Offbeat Almanac – January 2021
January 01 is Public Domain Day! This means any copyrighted works from 1925 enter the public domain today! For some works this is welcome news (The Great Gatsby or Buster Keaton anyone?). Apparently though 1925 also produced some less timely gems such as Lovers in Quarantine. I think we could all do with skipping that one! January 02 is Swiss Cheese Day! Yeah, I don’t know about that. I’m finding…
Took this way back in February, just a week or two before I was supposed to head back to Europe for the summer. Little did we know... https://www.instagram.com/p/CFG0rcjFXCA/?igshid=3ck16hjl8ctt
Tonight’s sunset was amazing! #sunset #leiden #socoldoutside https://www.instagram.com/p/B5jXYiPlC3s/?igshid=taa8tf5iic53
More fireworks over #Edinburgh. #Fireworks #thingsthatgoboom https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-4rMLlIw2/?igshid=1pyon27nwatrk
View from the Christmas market of fireworks over Edinburgh. #fireworks #edinburgh https://www.instagram.com/p/B4-vv5Jl3U5/?igshid=1b4eg36onmj2u
Shot of the river during take off. #leavingonajetplane #neworleans https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kwXaEFsb6/?igshid=1kvmwec613gl9
He’s not much of a conversationalist but at least he never interrupts when I’m reading... #bookstorebuddy #cheapdate #shenanigans #barnesandnoblecafe (at Barnes & Noble) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WIAUelV43/?igshid=octu2v72nzy4
Sunset from the corner of Maple Street. #sunset #neworleans #aftertherain https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QpcgOloE1/?igshid=4yonnd3odolu
Went to take a pic of this sign that I got in London last week, and this happened. 😂😂 #catsofinstagram #queenofthehouse #itsasign https://www.instagram.com/p/B117UarFL-0/?igshid=j3pu8iuylrb8
Temple Church in London. #churchesofinstagram #london #historygeek https://www.instagram.com/p/B1t8tlIFN1e/?igshid=7e5zoyj27p3o
Not sure which I like better... #colororblackandwhite #leiden #artsyfartsy https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fJ7U_lf6y/?igshid=15ypi3y8b1f6r
From a recent canal dredge. #denhaag #bikes #canal https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Y8TnHlAZU/?igshid=1090gagteq5xk
Alleyway near #leidencentrum #blackandwhite #phonephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Y7t1dl2_U/?igshid=1cw6yu7c6u3rq
Wish this was slightly better focused. Taken from the train btwn #Leiden and #utrecht #phonephotography #windmill https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Y7T16Fwms/?igshid=1khybh68wk1ip
Taken from my office window. #moonlight #experimental #nightphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XerFNlJez/?igshid=1wll2n952n7op
Pieterskerk, Leiden. #leiden #churchesofinstagram #gothicarchitecture https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J--UHoEWy/?igshid=1as6aqymvo77w
I saw this and immediately fell in love with the angle and the way the light sort of divided the sky. #bwphotograpy #leiden #artsyfartsy https://www.instagram.com/p/B1J-Dcmos3o/?igshid=1avbli2jma4nj
