The surf rig is almost perfect. But it’s the nature of electric guitar players to tinker. This old Japanese Fender has the right pickups, the right pick guard, and - almost - the right bridge. Worthy of fronting Africa’s longest running surf instro band, Krakatoa. link in bio.

It’s been a while since I posted a pic of Famous Skitten.

The lens that I was using yesterday was really the lens that Nikon’s reputation was built on. This 105mm f2.5 from the 1960s was sharp, contrasty, and cheap compared to anything put out by Leica. It’s still a beautiful portrait lens that flattens perspective and delivers a delicious, powdery soft background. It’s light as a feather and even cheaper now. #nikon #nikkor #lens #lenses #105mm #f2.

Trinket has been playing in the yard at the quiet end of a spring day.

@rhodentette has been making bread with wild yeasts captured in a sourdough starter.

Ivan’s hand printed shirts for the band. No mass production. Made with love… or at least less hate than usual. Follow Krakatoa on Facebook! https://www.facebook.

Thought I’d throw this in for comparison while I’m cameraless. These are Plains Zebras, the normal, common zebra. They have “shadow stripes” between their main stripes and are less striking and contrasty than the Mountain Zebra.

Another oldie while I’m at it. In SA we have two species of zebra - the well-known plains zebra and this one, the Mountain Zebra. It’s much higher contrast with pure white between the black stripes. They’re like the archetypal zebra despite being quite rare.

Here’s a throwback to the flowers many years ago. 2006 actually. Taken on my little Pentax MX with Fuji Velvia slide film. A great day out with @rhodentette and @midnight_knox.

Well it works. My stuff is running properly in #excel for #windows on a #virtualmachine on my #Mac. Now if only I could find the latest stuff with all the recent #code updates.