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I hope you are not my wife secretly hanging around here

 

That would be pretty hilarious, though.

 

Further to what @Wreybies was saying earlier, I found this.

 

OMG! That's fascinating.

 

@GingerCoffee Isn't it? My friend used to do something similar with his chickens when he needed to treat them.

 

I took this shot on the bus on the way home from town yesterday. D's well used to ignoring the sound of the shutter so it lets me get some lovely natural shots of him. I dislike posed portraits unless done with sense of humour. He looks in sombre form, but the reality is he was just about to cowp due to the amount of walking we'd done. I've stacks of pics of him, but this one in particular makes me feel all gooey and protective when I look at it.

 

That's gorgeous. The softness around the eyes and face. Ethereal. It lends to the look of being a million miles away, or within. How did you do that?

 

@Wreybies I took the pic in b&w to start with. The light was very intense coming from the window side. I then used a dark glow filter and an emulsion finish border. Both come from Perfect Effects 9. If you don't have something like it, you can download a free copy to play about with. I find it great for quick filtering on the fly. The update has made the program even more versatile and for a free version, it's well worth the effort of downloading it.

Perfect Effects 9

 

What does "cowp" mean?

 

@minstrel As we in N.I. use the term, it means to fall over or collapse. Also gets used to describe someone in the process of falling asleep.

 

Ah. Thanks. It's not a word I'd ever seen before.

 

I did not expect you to throw incantations and spells hitherward. Try again. I've my wand and caldron at the ready. LOL. Just kidding.

 

It has the same meaning in Scotland, in terms of it meaning to spill out or tip, hence its use in Scots to describe a refuse facility.
'Whit will we dae wae this auld mattress?' Jimmy said.
'Just take it doon tae the cowp.' Arthur replied.

 

@outsider....Yip, that's aboot the height o' it fur foreigners tha' dinne ken tha brogue.

 

Ok... gettin' my Anglo vibe happnin', which I suspect is like a foreign language to me and Outsider.

Never mistake us for being English. Let's face it , we speak English as well as the next guy, but don't for a moment be fooled into thinking this is how we speak, as it pisses us off to no end. Seriously ....it does.

My brogue might not make sense to you but that's only because you lack history and context. My accent and dialect are bomb! LOL

 

I love Irish and Scottish accents and vocabulary. I hear them a lot in the folk songs I love. It's just that I don't know what some of the words mean because they're not in my dictionary.

It's kind of embarrassing: I still have a Canadian accent, and I sometimes sing Scottish folk songs. I have to tell people before I start that some of the rhymes only work in a Scottish accent, and I can't do one of those, so the song is going to sound damn silly when I sing it.

 

LOL...don't hassle yourself over it. Me and my two besties were playing YouTube Roulette earlier, (that is when we drunkenly take turns to punt a particular track that we favour.) Trace picked 'All Around My Hat' by Steeleye Span, and we were nearly peeing ourselves over the fact that the only way I can sing it in key is to construct the most heinous Northumbrian accent known to man.

 

@minstrel Oh, and while I remember (I'm two sheets to the wind) there is absolutely nothing wrong with a Canadian accent. I'm an accent nut. My accent probably doesn't travel any further than yours does, in fact mine is a complete bastardisation of every accent of everywhere I've lived. Although I sound ostensibly Irish to British ears, my ancestry is in fact Scots/French, which is what most Americans pick up on, and the gait of my speech is reminiscent of the Southern Drawl. Don't be embarrassed, you're holding your own. Accents can get convoluted and still retain integrity.

 

Got another one!

 

Oh la la, nice pecks.

 

Ha ha! Thanks GC. Just wait til I start working out again.

 

Hi, @Andrae Smith!

Hey, everybody! There's been an Andrae Smith sighting! Woohoo!

 

Hey, Buddy! I know its rare these days ha ha. I dont spend a lot of time online because i dont have internet anymore. Ant afford it just yet. Anything i've done has been from my phone, which is pretty inconvenient. But how y'all doin? Im just trying to stay afloat at my job. That is to say not become consumed by Walmart.
I've gotten back into reading for leisure, which sounds odd for a writer. It feels good to sit down and get immersed in different stories. I read Equus by Peter Schaffer the other day and really enjoyed it ha ha. I also just bought a couple of books on nutrition and food to help me make knowledgeable food choices, especially now that i officially dont eat meat.

Otherwise, im spending my time meditating with my crystals or playing video games with my bro in law (something i havent really done in a long time) and trying to stay warm in this weather. Today it is 13 degrees F. in the CO Springs... I never thought I'd be so happy for an hr or two of Sunlight. Ha ha.

As for writing, I still havent done much of anything, but I have had a few people contact me for document review for short manuscripts and school papers, which was pretty cool. Oh! And ive decided to finish my english degree at ASU Online since im already i, the system. I just need to finish my fafsa, pay a little more on this debt then register for fall classes.

Life has really just been a chess game, and the opposition has been very clever in keeping me crom getting ahead. But it is only a matter of time. Im positioning myself right.

 

@Andrae Smith: Sorry to hear that things are tougher than they should be. Glad to hear that you're keeping your head on straight and forging ahead - ah, invincible youth! (Ever read that Joseph Conrad story, "Youth"? I recommend it. I think it would be inspiring for someone in your current position. You can find it online at gutenberg.org for free.)

Things are going fairly for me right now, and the forum is still sailing. Always good to see you here - you're a breath of fresh air!

 

Its always great to stop in here. I know there are always good people and worthy conversation. And now that i have some more life experience, i know i can have more to talk about. I just cant get addicted like I did for a while ha ha