Things that made you smile.

[Sophie 24,410]

 

[gldenwetgoose 21,487]

Without giving any real details - for obvious reasons - I’m just going through the process of becoming a volunteer for a national organisation in the uk. 

As part of that process I’ve been allocated an email address which as expected has a couple of digits after my name…

I have to say it made me smile a lot:

john.smith101@…

[on the porch 715]

Ruth , every thing I do and see is all new to me , the food ,,people , here too , being at the ocean and on his big boat , I never knew these things existed. Wayne saved my life ,each time I look at him I smile and want to give him all I can , everything 

[Kupar 13,339]

[mickymoist 3,513]

Candlelight, TV and  whiskey makes me smile

Edited January 27 by mickymoist

[Kupar 13,339]

[Kupar 13,339]

[Kupar 13,339]

[Sophie 24,410]

My recycling bin went missing.

Two weeks later I have been reunited with my plastic friend, and he's been emptied!!

[gldenwetgoose 21,487]

38 minutes ago, Sophie said:

My recycling bin went missing.

Two weeks later I have been reunited with my plastic friend, and he's been emptied!!

" Where've you 'bin?

Where've you wheely 'bin ? "

(Sorry)

[arigalo 553]

On 2/3/2024 at 11:44 AM, Kupar said:

This effing penguin used to scare the life out of me as a kid! Everything about him was just the slimiest and creepiest. 😅

[Kupar 13,339]

7 hours ago, arigalo said:

This effing penguin used to scare the life out of me as a kid! Everything about him was just the slimiest and creepiest. 😅

"It's you!" (I love this movie so much!)

[likesToLick 10,216]

This one definitely raised a smile.  Looks like it's AI generated,  but what is Gandalf up to here?

[mickymoist 3,513]

one for @Sophie 🙂

 

[oliver2 4,418]

6 hours ago, likesToLick said:

This one definitely raised a smile.  Looks like it's AI generated,  but what is Gandalf up to here?

Fifty shades of Gandalf the Grey? (I got nuthin’)

[Sophie 24,410]

10 hours ago, mickymoist said:

one for @Sophie 🙂

 

Adorable!

[gldenwetgoose 21,487]

Around 15 years ago I started photographing professionally, in the sense of commercially and with an entirely professional outlook on the way I work (even though it has always been in parallel with a 'normal' mortgage paying job).

During that time I've built a relationship with a range of clients, such that now post lockdown I've consciously chosen to close down most of the work except for the ones I really enjoy working with and get the most satisfaction from.

An hour ago this afternoon I got an email from my biggest and best corporate client, hoping I still have an image and could provide a high resolution copy.   Now it is rather a special image in that it was THE single image that caught their eye and opened the door to all the work I've done for them over the years.  From their perspective it's one they use regularly because it illustrates their brand and relationship with two of their main suppliers perfectly.

Only issue was, the image they asked for was one I photographed back in August 2011.    Now, my online hard drives have every image I've photographed since 2014 and that's 137,247 individual pictures over the 10 years, and 3Tbytes of data.  But nothing earlier...

I'm smiling a lot now (and my heart rate has now dropped back to normal) after finding exactly the image on one of my off-line back up drives, right where it should be in the folders of 2010-2012 images.

The system worked!!!   Phew.

[Kupar 13,339]

Discovering that the delightful young goth lady with lots of metal in her face who cut my hair today has a grandad who farms in a village near Beverley, and having a lovely conversation with her about Hull and the Yorkshire Wolds. Not at all expected. Most people near where I live now would struggle to point to Hull on a map.

Edited February 15 by Kupar

[Kupar 13,339]

[Sophie 24,410]

[Kupar 13,339]

9 minutes ago, Sophie said:

Look at his little face!

[MidoriLemonade85 2,366]

On 2/13/2024 at 2:21 AM, gldenwetgoose said:

Around 15 years ago I started photographing professionally, in the sense of commercially and with an entirely professional outlook on the way I work (even though it has always been in parallel with a 'normal' mortgage paying job).

During that time I've built a relationship with a range of clients, such that now post lockdown I've consciously chosen to close down most of the work except for the ones I really enjoy working with and get the most satisfaction from.

An hour ago this afternoon I got an email from my biggest and best corporate client, hoping I still have an image and could provide a high resolution copy.   Now it is rather a special image in that it was THE single image that caught their eye and opened the door to all the work I've done for them over the years.  From their perspective it's one they use regularly because it illustrates their brand and relationship with two of their main suppliers perfectly.

Only issue was, the image they asked for was one I photographed back in August 2011.    Now, my online hard drives have every image I've photographed since 2014 and that's 137,247 individual pictures over the 10 years, and 3Tbytes of data.  But nothing earlier...

I'm smiling a lot now (and my heart rate has now dropped back to normal) after finding exactly the image on one of my off-line back up drives, right where it should be in the folders of 2010-2012 images.

The system worked!!!   Phew.

Well done, Goose! You are the ultimate, organised professional. (Calm and cool on the outside with goose feet paddling swiftly underneath!) 💚

[Kupar 13,339]

[Sophie 24,410]

Just now, Kupar said:

That is awesome!! I want one!

[Sophie 24,410]