Renard's Chronicles

Renard has a couple of blogs, he is currently posting more on his Blogger one than his Wordpress, and recently he posted about the way the blog - or WebLog - has evolved. Take a look HERE to read his post. When I first posted a blog all the way back in August, 2004, I had to use HTML code to link to a friend's blog, and there was no way to add images. 

You could alter the way your blog looked, by changing the colour of the background and could change the font by making it Bold, Italic, Underlined or a mixture of all three. Now, you can have photos, increase the size of the font, use different fonts, include videos, links, tables, columns, rows, and so much more. 

This was my very first post:

If you haven't started on your own blog yet, do it soon. It is a great way to store your memories as well. I was looking back on some of my posts and there was things there I had forgotten about. Some that I wish I hadn't remembered as well haha. 

Photo of the Week 2015 - Week 38

There were so many photos this week, but the majority of the ones I could use, are the ones I used for the Daily Challenge - those that I didn't pick from earlier photos that is. When I was looking out the window, I noticed the moon, so I figured a daytime moon fragment would be a cool shot for the photo of the week.

Photo of the Week 2015
Week 38

September Daily Photo Challenge - September 18 - Roof

This photo was taken in 2013 when I took my kids to London in August for a "River and Eye" trip. It was a combined London Eye and River Thames trip. It was a great day, and the kids really enjoyed themselves. They really enjoyed the mimes as well, the people who dressed as statues, not the silly ones who get stuck in glass boxes and you just want to punt them across the room screaming "THERE'S NOTHING THERE!" Anyway, as we went down the Thames, we saw The Globe Theatre which is a reconstruction of the one that Shakespeare used to frequent. The original burnt down as a result of a poorly placed torch. With a thatched roof, I think you have to be extremely careful where you place it. It is the thatch that drew me to using this photo for the challenge of "Roof"

September 18
Roof

September Daily Photo Challenge - September 17 - Reptile

When I stayed at a friend's house in 2013, her youngest son brought one of his pets out, it was a gecko. So of course, I couldn't resist taking shots of it, after all, I rarely get that close to a reptile. I was going to look to see if I had an crocodile that I photographed in the London Aquarium last year, but I thought this looked cuter.

September 17
Reptile

Sunday Photo Fiction - The Return

It has been a long time since I have done some Photo Fiction, but I was just drifting off to sleep the other night and this story just jumped at me, so I had to write it down.

Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly photo fiction challenge where you make up a story with approximately 200 words using the photo provided. If you want to have a go, the challenge runs from 4am GMT Sunday to 4am GMT the following Sunday. You can find the link by clicking on the image.

THE RETURN

In the old curios shop, Greg picked up a small, green gem and turned it over in his right hand, rolling it with the index finger of his left hand. The shopkeeper smiled at him and said “It is a return gem”. At Greg’s frown, he chuckled. “Apparently it is a lifesaver, it can return someone to life, presumably by holding their essence inside it.” Upon querying the price, of which the old man informed him he would let it go for thirty pounds. Greg bartered him down to twenty, and left with it in his inside jacket pocket.

“You brought WHAT??” his wife, Vikki, screamed at him. “Of all the stupid things for you to buy. Leave. Now! I have had it with your stupidity, your childishness, and your pathetic excuse for being a human being. I knew I should have married your brother, he’s better in bed than you anyway!” Greg stood there stunned. He always wondered about the way she looked at his brother. In a daze, he opened the front door and stopped. He turned to look at her, and saw only hate and loathing in her eyes. “GET OUT!” she screamed and picked the closest thing to her, a saucepan with boiling water, and threw it at him. He ducked and staggered out the door, falling off the path as he stumbled. He didn’t see the big rig, but he felt it. Briefly.

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“It’s a return gem”. He chuckled at Greg’s frown. “Apparently it’s a ...”

“I’ll take it, here’s the thirty pounds, and do you know a good divorce lawyer?”

September Daily Photo Challenge - September 16th - Garden

I don't have a garden, and the weather has been a grotty-snotty of a day, plus I may have over done it a bit over the last few days so haven't been able to get out. This photo is one that I took last year, and although it is not technically a garden, I love the way I managed to capture the blossom falling. It could be looked at as the Garden of Rest I suppose.

September 16
Garden

September Daily Photo Challenge - September 15 - Train

I took my daughter to the cinema in June to see Jurassic World for her birthday. I was hoping to be able to reach the train station over the last couple of days to take a photo of a train for this challenge, but I have been so snowed under, I wasn't able to, so this is the one from June.

September 16
Train