not 12 on the 12th

some days really are too monotonous to contemplate 12 on the 12th.  Really would you want to see 12 of these with perhaps some variation in cloud pattern.

I flew out of London evening of the 11th and arrived in Sydney, Australia on morning of the 13th so the 12th happened somewhere between those points while I was sitting on a plane.  I’m in Australia now for six weeks so instead of snow photos I should have parrots and sun. 

Recipe for polynesian fish

this featured on my photo a day for last week.  It is a common dish in New Zealand thanks to the Samoan and Tongan communities sharing their lovely food.  The fish should be very fresh – it is cooked by the lemon juice.  The dish is very fresh tasting and quite addictive.  It is often served as part of a salad or as a started before a BBQ. 

frost photo mosaic

Mary over at Little Red House runs mosaic Monday with links to the many people who join her by posting a mosaic of photos.  Last week there was an amazing frost and I took lots of photos, some of which are in this collection.  Amazing to see the separate ice crystals and the pattern on the wood showing in the frost.

I made my mosaic using picassa.

photo a day week 5

from 9am Monday until 6pm Thursday this is what I thought my collection for this week would look like

Monday turned on my laptop and nothing happened.  Turned it off and turned it on again – still nothing.  Received wisdom was that the hard drive was dead and all would be lost. And I had not backed up photos all month. But when I returned from London on Thursday I was told that it was working again – just needed an external boot.  So I do have all the photos – great relief and feel as if my fifth limb has been returned.

enough sunshine for shadows on my morning walk; made Polynesian fish salad for dinner; glorious colour at dusk; no laptop; Big Ben (London); waiting in the corridor for the meeting; train at King’s Cross.
This week’s task – set up very regular back-up of photos. How do you back-up photos – online (in the cloud), on a separate hard drive or burnt to CD?