Adventures in food

This week, it seems, I have felt the urge to try new foods. First I tried dried cranberries. They were yummy. But so they should be with as much sugar as sweets!

The cranberries gave me a taste for the spoils of an adventure, so I tried pickled cockles. They were gritty. I’m not a big fan of eating something that reminds me of beachtime sand in my sandwiches. So, I have some cockles going spare should anyone wish to claim them.

I felt I shouldn’t give up after one bad experience and so I tried celeriac mash. It was yucky. I think that will be the end of my adventures in food for a while.

Sometimes the truth hurts

Last weekend an old friend gave me his honest opinion. And, if I’m being truthful, it hurt. A sort of surprising,stinging smart, like being slapped across the face. He said he thought that my website was letting down my portraits. While at the time I mostly felt offended, I knew he was right. I probably felt a little less bad as I was already most of the way through changing it anyway as I felt the same way my friend did. But it most certainly spurred me on to complete the new site in double quick time. I hope that it is an improvement, but if it isn’t I’ll have to keep trying.

I know that I am lucky to have the kind of friends that care about me so much that they tell me the truth. Without that I would find it much harder to grow and improve. If you want to take a peek at the new site you can find it at www.tomhandbury.co.uk. But I’m feeling a little delicate at the moment so try to keep any comments positive!

MacBook

I had an accident at the weekend. I accidentally on purpose bought a new toy serious piece of equipment. A MacBook Pro. Wooohooo! I’ve been needing one for so long I can barely remember. And for the last couple of days it has been glued firmly to my side. Like a puppy, I’ve needed it in my sight and sound at all times. Just so I know it’s ok. You know? It is irritating Fran though, she says I’ve been looking at the MacBook when we’re talking and that mmmm doesn’t count as a response because it means I’m not listening.

Seeking a [hip] new camera bag

I have a big camera bag. In fact, it’s massive. Which is great for storing all my equipment, but a little cumbersome on a shoot. So I’ve been seeking a new, smaller camera bag for a while. The only thing is, I don’t want to look like a dork and most camera bags have GEEK invisibly scrawled all over them. After trawling the interweb for a while I found a few bags that are up for consideration.

The bag at the top of this post is a beautiful leather bag from Drop it Modern. Not yet available but it definitely tops my list in terms of looks. Below, in order from top to bottom are; The Lomography Sidekick which has a kinda leather look. The Grafea leather camera bag, a little traditional looking, but nice. And finally the stylish Kelly Boy bag.

Mum and her first computer

Yesterday I found this in my inbox:

My first e mail

hi it’s only me practising my e mail skills no wonder I couldn’t send you one last night was using wrong e mail address silly me. We enjoyed meal as well hope you didn’t have too bad a journey home. Thank you and Fran for the printer that will be our next venture into technology! Hope you have a good week.

Mum

When I read that email I wanted to reach out through the internet and hug her. My Mum is officially online and she has taken to it like a duck to water. Is it weird that I feel proud? Actually, I don’t care if it’s weird, I’m proud anyway. Oh, and when I was helping to set up the laptop she taught me that you can just hold the down arrow key to scroll down a page. I never knew that before.