When I posted the photo of my school friend **Irene** with a link to a photo of Irene in 1976, *Ron* challenged me to post a similar picture of myself in 1976 - well it was there all the time Ron - it's *here* . I'm the very skinny one on the right (not so slim now!!).

And today there was almost a tragedy because I dropped my camera from standing height onto a pavement (sharp intake of breath). Luckily it was wearing it's little neoprane coat (to stop it getting scratched in my bag) and I think that must have saved the day. Who says the 300d (digital rebel) is not made of sturdy stuff!

And to the photo. I went out to buy a present for a friend and came back with these for myself! Aren't they nice? Looks just like ice but in fact they are glass. I think they are meant to go in the bottom of vases to keep the flowers from flopping around. The background slipped at the vital point and, although I took it again, the dark corner appealed to me. I'm a bit strange i know!! Have a fantastic (sunny?!?) weekend all.