It seems that normal service has been resumed for now, I can access the Weight Watchers site to record the information on my graph again
I lost 1lb this week
Archive for March, 2011
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Weight Loss – Week 32
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
New Growth
My Mum mentioned recently that quite a few plants in her garden had not made it through the particularly cold winter. She was especially sad that the ones my Dad had bought that unsuspectingly (several weeks after the order) arrived on the day of his funeral seem not to have made it through the winter [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2011
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Over Exposed
In my recent post I mentioned that I had inadvertently changed a setting on my camera which was affecting the results of my photographs.
These two photos show the results of my accidentally altering of the exposure compensation setting. The second photo was taken after I got the settings back in order
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2011
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DoF Experiments
DoF = Depth of Field.
The above article is a little confusing as are the other internet articles on the subject. In layman’s terms DoF means that when you have focused on the subject of your photograph the camera settings you choose determine how much of the foreground and background is in focus too. It is [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2011
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The Media and the Myths – Revisited
A letter published in the Financial Times on 25th February 2011 exposes the myth of the Public Sector stereotype:
Looking to hire? You’ll get a great recruit from the public sector
From Mr Ian Watmore,
Sir, I read Brian Groom’s report (February 21) on the perceived limited employability of public servants in the private sector with great dismay. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2011
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Home Grown
It was lovely to see the sun come out this afternoon, it lightened my spirit. My household chores were done so it was an ideal opportunity for me to test my new camera out in the garden.
When I visited Wenlock Priory recently I tried the ‘Aperture Priority’ setting and struggled with it, despite having [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2011
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Cherie’s Place -Thought for the Week
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
Robert A. Heinlein
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2011
