The stirring of the creative soul
Wednesday 23 November 2005
Today has been one of those days when it never really seems to get light. Waking in the halflight of morning with grey fog thick around me, it never lifts, and morning blends into afternoon, and the halflight of dusk…
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Wednesday 23 November 2005
Russell of Kings Lakely bought a pack of four profiterols at Marks & Spencer. The wrapping proclaims ‘10% bigger, 30% more fondant, save 20%’. He paid £1.19, so what was the original price for a bog standard box. Answers on…
Continue readingPhillip Pullman has gone into seclusion
Wednesday 23 November 2005
Apparently Phillip Pullman has gone into seclusion for two years to write his new book. He is also interested in climate change. I know this because my Dad, at a climate change conference (coincidentally in Oxford) was supposed to be…
Continue readingShepline hits the news (well kind of…)
Sunday 20 November 2005
Julian, in a bored moment on the web (or so he says) found this and sent it to me tonight. It seems that shepline.com has now become a source for illustrating news stories (observe the photo in the news stories…
Continue readingCold and frosty mornings
Sunday 20 November 2005
Across the fence Originally uploaded by shepline on 20 Nov ’05, 2.01pm PST. Into the morning Originally uploaded by shepline on 20 Nov ’05, 2.01pm PST. Misty tree Originally uploaded by shepline on 20 Nov ’05, 2.01pm PST. Lonely Tree…
Continue readingThe Blissford Voice is Back!
Saturday 19 November 2005
After rather too long a hiatus, BVToday is back, and in a new guise. The decorators are still in so excuse the mess, but the really exciting things are happening just a stones throw away with the launch of BVToday…
Continue readingBlue flame from the legendary gobet
Saturday 19 November 2005
Last night, I set out into the bitter cold (there was a hard frost on the ground even as early as 8 o’clock!) I headed off to the Oxford MyVue to see the three hour (almost) long fourth installment of…
Continue readingDid I mention…
Friday 18 November 2005
…that I am going off to see the new Harry Potter film tonight. Yes. I couldn’t wait any longer – which is interesting, considering Goblet of Fire was my least favourite of the books (needed more editing I thought).
Continue readingYou win some, you lose some
Monday 14 November 2005
Last night, I’m not sure how or why, but I ended up on the BBC Oxford site. There was a competition there to win tickets to see Rory Bremner at the New Theatre, Oxford next Monday. It was one of…
Continue readingA walk in the country
Sunday 13 November 2005
Country Life Originally uploaded by shepline on 13 Nov ’05, 12.56pm PST. Just as I was composing this shot, with the river, and the lush grass and the ponies further way, the deer decided to run… Magic! 🙂
Continue readingNovember sunset over the forest
Saturday 12 November 2005
Sunset #6 Originally uploaded by shepline on 12 Nov ’05, 6.14pm PST. Moonrise Originally uploaded by shepline on 12 Nov ’05, 6.16pm PST.
Continue readingA walk in the country
Saturday 12 November 2005
Deer herd #1 Originally uploaded by shepline on 12 Nov ’05, 6.14pm PST.
Continue readingMy friend, Pepper
Wednesday 9 November 2005
When I got home from work today (coincidentally after stopping off at the vet to pick up more food, and arranging with Kathy over the way to come in over the weekend whilst I am away), I discoverd Pepper, curled…
Continue readingFarewell to Grannie
Tuesday 8 November 2005
Today, we gathered as a family at Amersham Crematorium to say our goodbyes to Grannie Shepherd. The coffin, before us, seemed so very small set out in front of us. To go in by, we couldn’t find a copy of…
Continue readingWhat the Dickens? This is how adaptations should be…
Sunday 6 November 2005
I had a phone call on Friday evening that put pay to my new-found Friday night routine of Bleak House, so tonight I had episode four to look forward to. The BBC’s new adaptation of Bleak House is excellence in…
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Sunday 6 November 2005
Wind gusts sheets of rain across the deserted forecourt under a leaden-grey sky. A van with blacked-out windows stands alone by the petrol pumps with it’s tarpaulin covered trailer buffeted by the wind and the rain. Within the service station,…
Continue readingRemember, remember the fifth of November
Saturday 5 November 2005
Fireworks #21 Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Nov ’05, 10.04pm PST. Fireworks #23 Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Nov ’05, 10.03pm PST. Fireworks #39 Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Nov ’05, 10.02pm PST. Fireworks #28 Originally uploaded…
Continue readingMy Family
Saturday 5 November 2005
More patient and dedicated people than Me have, over the years compiled the various branches of my family tree; I have just the role of The Archivist, and have worked to put them all together and make them available on…
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