Infrequent blogging for a couple of weeks

My main blogging/photography machine has gone down and will be in the shop for a few weeks.  I don't think I'll be buying another Gateway desktop- the current failure is not the first time.

In the meantime, you may amuse yourselves with the amazing Spider Dog:

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