sandiquiz's WunderBlog

Down by the canal !! #20

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:44:00 GMT

Milton KeynesThose of you who have been members of WU since 2007 may have remembered that my sister and I went to London to see "The Sound of Music" at The Palladium theatre.We promised ourselves to make a trip to London every second year to see a show. This last weekend she came down from Yorkshire on the Sunday and we headed to London on Monday. We had treated ourselves to first class travel on a Virgin Pendolino train from MK to London.... cost a little more, but...
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Happy Hallowe'en

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:54:00 GMT

Milton KeynesWhen I went to the bank last week I took a photo of the black horse sculpture outside the building. (The bank has a black horse as its logo.)I cropped the image, cloned some of the leaves behind the horses head and then used something called focal zoom to get this effect.EDIT - after I had posted this header I worked on the horse shot for Surfmom.... this is it. I added one of the creative filters called Pencil crayon. I then "dodged and burned" the im...
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4th July COFFEE BLOG:)

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Milton KeynesWith thanks to BarnDweller for the wonderful graphic:) Make yourself a coffee, (or tea, all flavours available), pull up a chair, join in the chat and relax :-)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Create your own visitor map!_____________________________________________________________...
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LONDON LIGHTS (post 88)

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Sunday November 30th was Advent Sunday or the "First Sunday in Advent"Advent is known as the beginning of the Church Year and the four weeks leading up to, and concluding with Christmas, is the period of time in which Christians prepare for Christmas.It is from the Latin word "adventus" or coming – meaning a period of time before Christmas.Traditionally it begins on the Sunday closest to NOV-30 when the birth of Jesus is recalled. The Advent candleA special wreath...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL :)

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November 27thWISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING :)November 26thThe world-famous QE2 is set to arrive in Dubai later today where she will be turned into a floating hotel.A flotilla and flypast will meet the luxury liner - which was sold for £50m - as she arrives in the Arab emirate.QE2 left her home port of Southampton for the last time on the 12th November, on a final two-week cruise. Video of her arriving in DubaiSunrise November 20th 2008Sunrise 20th 07:4...
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