What I am enjoying in particular with the LC-A is its portability, it’s no problem to pull it out of my pocket as I go about my business. The fountain is at my work, the path was a walk after work, and the plates were lunch with a friend.

More from the same day. I accidentally tore this roll of film when I was winding it back (what an amateur!) but the guy from the camera shop salvaged most of the prints. I am converted to going into places to get photos developed rather than sending them off as a roll from my Yashica seems to be lost in the post.

The last four are Magdalen College which I have photographed a few times, here it is in the April and September. I am looking forward to going back over this spring and summer to see how things blossom. Most Oxford Colleges generally seem to be open to visitors between 2-4pm which means if you have a job it is almost impossible to visit them. I guess this might be on purpose as they are places for study however it would be nice if out of term time they could allow people in over lunchtimes or something.

I got another Lomo LC-A roll developed. We’ve been having some sun around here. It’s still really freezing cold though.

I made Elizabeth David’s Chocolate Almond Cake for my sister’s birthday lunch. It is flourless so gluten-free. When I was Googling for the recipe I found it on this pretty cookery blog. I used their doubling-up method. Very delicious, I will make this again.

I gave my sister Dorie Greenspan’s book Baking: From My Home to Yours and made her this ‘R’ brooch from felt. It’s nice giving my sister gifts as I feel we are on the same wavelength so give each other things that we would like.

We are trying to build a house! I would like to document this and any inspirations so I have set up a second space for all that stuff over here. It is all very exciting, fingers crossed…

After a long time of pondering buying a LC-A I saw a good deal on Ebay and so went for it, and it arrived from Russia today. I hurried out straight away at lunchtime to test it giving myself 30 minutes to take a roll of 36 pictures, a photo challenge! So that is what this jumble of photos is. This way I can also remember what I did to take the pictures so hopefully improve next time, it’s fun getting to know a new camera :) The film I used was Fuji Superia 400 as that is what I had in stock.

Spring! :)

Pig lighter from Japan, you push back his hat and flames come out of his nose. Bought by me in Kiddy Land in 2003.

Alarm clock, not really nonsense, it belonged to my Japanese grandfather and he kept it on his dining room table. I consider that I co-own this with my sister. I guess the nonsense part is because it hasn’t worked properly since I inherited it, the time drifts. Perhaps my grandad used to adjust it often back to the correct time? I keep it as it reminds me of when I used to visit him on Saturday lunchtimes and we would eat Chinese food.

Ginko leaf from Japan. Now broken. I picked it up in November on the street where my great aunt lives.

I don’t mind that it is broken, that’s the way it goes with leaves.

Little farmers, from Berlin. Have to keep these away from the cats.

Argh, run farmers! Giant snail! The snail is from Womad festival, a gift from my sister who worked there one year.

Cake paper pad. A gift from Japan.

Mini camera, from Ireland. I am not sure how it works. It belonged to my great uncle, my aunt gave it to me.

This was fun to show things! I think I am going to keep show & tell as a regular topic.

Out with February at last! It has felt like the longest month. I lost my creative inspiration somewhere in the middle of it, but I concentrated on cooking and reading, now I feel I’m back to usual and it’s great. These pictures are a rainbow from yesterday, lights and my fish fan from today.