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A photo a day – codes and data

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Pete

When checking my INR this morning the error 5 came up on my metre so I had to recheck using another strip. My INR needs to be between 2 and 3. As this was the last strip  I proceeded to … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – Alex’s life in a bowl

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Pete

We all have places where we keep particular things and even though Alex has allocated drawers in the front room he seems to have commandeered this glass bowl for the same use and left the drawers empty.

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A photo a day – gold leaf on paper

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Pete

I found this fragment of a faux leaf on my floor. I don’t know anything about it. However it took my eye and while working at my desk this morning the sun hit it and drew my interest. I simply … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – pain

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Pete

My thumb and wrist having been playing up recently and giving me a lot of pain. I wear a support while typing and presented it in this post (link). But recently the pain has increased and triggered my looking for … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – transformation

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Pete

I picked up my late mum’s remains today. The activity generated lots of questions. Do I label the photo “mum”? Is this a photo of mum? Of course it isn’t. The person that was Muriel Jean Mansell doesn’t exist physically … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – subtleties

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Pete

I’ve been reviewing how I can present landscape imagery in a way that can convey and evoke notions of the social construction of disability. That is how the assumed inevitability of disability due to physiological impairment is flawed because it … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – one last reflection

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Pete

I felt yesterday’s funeral made a nice juncture to mark moving away from the sorrow of mum’s passing to looking forward. Yet there was one last thing I wanted to do which was to read all the cards people had … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – the past, present and future in a frame

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Pete

Just as I was reading the introduction to Digital Revolution my degree certificate arrived. This made me reflect a bit on where I have been and am going photographically. For all the bells and whistles of interactive digital art the … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – Silhouette?

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Pete

This little ornamental boat was mum’s gift to me. When we reminisced at our weekly lunches I would often mention going into nan’s front room and seeing this on the mantelpiece, and so now mum’s gone, it has come to … Continue reading →

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A photo a day – style

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Pete

I didn’t think my mum was one for style. For most of her life she was a large lady, usually with scratches and bruises on her legs from scrambling about her allotment or  garden. So it was with some surprise … Continue reading →

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