Just Another Tuesday: Photographing A Monkey's Birthday

Tuesday 15th May 2012

This was just a routine (working) Tuesday - but it was also Aday - a day when photographers of all sorts from all over the world were being urged to capture their perspectives on life.

I thought I'd use this as an excuse to take a few more pictures than I would usually take on a working Tuesday. I also discovered that phenomenon of rain falling while the sun is shining has a name - in the UK at least it's a "Monkey's Birthday".

24 pictures from today.

 6:57 Real shirt on - must be a workday.

 7:05 Breakfast - at least the first meal of the day is healthy.

 7:39 Start of the morning commute - this is the hardest part to get back into after my six months away.

 7:41 It's bin day on our part of Oxford - it's a recycling week, so it's the blue and brown bins.

 8:26 En route to work - some of the commute involves sitting in a nearly stationary queue of cars.

 8:46 Still en route to work - other bits of the commute involve sitting in a nearly stationary queue of cars on a dual carriageway.

 9:02 Learning and Teaching Solutions at the Open University - only a couple of minutes later than intended (probably something to do with taking photos in the morning).

 9:08 Desk view.

 12:20 From the office window - storm clouds over the Open University Library.

 12:42 My lunchtime walk - storm clouds look even stormier over the Institute of Educational Technology.

 12:43 And stormier still over the Church

 12:45 Hiding in the car to escape the seasonal lunchtime hailstorm.

 13:12  After the hailstorm - Walking along the river Ouzel on the edge of the OU Campus. I suspect this canoe was washed here during the floods a couple of weeks ago.

 13:16 Sunshine and clouds

 13:18 Along the Ouzel, between the showers

 13:28 Past the Hub - the main OU refectory and coffee shop. Still storm clouds around.

 13:30 Educational Inspiration.  A statue carved form an old plane tree that stood beside Walton Hall on the OU campus.

 17:42 After an afternoon of meetings (both face to face and alone) past the OU sign towards the car park.

 17:43 Not quite empty.  Wasn't the first to arrive this morning, but wasn't the first to leave either.

18:12 Back in the queues.  Almost as much traffic in the evening as in the morning.

 18:53 Home again.

 18:59 Other half got home first, so the tea is already underway. :-)

 19:02 Although I suspect Dora may have her eyes on the turkey curry too.

19:15 But there was time for a brief walk round the still wet, but sunny garden.