Metrological winter

These days everyone's a photographer.

That's not such a bad thing, in my opinion. I like photos. 

My Pentax DSLR hasn't actually been out of it's bag for about a decade now, I would guess. I loved that camera, but it was rendered (mostly) obsolete by the little cameras we nearly all just carry around in our pockets these days.

A few friends that are die hard photographers and talented with it occasionally demonstrate how much better a picture you can get with a good camera, so the DSLR isn't actually technically obsolete. But I find the best camera is always the one you have in your hand when you need it.

These pictures were taken last Friday night, on a wet and stormy walk with the dogs and friends in the park out the back of my house. Quite remarkable how well the little communications gadget in your pocket deals with an almost near absent of light. It was a black night, at least so far as my own eyes could see.

This morning I was reminded that in two weeks time we have the winter's solstice, after which the days will once again begin to gradually lengthen. This I needed to hear. Whilst metrological winter has hardly started, having arrived 1st December for my daughter's birthday, and, apparently, the astronomical winter doesn't actually start until the 21st of this month, I'm quite done with this whole winter thing.