I’ve got a tag cloud on my sidebar. Personally I have little use for a tag cloud, and wondered whether anyone else uses it … or any other thoughts on tag clouds – now’s your chance ! I have a feeling … Continue reading Tag Cloud – Useful Or Waste Of Space ?
We do seem to get a lot of beautiful skies here in Thailand – Grandeur on a biblical scale ! … This is due in part to the fact … Continue reading Stunning Cloud Formation – Balcony Panorama
So is he a McRonald ? … I decided not to run with the James Franco article. I reckon that guy has enough publicity right now. Writing … Continue reading “Camp” Ronald McDonald
At least I think it is, botanist I’m not ! The plant itself was quite large and actually looked more like a vine. So not sure, … Continue reading Orchid
It’s an odd feeling realising that something isn’t right but not knowing what it is. That’s what happened to me a couple of days ago. I … Continue reading Murals
My prestigious awardees list is quite extensive, as I’m sure many of you have noticed. Some people ask to be added to the list – I’m happy for pretty much anyone to join the list, if you want to be included … Continue reading Don Charisma – Awards List, Now’s Your Chance To Get Added
Thanks to Angie of ‘Kentucky Angel’s Train Wrecks’ for my Angel Award … And apologies for not getting the badge I promised to you earlier, life is, well, busy for me at the moment … Angie has been a long … Continue reading The Angel Award – Thanks Angie 🙂
These flowers are on a tree. To shoot them I’m standing on tip-toe with the camera in my outstretched arms. There’s a running debate about whether … Continue reading Tree Flowers
This one was taken last year, lovely calm sea … with boats 🙂 It’s twelve (4wx3h P) photos merged with PTGui Pro Photos taken in Thailand (c) … Continue reading Boaty Sunset Panorama
Firstly I’d like to apologise to anyone that’s commented on my blog in the last day or so – I haven’t been able to respond. Why ? Because I slept only less than 1 hour last night, and had a … Continue reading Cambodia
By way of a little preview of the panorama I’m posting later, this is a one shot deal of the “water sprite” … this one’s a … Continue reading Water Sprite Sunset
I keep thinking I’ve taken and seen the perfect sunset, and then I go out to shoot another that leaves me in awe. This evening’s was again, stunning – 652 photos in a little over an hour ! I know you … Continue reading Sunset – Just When I Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Better !
This driveway is on my walk home from the town center. It’s another excuse for me to hone my panoramic skills. So 3 portrait photos merged … Continue reading Leafy Hotel Driveway
This evening’s sunset here was breathtaking, really I haven’t seen anything like it before. It had the awe of what looked like massive explosions in the … Continue reading Running Sunset Girl
I’m less of reader and more of a looker. I’d choose a film over a book, or a photo over a poem, it’s just how god built me. There is some babble that circulates about men being visually oriented and … Continue reading Cupcake Writer
Still exploring whilst waiting for my pizza … There’s a table with leaflets, flyers etc … Some antique looking wine casks underneath. The table itself did … Continue reading Presentation Table – Italian Restaurant
I don’t have likes turned on on my comments, but I believe it’s possible to have them turned on. So it’s an odd anomaly of the WordPress.com system where I get more than the occasional email saying “X liked your … Continue reading Likes On Likes – Yikes !
These are in the dentist’s secret garden. I couldn’t decide which one I like best, so I posted them both. Enjoy Taken in Thailand (c) Don … Continue reading Pretty Flowers
I was walking home one evening after doing my sunset shooting and noticed how cool the lights looked in the trees. So an experiment in night … Continue reading Night Beach Tree Lights Towerama
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. These guys are having some fun with sky lanterns 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Sky Lantern Fun – Loy Catong Festival
I’ve had a few computer issues over the course of the last week. First the cooling fan packed up on my computer. Got a new fan and fixed that. Then I started having some data loss issues on my hard drives. … Continue reading Removing the SPD.EXE virus from Windows 7
Hangovers and tiredness. Yup, that’s it folks. How to utterly fail at being an Alcoholic or an Insomniac … I don’t like being tired or hungover … If I don’t sleep I get to the point that I become exhausted and … Continue reading Why I Could Never Be An Insomniac Or An Alcoholic
I posted the panorama/towerama version of this one already … Quite a sexy photo if you’re into phallic things ! Enjoy 🙂 Taken in Thailand (c) … Continue reading Palms And Towers – Landscape
I posted these before as separate photos, now here they are together. These are columns at the entrance to one of the beachfront hotels. Check out … Continue reading Thai Columns – Both
I really like this spot, it’s as far as I can walk on my daily walk. There’s a little beach here that can be used when … Continue reading “Cove” Beach and Sea Wall Panorama 2
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. I just like the fairy lights in the trees ! Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Tree “Fairy Lights”
Shaun Gibson is one of my favourite bloggers. I came to know him via his “I am part of the WordPress family” award. He helped me muchly in the earlier days of my blog in dealing with some of the challenges that … Continue reading Don Charisma Welcomes Back Shaun Gibson
This is the entrance to one of the local Buddhist temples, at sunset, true to Don Charisma form, in panorama 🙂 I must post a video … Continue reading Temple Entrance – Panorama
Taken at the Toscana Italian restaurant whilst I was looking around (waiting for Pizza) 🙂 Pizza, yay ! Taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma Continue reading Trophy Alcove
This building is near to the entrance of the grounds of a temple. So I don’t know exactly what it’s for, could be housing for monks … Continue reading Temple Grounds “House” – Panorama
I’ve received a few of these messages recently that haven’t gone directly to the Spam queue (they sit there waiting for my approval). Here’s the most recent : The message reads : When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify … Continue reading Clever Little Spammer On WordPress
These little shrines are everywhere in Thailand. This one is one of the more ornate ones, I pass on my daily walk along the beach. Enjoy … Continue reading Thai Buddhist Shrine
Taken during last year’s Loy Catong festival in Thailand. Somehow I managed to get a firework and a good shot of a sky latern … How, … Continue reading Sky Lantern And Firework – Loy Catong Festival
And this is the other photo I shot of the big yellow clouds this morning… seemed a shame to crop it, so I’ve rotated it so … Continue reading Big Yellow Clouds 2
This morning I was greeted by this sight out on my balcony. The sunset is on the other side of the building that I can’t see, … Continue reading Big Yellow Clouds
One has to wonder if sunsets have always been like this throughout the ages. Did jesus enjoy such sights ? I don’t know, but we’re lucky … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama
Remember the coachman’s cafe ? Well there’s a garden centre that sells the most beautiful flowers, right next door. This is their tree. Funny how life … Continue reading Tree Hand Holding Couple
I’ve been working on my revamped commercial website DonCharisma.com. We needed some icons for the animated “buttons” on the homepage: One for the building websites page, one for the SEO page and one for “contact us” page. So I came … Continue reading Web/Graphic Design – Icon Preview, DonCharisma.com
I’ve been lucky with the cloud cover the past couple of days. The clouds really do highlight a sunset and make it into something rather special … Continue reading Today’s Huge Sky Ocean Sunset Panorama
Remember the “Inspiringly Pretty Flowers” a couple of posts back … well I photographed these ones about 15 minutes later. It always surprises me when people … Continue reading More Pretty Flowers
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