After the rain

It had been raining all day. Come 3 o'clock it slowed a little, by half past it had stopped. I picked up my camera and took the dog for a walk before it got dark.
Here is a tree bathed in golden sunset light with the receding dark rainy sky in the background. A beautiful end to a very grey day.

K_B Church

K_B Church

The Wreake, Close to overflowing

Sunset over the Wreake

Wet fields

Wet fields

K_B Church

 

Here's a couple of shots from earlier in the day. A rainy town.

How stupid can you be?

However daft you may think you are it probably doesn't come close to this sheer idiocy. Have close look at this, this battery weighs just under a ton, and contains over 100kg of electrolyte (acid). Batteries give off a highly explosive gas when charging and discharging. If you 'cross' the terminals with a metal object it short circuits, complete with big sparks and intense heat. This metal knife was found like this, actually in contact with one terminal beneath it's protective shroud.

Chutney dips

Our local restaurant does quite a nice curry. The Poppadums are only good because the dips are excellent.

Fireworks on Bonfire night

Some from the cold wait at a local display. We have always paid in the past but the biggest driver of absence from the payers at this display is the speed of exit. I hate getting stuck in a 20 minute queue to exit the 200m driveway of the place.

All four second exposures. Most at f6.3 ISO160

Fire fighting

The original orientation of the one above

Palm Trees

Spiders

Bonfire night in the garden

This time of year usually brings out the sparkler writing photo's. This year ours were not as good as they could have been. After the sparklers had been used up the torch came in to play. Fuelled by Rosé and a local 'real ale' I couldn't resist this one and it amused me somewhat.

We don't like Pumpkin pie so after the end of October the use for Pumpkins has burnt out. In this case literally.