
On the photographic results front I have had
some wins. In a recent Australian Photographic Society-run nature open and mammal
competition…I won both sections as well as second in the mammals…albeit with older
images.
The Photographic Society of America publishes a Who’s Who in World photography each June. It was based on total acceptances but now there are so many salons they apply some formulae to get an acceptance per entry ratio….that is weighted in a mysterious way There is a certain number of salons that have to be entered however. Previously I have topped the Nature Print section for several years but only managed second in the slide/digital section. I have given up prints but this year I managed to greet the judge in the digital images. I have already tapered off these entries this year as I sense there is a strong odour of commercialism prevailing.
The Photographic Society of America publishes a Who’s Who in World photography each June. It was based on total acceptances but now there are so many salons they apply some formulae to get an acceptance per entry ratio….that is weighted in a mysterious way There is a certain number of salons that have to be entered however. Previously I have topped the Nature Print section for several years but only managed second in the slide/digital section. I have given up prints but this year I managed to greet the judge in the digital images. I have already tapered off these entries this year as I sense there is a strong odour of commercialism prevailing.
The two winning images
We have also greeted the judge several times in
the pub quiz during the month. We have had a diminished team for several weeks but
managed 4th, 2nd, 1st and 1st. We
also got several chunks of money in the Jackpot questions……..enough for us to
go to dinner on.
We have had a steady month with BnB guests as
well as bookings for July. We also have visits coming up from John Gray (from
Pharmacy college) and David and Lyn.
This month Nikki has been in Japan and Dani has had BBC
chasing after her for program on woman sports coaches.
Around home our resident orchid pushed out
another flower…..it is now firmly attached to a tree so is living it’s
preferred life as an epiphyte. Indoors, production of bread and Baileys
continues along with Kefir and the new addition…Mango Kombucha. One of the female residents is crazy on Bailey's and will stand on my shoulder and tight-rope walk up my arm to get her tongue in my glass.
It has been a good month for NZ sport with the
return of the America’s Cup and a win in the first test against the touring Lions.
I am planning a few weeks in Darwin and Kakadu
in October/November this year with two buddies from Singapore. I booked flights
via Expedia on Malaysian Airlines. A day later they decided they were dropping Darwin as a
destination and suggested I fly to Singapore instead…….I am still battling to
get a refund. They blame a computer glitch.
The flight saga took a bizarre turn when I was offered the following;
It was like booking to go to London and being re-rooted to Syria. You will also note the suggested return flights do not connect in time. When I objected. I got the following note
I have had my own computer glitches. My desktop computer was 7 years old and has been repaired twice. This time the screen went….was patched and went again a week later. My older laptop died earlier in the year. I purchased a new 15 inch MacBook plus and have connected it to a 27 inch Dell Screen. It has taken a few weeks to add programs and connectors which add to the basic cost of the computer.
It was like booking to go to London and being re-rooted to Syria. You will also note the suggested return flights do not connect in time. When I objected. I got the following note
I have had my own computer glitches. My desktop computer was 7 years old and has been repaired twice. This time the screen went….was patched and went again a week later. My older laptop died earlier in the year. I purchased a new 15 inch MacBook plus and have connected it to a 27 inch Dell Screen. It has taken a few weeks to add programs and connectors which add to the basic cost of the computer.
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