![\"\"](\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_lZ9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F748fa719-7bf5-4a89-ba65-86cbdf004ca7_1620x1080.jpeg\")
<\/a>It\u2019s only recently that I\u2019ve realised that my hands were starting to look old. Even if you ignore the cat scratch marks. The skin is more textured than it was, you can see the tendons more. It\u2019s weird to see your body age in front of you when you don\u2019t have the same feeling of becoming old in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
II. Objects<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!kjV9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F880ed7a0-79da-4b72-990d-46993dd27b89_1080x1620.jpeg\")
<\/a>Berber rug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe brought back this Berber woollen rug from Morocco a few years ago. We really like it and it\u2019s hanging on the wall in the downstairs bedroom in the Moroccan corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t normally bring back things from our travels other than exhibition posters. But that was one of the exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
III. Places<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!_l9D!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c6a84e7-ceef-4409-b7e6-e95e7990ea31_1080x1620.jpeg\")
<\/a>Home observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI built that observatory a number of years ago when the smaller one, that was just next to this one, became too small for the 300mm Newton. It had an automatic sliding roof with weather sensor, and was entirely automated so I didn\u2019t need to supervise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately it got its roof blown off by a storm two years ago and ended up in the street. It weighed a ton, so I had to break it to move it. I haven\u2019t replaced it. I have two telescopes in Spain, this one wasn\u2019t really needed anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!VBtU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F329620aa-87fc-4dc0-9f2a-3c4e7a02f5b7_1440x1080.jpeg\")
<\/a>Decapitated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n#Photography #IMayBeWrong #Mid-Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>We brought back this Berber woollen rug from Morocco a few years ago. We really like it and it\u2019s hanging on the wall in the downstairs bedroom in the Moroccan corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t normally bring back things from our travels other than exhibition posters. But that was one of the exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
III. Places<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Home observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI built that observatory a number of years ago when the smaller one, that was just next to this one, became too small for the 300mm Newton. It had an automatic sliding roof with weather sensor, and was entirely automated so I didn\u2019t need to supervise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately it got its roof blown off by a storm two years ago and ended up in the street. It weighed a ton, so I had to break it to move it. I haven\u2019t replaced it. I have two telescopes in Spain, this one wasn\u2019t really needed anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Decapitated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n#Photography #IMayBeWrong #Mid-Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was thinking of maybe having themes for each week, but decided against it since it would add complication and would make it even harder to do things in time (I don\u2019t have a backlog for this yet). So this week it\u2019s random again. I. Body It\u2019s only recently that I\u2019ve realised that my hands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mid-life","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8219,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions\/8219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>I built that observatory a number of years ago when the smaller one, that was just next to this one, became too small for the 300mm Newton. It had an automatic sliding roof with weather sensor, and was entirely automated so I didn\u2019t need to supervise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately it got its roof blown off by a storm two years ago and ended up in the street. It weighed a ton, so I had to break it to move it. I haven\u2019t replaced it. I have two telescopes in Spain, this one wasn\u2019t really needed anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #Photography #IMayBeWrong #Mid-Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was thinking of maybe having themes for each week, but decided against it since it would add complication and would make it even harder to do things in time (I don\u2019t have a backlog for this yet). So this week it\u2019s random again. I. Body It\u2019s only recently that I\u2019ve realised that my hands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mid-life","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8219,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8217\/revisions\/8219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>