1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – I’m sharing the whole album, song everyday until the end of the ablum.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 2 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
Continue reading “I Want To Be Your Partner by “Spider” John Koerner”
There was a couple of people who liked to hear some 1965 acoustic folk, one man and a guitar “blues” – So I thought I’d share the rest of the album.
Genre – Folk/Blues/Acoustic
Track 1 – From the album “Spider Blues” by “‘Spider’ John Koerner”, with “Tony Glover” on harmonica
Sorry it’s a bit late, I only just thought of it, I’m terrible with dates …
No idea if this is the best or even the right photo for this, but I like the bohemian thing going on with the guys just chillaxin’ playing games on their smartphones.
So for a “diversity is our strength” valentines day, I made this :
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers – Valentines Day Special”
I remember I was quite offended at the time. It was fairly soon after I started my blog in 2014.
Thanks for following my blog. I suppose your blog is an intelligent kind of spam based on the wish of bloggers to let their ego develop on the net.
I have respect for your intelligence and wish you good luck.
(Kind thanks to drwilly of drwillylip.wordpress.com for a most excellent insult)
I came to realise, It’s actually a reasonable comment. A reasonable question to ask oneself. Sometimes criticism may seem harsh, but, it can be some of the best advice one will ever receive.
It’s a question I ask myself when I’m writing or sharing – is what I’m creating enriching people’s experience of life, or am I just creating “Intelligent Spam” ? Am I sharing something people wouldn’t normally see ? Am I distributing information which is interesting ? and so on.
Continue reading “Intelligent Spam, Picking Best Photos And My Social Media Links”
In response to my post about my leaky water filter (which is now fixed) – My friend and fellow blogger – who’s taking a break from blogging, and has been so kind in helping me, in my comments section, left me this comment today :
On a somewhat related note, when we first move into our house we started receiving calls all day from a waterproofing company who just would not take no for an answer. My wife, who worked night shift, got tired of the calls waking her up as she tried to sleep during the daytime.
Next time they called and asked if we had a problem with water leaking in the basement she responded, “Yes, we have a terrible problem. When it rains the water comes in and starts filling up the basement, but before it can get more than two feet deep it starts leaking out. Can they come out immediately and stop it? We just can’t get it deep enough to do any serious swimming.”
They never called back, but for a couple weeks afterwards she got nervous whenever someone came to the house, assured it was going to be the men in white coats coming to take her away.
Author – (c) 2020 The Modern Theologian
As I said they he is taking a break from blogging, so please bear that in mind if visiting his blog (I’ve linked to, because I always cite sources with links if possible).
And, the “And” part :
I’ve been slowly adding the flags of the countries of my commenters on my sidebar (as I’m proud of my own flag, I assume others are too). Just added Spain, Australia, Canada and Denmark. If I missed anyone please leave a comment which flag you want to see and I’ll add it for you.
Cheers
Don Charisma
Continue reading “Leak Humour And Country Flags (Water Filter Is Fixed BTW)”
I was thinking about writing a post about tolerance. I’m a fairly tolerant person. It does seem though that those who demand tolerance from me seem to be the least tolerant of and towards me. That was it basically, so a fairly short blog !
Free accounts on WordPress.com come with 3GB of storage for media files. Mine was nearly full. I realised that in moving the videos to YouTube, I could reclaim about 2.5GB of space. So, more space to upload my photography going … Continue reading Why I’m Reposting My Old Videos
Taken towards the end of the day, late afternoon, from a balcony position. Panorama was stitched together with PTGui software, which is one of the good … Continue reading Balcony Panorama Thailand
(Reuploading my old videos to YouTube) I started shooting just before midnight and the air was already filled with explosions. I must have learned to filter out the crickets because I don’t hear them anymore. I think the basic technique … Continue reading Repost – New Years Fireworks From My Balcony – 2014
(Reposting my old videos to YouTube) 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 the tide is out. The wall is also … Continue reading Repost – Secret “Cove” Beach and Sea Wall, Video
I saw these and thought they were worth sharing. They were taken with my iPad, from the balcony of my home. Apart from adding my logo, … Continue reading Sunsets and Storm Clouds Breaking Through, Thailand
Happy new year Continue reading Happy New Year
Keeping it uncomplicated, so a mixture of photographic disciplines from two Sony cameras with SEL1855 and SEL1018 lenses. Theme – “A walk”. Continue reading A Walk And A Dragon (Well Two Actually)
Some recent photos experimenting with macro photography … I’m quite busy right now, so sorry in advance if I don’t get a chance to reply … Continue reading Experimental Macro
It’s an amusing story, thanks for a very good laugh 🙂 Whatever next, not liking quickly enough on Instagram grounds for justifiable homicide ? Within that, Cosmo reports this ever so slightly differently – http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a45394/poor-speller-keys-the-word-wore/ or at least that’s the … Continue reading Woman stabs boyfriend for not liking Instagram selfie fast enough
This has to be one of my favourite sunsets of all time. It was the first shot when I hit the beach yesterday (there are more … Continue reading Beach Sunset – Perfect 🙂
The National Maritime Museum in London is pretty interesting to have a look around. We were using it as a shelter from the wintry rainy weather, … Continue reading Greenwich – Ship Figureheads, National Maritime Museum
Again defying the automatic exposure on my iPhone, and levering my Panorama software to photograph what can’t be photographed 🙂 It’s seven landscape shots merged with … Continue reading Extra Skinny Beach Sunset Towerama
Just occasionally, well quite often actually, my stars all line up and I capture something wonderful. I was actually trying to photograph the sand sculpture of … Continue reading Dream Or Reality?
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 Panorama
I could certainly see myself living somewhere like this. It’s moments from the beach, a lovely garden. Only downside is the tower-blocks that seem to overlook, … Continue reading Nice Pad 2 – Panorama
Gosh, I miss Thailand… I’d jump of joy for an opportunity to drag air tanks in and out of longtails and wash dirty (I don’t even want to think about what kind of…er…dirt, actually) wetsuits for a sunset on the … Continue reading A Diver’s Dream – Thailand
Don’t be confused for even a second, I found out the hard way – this little bitch is vicious … sure she’ll pose for a photo … Continue reading Vicious Little Bitch
I can’t remember whether this place is a hotel or private … I like it from this angle either way 🙂 It’s four (1wx4h L) photos … Continue reading Nice Pad – Towerama
This one was taken last year … with boats 🙂 It’s four (2wx2h L) photos merged with PTGui Pro Photos taken in Thailand (c) Don Charisma 2013 Continue reading Boaty Sunset Panorama
Difficult to get everything in from where my shooting position when I’m taking a photo? … No problem … I’ve actually merged six portrait photos PTGui … Continue reading Streetscape Towerama, Palms And Towers
This one was taken last year, it has extra sand and extra sky. I really like the pastel shades and the silhouette palm tree leaf doesn’t … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama, Double Height
I posted recently a pano of Bangkok airport, that my iPhone or I had messed up. This is what it should have looked like … There’s … Continue reading Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi Airport “As It Should Be” Pano
I always like to take these shots across the top of flowers, it always gives a stunning visual effect. Add to that an impressive church and … Continue reading Greenwich – Primroses, Stormy Skies and A Church !
Bit of a rhetorical question really, as I have already formed my own opinions. A copy of a British newspaper handed out on Etihad airways, “The Daily Mail”, was enough to remind me that it’s nothing to do with reporting … Continue reading Do Journalists Tell The Truth?
This one was taken last year, and has the beach lights and trees in shot. It’s merged 4 photos with PTGui Pro Photos taken in Thailand (c) … Continue reading Beachlights And Sunset Panorama
This pano got entirely messed up, not sure whether it was the phone than did it or whether I didn’t keep the phone level when I … Continue reading Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi Airport Messed Up Pano
How the hell do you caption that ? A bumper-less car with a plastic figure hanging off of the tow ring … Oh, and complete with … Continue reading You’ll Never Walk Alone
Some white flowers that “live” just near the entrance to my apartment complex. The photo was taken early evening on my way out to shoot sunsets … Continue reading White Evening Flowers
Cafe Rouge has a corner premises in Greenwich. I tried taking a one-shot landscape, but just doesn’t look as good as the panorama to me ! … Continue reading Cafe Rouge, Greenwich
The last sunset I posted I had a comment relating to my use of Photoshop. I pay attention to what people are saying, and sometimes it’s … Continue reading Today’s Beach Sunset Panorama
It’s an interesting topic, that’s enlightening to hear and know other people’s opinions on, the wider reaching scope of which is – are humans capable of change, under their own steam ? Take Joe. Joe’s not very charismatic, in fact … Continue reading Charisma, Are You Born With It Or Can It Be Learned?
Thai’s do love to put their power cables overhead, much to the disappointment of those who like those unblemished urban views. Personally I reckon they are … Continue reading Streetscape Towerama, Power Cables And Tower-Blocks
Enjoy this beach sunset panorama. It’s an iPhone panorama done on the phone with Apple’s built in pano feature … plus a little extra joy added … Continue reading Beach Sunset Panorama
This is in Greenwich, London. Greenwich is London’s most popular tourist attraction after Buckingham Palace. The masts and rigging are the Cutty Sark ship with a … Continue reading Cutty Sark, Stormy Sunset
Don Charisma 