Saturday, March 10, 2007

First Tenby Shots As A Resident

Well, the move went OK, and our house in Cardiff is no longer ours - I hope the new owners enjoy it. Paying for the removal men was one of the best things we could have done. It was expensive, but watching them do all the work was worth it. The way my back is, it wouldn't have lasted the day.

So, now we're here in Tenby, our new home. Everyone's starting to settle in, the cats, Elis, me and Mrs Dio. Thanks to everyone who wished as well, blog readers and otherwise. We still lots of boxes to sort and unpack and IKEA furniture to put together - but we've already found time to go out on a couple of long strolls. I think there's a week's worth of unpacking to do, easily.

Yesterday morning I took Elis out for a long stroll, we took in The Esplanade, Castle Beach, the harbour and back to the playground near the Kinloch Court Hotel. The weather was sunny with a chill wild. It was glorious, just how I like it.

It's looking like I'm going to be in the market for a new camera. My Minolta is showing all the signs of being on its last legs as the focusing has gone screwy on it. I've always relied on the autofocus as manual focusing was always near impossible on such a small camera. It's the autofocus that seems to be failing, most of the shots are very softly focused and a bit off. It doesn't notice so much when I shrink them, but the originals are very poor.

I'm thinking of stumping up for a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, but I want a point an click job as well, I think my photography would get too laboured again if I used an DSLR all the time. I like the freedom of being a snapper.

Anyway, on to the photographs. Some views from the various locations. I couldn't do lots as I had Elis with me - so they're just some nice quite views and stuff from around where we walked.

Late Winter sun and shadows on the Esplanade at Tenby

Elis gets stuck in with a massive sand castle

St Catherine's Island in silhouette

Tenby cliff top houses

Slate covered houses in around Castle Beach, Tenby

Comedy sign on Castle Beach - FBM is the local Estate Agents

The view out from the Kinloch Court playground

Kinloch Court Hotel from the playground in an Edward Hopper stylee

Ah well, back to the boxes. Got to sort Poll Tax and parking permits ASAP. Oh yes, and thanks to Padidivers Tenby for the wireless connection, without whom this post would not have happened. Whoever or where ever you are - it's a life saver. :)

Posted by Dio Bach at 14:45

2 Comments:

holly said...: So glad you're in the new place! And not sick!

And while I love the shot of the red shovel in the sand, the first picture of the bench with the long shadows is sublime and reminds me very much of your earlier work-- including your paintings (remember those?)-- it's got that edgy Dio mood.; 11:26 PM
Dio Bach said...: Paintings? One day maybe, got all my gear here but the web business is going to be taking my time for a long time. :D; 11:52 PM