tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42748200802825856112024-03-13T07:15:36.956-07:00The life & times of a Dunnycatthe mindless meanderings of an ex-shipyard worker who likes reading,photography,wildlife and music of any type.dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-68048576846855569272018-02-27T23:48:00.001-08:002018-02-27T23:48:18.867-08:00Instagram<p dir="ltr">While I thoroughly enjoy using Instagram I find it very frustrating when I keep getting temporarily blocked for going through my feed too fast. Apparently I am not supposed to try and catch up with the posts from people I follow or who follow me,and if I try they block me and tell me I am going to fast which confuses them and they think I am a spambot. I only mention this as it is annoying and frustrating as I cannot be on 24/7 Just to keep up with everybody's posts so please #Instagram get your act together.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-61874442363244796632018-02-20T00:00:00.001-08:002018-02-20T00:00:17.036-08:00Abstract photos<p dir="ltr">This is a selection of photos that I turned into abstracts by using a mobile phone app.</p>
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dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-91993424648825476182015-06-08T07:31:00.001-07:002015-06-08T07:31:18.881-07:00Migrant Artist Show<p dir="ltr">Yesterday I was priviliged to be invited to the preview of an art exhibition by a friend who was one of the artists, when I got their I was completely awestruck by the talent and work of the four artists involved. If you are in Newcastle I would recommend heartily that you drop in and take a look in you will be pleasantly surprised it is at the Holy Biscuit 1 Clarence Street and runs from the 9th to the 14th June it is open from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. these are just 4 pieces 1 by each artist the pity is my photos do not do them justice.</p>
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While sitting on the bus heading out on my daily journey it amazes me the different people you see either getting on the bus or waiting for one or a lift off a friend or work colleague from students to office workers and manual workers. First lets start with the students some dress like they have slept in their clothes others are dressed to the nines as if they have a heavy date or going out on the drink hoping to get lucky, you also have the ones who look the part nice and casual no make up insight by this you could say these are the more natural and confident in themselves that they do not hide behind a fake facade. Next the more mature or supposedly mature bus users you have the men who try and get away with dying their hair and trying to dress and talk trendy while you have some of the women and here I will use an old adage mutton dressed like lamb, some manage to carry it off others will put you off your dinner the same is also true of the men. And finally of course you have those who dress and act their age, unfortunately I am not one of them as I still dress and act like I did in the Eighties. dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-48511537072311853532015-04-19T01:19:00.001-07:002015-04-19T01:20:01.660-07:00My Phototgraphy<p dir="ltr">Just lately while out taking photos I have started treating my digital camera like a film camera in most ways except I take more than the usual 36 frames, for a start before I take a photo I turn my monitor off and block it so I am not tempted to do any on camera editing or check the results of the shot, so I do not know what they are like until I get home and upload them to my laptop, just like waiting for them to be developed lol. If you try this you might be surprised with the results here are a few examples that surprised me.</p>
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The interior is well lit and the staff very friendly, they serve a good selection of hot and cold drinks and fresh food, I tried a cappuccino and it was of better than some of the main stream coffee chains, as well as good food and drink they also have free WiFi so you can keep up to date while enjoying your repast, remember though I am doing this for pleasure not profit as I think Indie Coffee Houses deserve more support.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xO9qdWSmZkk/UelVKV5CWsI/AAAAAAAAW0o/p8iPu2Sh8fg/s1600/The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House%252520sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xO9qdWSmZkk/UelVKV5CWsI/AAAAAAAAW0o/p8iPu2Sh8fg/s640/The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House%252520sign.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QVfeoAtjZOw/UelVL1nMwoI/AAAAAAAAW0w/lfzd02GuDQw/s1600/Basement%252520Coffee%252520House%252520%252528cappuccino%252529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QVfeoAtjZOw/UelVL1nMwoI/AAAAAAAAW0w/lfzd02GuDQw/s640/Basement%252520Coffee%252520House%252520%252528cappuccino%252529.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AxcJyjdaUPs/UelVNtl-5WI/AAAAAAAAW04/Op2P4q3_Ltg/s1600/Interior%252520of%252520The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AxcJyjdaUPs/UelVNtl-5WI/AAAAAAAAW04/Op2P4q3_Ltg/s640/Interior%252520of%252520The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MTV_tcX0Px0/UelVPYz6tJI/AAAAAAAAW1A/fCLD_zoG1VE/s1600/Free%252520WiFi%252520at%252520the%252520The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MTV_tcX0Px0/UelVPYz6tJI/AAAAAAAAW1A/fCLD_zoG1VE/s640/Free%252520WiFi%252520at%252520the%252520The%252520Basement%252520Coffee%252520House.jpg"> </a> </div>dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0Holywell Village, at Seaton Crescent (Unmarked), United Kingdom55.06577 -1.50432tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-11538928530777761922013-06-27T01:21:00.001-07:002013-06-27T01:21:43.213-07:00Mikaids and The French OvenWhile out for a wander I came across this great little coffee shop Mikaids for those interested it is at 17 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DQ this is a great little place with nice friendly staff, a great varieties of teas and coffees and good food at very reasonable prices. I had myself a cappuccino and a sandwich the cappuccino was very good and the sandwich was excellent and made with fresh artisan baked bread from the French Oven 27/28 Grainger Market, after finishing my snack I decided to check out The French Oven and found the range of breads and cakes they make daily really good and fab tasting so this is another place I would highly recommend you take a look at the next time you are in Newcastle.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bSl4AD8ILOc/Ucv2C2AOkgI/AAAAAAAAU8c/PSLLU_TDSZg/s1600/Mikaids%25252017%252520Grainger%252520Street%252520Newcastle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bSl4AD8ILOc/Ucv2C2AOkgI/AAAAAAAAU8c/PSLLU_TDSZg/s640/Mikaids%25252017%252520Grainger%252520Street%252520Newcastle.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-N-eM2k9EO7Q/Ucv2FC2KskI/AAAAAAAAU8k/ymGmGkNYmXs/s1600/The%252520French%252520Oven%252520Artisan%252520Bakers%252520Grainger%252520Market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-N-eM2k9EO7Q/Ucv2FC2KskI/AAAAAAAAU8k/ymGmGkNYmXs/s640/The%252520French%252520Oven%252520Artisan%252520Bakers%252520Grainger%252520Market.jpg"> </a> </div>dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0Holywell, Holywell55.064903 -1.5080149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-91302753033768363432013-04-29T23:05:00.001-07:002013-04-29T23:05:12.969-07:00The Jackson Saga Rumbles on<p dir=ltr>Well once again the Jackson family drag Michaels name into court blaming the tour management company for hiring Murray when they knew he had a drug problem but the one question no one has really bothered addressing is if they knew why were they not there trying to get him off the drugs and why did they wait until he died to come out of the background and claim that everyone but he was to blame for his drug addiction because to be honest while tragic there is no real difference between what happened with Michael than has happened with other superstars for example Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison to name but a few, feel free to disagree if you want.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-66447844771802993772013-03-29T00:37:00.001-07:002013-03-29T00:37:51.667-07:00Another Photography Rant<p dir=ltr>Yes I am having another rant about photography, I had a nice little debate on twitter yesterday and came to the conclusion everyone has their own ideas what constitutes photography. My view is to try and get as much right in camera so I have very little to do on my computer it was the same when I used film, but some people reckon every photo that comes out of a digital camera has to be edited but I say no yes you may have to resize for printing or with people photos fix red eye, and like I say each to their own my main bug bear is when things are added or taken out just to make the photographer feel they have taken a great photo to me that just shows they are good with computers and editing software so as such anything produced by those means should be represented as digitally enhanced images. That is one reason I stopped entering photo comps as I knew as soon as I saw some of the judges comments complimenting them on the use of their editing skills with my minimalist approach to editing I stood no chance. Well thats all for now and as I said at the start everyone is free to their own opinion so please no sarcastic comments. Oh and by the way I have had photos published so I think I no a little about photos.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-43613193850193626502013-03-11T04:19:00.001-07:002013-03-11T04:19:03.861-07:00The Minions Strike Again<p dir=ltr>Well the minions have struck again I was getting all set to go for a wander with my camera when guess what happened yep you guessed it Arthur Itis and C. Oldweather ganged up on me to prevent my wandering and roaming with my camera first Arthur struck when I woke in agony from his bone jangling curse in my joints particularly my hands I cursed as I had spent a couple of hours the night before cleaning and checking my camera gear for my treat, even the painkillers were conspiring against me as they only made Arthur recede into a dull throbbing ache and then if that C. Oldweather decided to turn up and snow on my parade and drop the temp to minus six degrees centigrade so instead of going out and about I curled up on the sofa with a nicehot cup of coffee and proceeded to eliminate every creatureand person I came across in Skyrim.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-35707859249383877162013-03-01T03:15:00.001-08:002013-03-01T03:15:40.094-08:00My take on photography<p dir=ltr>Before anyone goes all huffy and starts spitting their dummy out I would just like to say these are my opinions if you agree or disagree that is entirely in your hands. I very rarily use editing software for anything other than cropping and resizing ready for printing I do however try various tricks in camera to get various effects like changing the white balance using differing shutter speeds and screw on filters and I only use 3 of them U.V., POLARIZER and RED. I also if rarely follow any of the so called rules of photography to the letter as the first thing you notice when you read how some professional photographers get the shot they are talking about they throw them out the window so to speak, my main rules that I have are the photo that I take is good as long as I am happy with the result and if anybody asks me to take photos for them as long as they are happy with the results then so am I, for example my sons wedding anybody who knows me knows I am not confident taking photos of people but when the so called professional dropped them in the proverbial about 4 days before their wedding I reluctantly agreed to take their photos for them as it turned out one or two people were not happy with them but the main people my son and daughter in law were over the moon with them. So my take is you will never please all the people all of the time but as lkng as I am happy that's all that matters.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-16895602742010474392013-02-09T03:01:00.001-08:002013-02-09T03:01:45.681-08:00Blogging<p dir=ltr>Blogging there are a number of reasons why people blog these include self promotion of their talents such as writing,photography and arts then you have those who use them as a way to get their political and religious views across, those who use it to document their life and then you have the likes of me who do it for fun I write what I think I make up what I think are funny news stories and post photos if people do not like what I blog than the easy solution is do not read my blogs I do not deliberately set out to offend people but if they take offense tough stop being sensitive and taking everything people say or write personally jokes and funny stories about politics and religion have been around as long as man has been alive. These are my own opinions.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-4682753532670445742013-02-04T04:42:00.001-08:002013-02-04T04:42:32.580-08:00Morning out for retail therapy<p dir=ltr>Well went out for some retail therapy ended up doing food shopping instead came back with 2 bags of food and only 1 second hand 360 game for myself something wrong there, but at least I have extra food in the house now lol but what is it with shops I mean I went out for some trainers went in three shops and not one had a size 6 I mean they had all the sizes around them but none in my size and what is it with coats I tried 4 different ones on in a large now I am not muscle bound and was only wearing a t-shirt but I could not get the sleeves over my biceps is everyone supposed to have skinny arms skinny legs and big feet.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-76770669172325320992013-01-31T02:31:00.001-08:002013-01-31T02:31:38.446-08:00Coffee Shops<p dir=ltr>Have you noticed whether it is a big name or independant coffee shop with free WiFi they both have two main customers in common the students and the silver surfer both after the free WiFi but most of the other customers differ slightly you have some that use both you have those that only use the big name and you have those that only use the indie ones I have my own theory on this 1) those that use both just like coffee no matter the cost. 2) those that use the big name purely because of that oh they have lots of stores they must be good. 3) those that use the small indie ones reckon you get better value for your money and friendlier staff. I however tend to disagree with the second two and fall into group 1 and use both because I like coffee and you get good and bad staff in both. These are my own observations and opinions.</p>
dunnycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857187942553012623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274820080282585611.post-59449443847075768982013-01-25T03:41:00.001-08:002013-01-25T03:41:38.370-08:00The end of another week<p dir=ltr>Well thats it nearly the end of another week this year is starting to disappear nearly as quickly as the last one but hey as long as we are here to see it happen who cares I have had great fun thanks to the weather I have fallen down more times this last week than in all the years I used to drink I now have that many bruises on my body it looks like a dot to dot puzzle lol but at least nothing broken, then there is the side of me that is becoming a technophope as anything with my phone,tablet and laptop that could go wrong has gone wrong roll in next week.</p>
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