All Time Low At T in The Park

The pop-punk foursome warm up the crowd at Scotland's biggest music festival.
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mono55 Jul 19, 2011

For ALL TIME LOW Fans Everywhere

There's a fabulous interview with Alex and Jack (as well as a gig review and lovely new pics) over at http://ctrlaltrock.com  What are you waiting…
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mono55 Mar 13, 2011

Mono55's Photo Stream

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mono55 Nov 03, 2010

Mono55's Photo Stream

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mono55 Oct 28, 2010
Wentz and Old Ladypic
Birthday Girl ...pic

Birthday Girl ...

.... drinks birthday cocktail in Hard Rock Cafe.
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mono55 Sep 21, 2010

A Sad Day

Today got off to the worst possible start as Shiona woke me up before 6.30 to tell me there was something badly wrong with our…
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mono55 Sep 15, 2010
Butterfly On Dog Rosepic

Butterfly On Dog Rose

I've had my oldest digital camera, a Panasonic Lumix FZ7, for four and a half years now and have taken more than 12,000 shots with…
mono55
mono55 Sep 10, 2010
Black Yellowpic

Black & Yellow

It was a beautiful morning in Edinburgh last Saturday, so after the obligatory visit to Starbucks, I strolled around Princes Street Gardens snapping anything that…
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mono55 Sep 07, 2010
Sugar-Frosted Beepic

Sugar-Frosted Bee

There' are a lot of things wrong with this pic. Highlights are blown to hell, the balance of the photo is off, blah blah blah.…
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mono55 Sep 06, 2010
Larrakeet at Edinburgh Zoopic

Larrakeet at Edinburgh Zoo

They're noisy, and will fight each other like crazy to drink the nectar that you can buy in tiny plastic cups. There will hopefully be…
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mono55 Sep 03, 2010

Mono55's Photo Stream

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mono55 Sep 01, 2010

Where Did August Go?

I know that the older you get, the more time seems to fly by, but this past month has seriously been one big blur. There was…
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mono55 Aug 29, 2010

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mono55 Aug 27, 2010
Platform 9 34pic

Platform 9 3/4

One for the HP fans, I can't believe it's taken me so long to get a pic taken here.
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mono55 Jul 30, 2010
Strawberries And Creampic

Strawberries And Cream

This garden that I pass often has a wide variety of roses growing in it, but today these were the ones that stood out.
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mono55 Jul 23, 2010
Ribbet!pic

Ribbet!

Yes, your camoflage was so good i almost stepped on you, silly billy.
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mono55 Jul 17, 2010
Yellow Mothpic

Yellow Moth

I noticed this little guy on the door one day as I was heading out to the train station, so I grabbed a camera, took…
mono55
mono55 Jul 11, 2010
Wild Yellow Irispic

Wild Yellow Iris

Like so many flowers this year, the irises that border the Folly Burn have flowered late.
mono55
mono55 Jul 09, 2010

Almondell and Calderwood Count…

On Monday I walked six miles to the northern entrance of the park, and after a brief stop at the visitor's centre continued on my…
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mono55 Jun 24, 2010
Gatsby Goes Wild!pic

Gatsby Goes Wild!

Our Syrian hamster, Gatsby, seems to enjoy the fresh air on these mild summer evenings.
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mono55 Jun 22, 2010
Pretty In Pinkpic

Pretty In Pink

Yesterday was one of those warm and humid days with little sunshine and next to no breeze. I wish I'd had my DSLR with me,…
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mono55 Jun 17, 2010

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mono55 Jun 13, 2010
Life Moundspic

Life Mounds

Jupiter Artlands, East Calder, West Lothian ... a journey amongst contemporary artworks within an ancient landscape. More to follow.
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mono55 Jun 12, 2010
Possibly Livingston's First Iris Of The Year...pic

Possibly Livingston's First Iris Of The Year...

Nature still seems to be a bit behind this year in our area. Of course, the fact that some days the temperature hasn't risen above…
mono55
mono55 Jun 10, 2010

Wildflowers 2010

Any pics of wildflowers taken this summer. I'm not always very good at identifying them, but I do my best.
3 new pics
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mono55 Jun 05, 2010

Alkaline Trio Play the O2 ABC…

Skiba and Company played old songs and new songs to a packed room of the faithful.
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mono55 Jun 01, 2010
Baby Jellyfishpic

Baby Jellyfish

This little critter measured between one and a half and two inches across. The pic was taken during a visit to the Sea Life Centre…
mono55
mono55 May 30, 2010
Alien Flowerspic

Alien Flowers

Corydalis Flexuosa 'China Blue' ... one of the stranger flowers I came across last Saturday.
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mono55 May 28, 2010
Anemone Obtusiloba 'Pradesh'pic

Anemone Obtusiloba 'Pradesh'

As it was a glorious day in Edinburgh yesterday, I decided to pay the Royal Botanic Gardens another visit, as did half the local population! It…
mono55
mono55 May 23, 2010
Bobpic

Bob

This is one of the two woodpigeons (the other being Betty) who spend a lot of time in our backgarden waiting for the small birds…
mono55
mono55 May 21, 2010
It Doesn't Always Rain In Scotland!pic

It Doesn't Always Rain In Scotland!

And to prove it, here is a pic I took with Little Fuji when I was visiting my parents on the 8th of May. It…
mono55
mono55 May 20, 2010
Goslingpic

Gosling

After spending a few days away from home down in Ayr last week, wearing more layers than should be necessary at this time of year,…
mono55
mono55 May 18, 2010

Spring Is Finally Here ... I T…

Nature pics taken in the very merry month of May (2010).
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mono55 May 09, 2010
Squirrel By The Almondpic

Squirrel By The Almond

I often see a squirrel near the banks of the River Almond when I cross the bridge into Livingston Village. However, this is only the…
mono55
mono55 Apr 25, 2010
Bottom's Uppic

Bottom's Up

I know I haven't posted anything in a while. Spring might be here officially, but the temperatures really haven't reflected it so far. Also, my…
mono55
mono55 Apr 23, 2010

Five Sisters Zoo

Pretty much what it says on the box ... any shots taken at our local zoo.
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mono55 Mar 26, 2010

Five Sisters Zoo

Pretty much what it says on the box ... any shots taken at our local zoo.
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mono55 Mar 23, 2010
Mad Hatter Hair?pic

Mad Hatter Hair?

This is a little late, but I was sitting on the 7th of March with the dye already on my hair, when I decided to…
mono55
mono55 Mar 20, 2010

YM@6

Pics of You Me At Six and We The Kings at the o2 Academy in Glasgow on the 14th March 2010.
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mono55 Mar 15, 2010

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mono55 Mar 03, 2010
That'll Do Nicelypic

That'll Do Nicely

I like my jeans bootleg or kickflare, I like my tees scoop-necked and short-sleeved and I like my jackets quirky. I have two leather jackets already,…
mono55
mono55 Feb 16, 2010
Pentland Dawnpic

Pentland Dawn

I feel very lucky to be able to watch the sunrise from my bedroom window.
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mono55 Feb 12, 2010

Cobra Starship at o2ABC Glasgo…

Some pics taken last night during the last three songs. They are somewhat noisy as I had to use iso 1600 to capture anything at…
8 new pics
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mono55 Feb 08, 2010

Stained Glass Pyramid

This is one of the stained glass pyramid roofs at Wafi Mall in Dubai. Unfortunately, even lying on my back at the lowest level wasn't…
2 new pics
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mono55 Feb 01, 2010

The Address Hotel at the Dubai…

Now I realise this is another of Dubai's modern tower blocks, but the reason I'm posting this shot is more to do with my new…
2 new pics
mono55
mono55 Jan 27, 2010

Emirates Towers

The taller tower is an office complex and the shorter one a 5 star hotel.
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mono55 Jan 23, 2010
John and Cathiepic

John and Cathie

In an effort to get away from posting snow pics, here is a studio photograph of my parents on their wedding day, January 14th 1954.
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mono55 Jan 12, 2010
View From The Bridge: The Frozen River Almondpic

View From The Bridge: The Frozen River Almond

I have resided in Livingston since December '79 and I can't recall a time when the river froze in this way. Last week was cold…
mono55
mono55 Jan 10, 2010
View from the Folly Burn Pathpic

View from the Folly Burn Path

This pic was taken on my way home on Tuesday when it was as cold as I thought I could bear, but then today arrived…
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mono55 Jan 07, 2010
Brrrrr ... the view from my bedroom windowpic

Brrrrr ... the view from my bedroom window

A belated Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had fun over the festive season. Here in Livingston we've been up to our knees…
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mono55 Jan 06, 2010
Getting There...pic

Getting There...

He seemed pretty fast ... for a snail.
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mono55 Dec 04, 2009
Last Of The Roses?pic

Last Of The Roses?

It never ceases to amaze me how late in the year these flowers can bloom.
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mono55 Dec 01, 2009

Who's Chucks

The good doctor's Converses, wisely displayed in a glass case, and accompanied by his trusty sonic screwdriver.
3 new pics
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mono55 Nov 16, 2009
Exterminate, EXTERMINATE!vid

Exterminate, EXTERMINATE!

Those dastardly Daleks are invading us yet again.
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mono55 Nov 11, 2009
Return Of The Dalekspic

Return Of The Daleks

I went to the Doctor Who exhibition at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum yesterday with my friend, Mad. Until she suggested going, I didn't even know she…
mono55
mono55 Nov 10, 2009
New Dresspic

New Dress

I've been looking for a 'Christmas Do' dress for some weeks and was beginning to think I would never find anything that I was happy…
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mono55 Nov 08, 2009
La Tour Eiffelpic

La Tour Eiffel

With the right lens even I can look tall! Mad and I at the base of the tower back in September. Photo taken by Shiona…
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mono55 Nov 06, 2009
House Of Horror Party 1981pic

House Of Horror Party 1981

I've never been big on getting dressed up for parties, but I didn't mind making an exception for my good friend Mad back in the…
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mono55 Oct 30, 2009
When The Sun Goes Downpic

When The Sun Goes Down

I was heading home from the train station yesterday when I realised the sky was starting to look pretty colourful. As I knew there would…
mono55
mono55 Oct 29, 2009

Green Day Glasgow SECC 19th Oc…

Punk favourites return to the UK for an arena tour and deliver a fun and musically perfect set that was twice as long as most…
4 new pics
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mono55 Oct 26, 2009

Green Day Glasgow SECC 19th Oc…

Punk favourites return to the UK for an arena tour and deliver a fun and musically perfect set that was twice as long as most…
3 new pics
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mono55 Oct 23, 2009
Castle Stalkerpic

Castle Stalker

Castle Stalker is located 25 miles north of Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Built around 1540 by Duncan Stewart of Appin, this much-photographed…
mono55
mono55 Oct 13, 2009
Red Admiralpic

Red Admiral

This is the only colourful butterfly I've seen locally all year. Unfortunately, it was (a) in someone's garden and I had to lean over the…
mono55
mono55 Oct 10, 2009
Plockton Bay, Loch Carronpic

Plockton Bay, Loch Carron

Plockton is a tiny, but very pretty, village in Ross-Shire, Scotland. In the 1995-97 TV series Hamish MacBeth, starring Robert Carlyle, it became the fictional…
mono55
mono55 Oct 09, 2009
Champs Elysees Katpic
Sgurr Thuilmpic

Sgurr Thuilm

Sgurr Thuilm (pronounced Skoor Hoolim) is one of the 284 Munros (mountains over 3000 feet in Scotland). Last Wednesday I walked to its summit and…
mono55
mono55 Oct 06, 2009
Entrance to the parkpic

Entrance to the park

It was a less than ten minute walk from our hotel to the park each day.
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mono55 Sep 25, 2009
Big Thunder Mountain Railroadpic

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

My favourite Disney ride ever! It's even better than the one in Orlando. I could go on it again and again until the cows come…
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mono55 Sep 24, 2009
The Captain At Our Tablepic

The Captain At Our Table

Dining at Cafe Mickey in the Disney Village is a lot of fun as various characters do their rounds of the tables. And don't let…
mono55
mono55 Sep 22, 2009
Oh Hai, Louvrepic

Oh Hai, Louvre

Outside the massive Louvre Museum in Paris.
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mono55 Sep 20, 2009
Guess!pic

Guess!

The first person to tell me what this is wins a virtual choc chip cookie and a big glass of creamy milk.
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mono55 Sep 18, 2009

Going Away For A Few Days ... At Last

I feel as if I've been waiting forever to get away somewhere (anywhere!) this year. Anyhoos, (early) tomorrow morning I head off to Disney Resort…
mono55
mono55 Sep 08, 2009

Fringe Performers On The Royal…

During the Edinburgh Festival you cannot walk on the upper part of the Royal Mile without people in colourful, and sometimes very strange, costumes thrusting…
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mono55 Aug 23, 2009

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mono55 Aug 09, 2009
Hoverflypic

Hoverfly

These tiny flies are less than half an inch long. Their colouring mimics wasps to scare off predators. The dog rose is somewhat blown, but…
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mono55 Aug 08, 2009
Calebpic

Caleb

This is from a while back, but was one of my favourite shots of the night.
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mono55 Aug 04, 2009
70s Alastairpic

70s Alastair

Yes, this is another Kodak instant print shot that turned up recently. This time one of my hubby Alastair, before we got married in 78.…
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mono55 Jul 20, 2009
Another Lemur...pic

Another Lemur...

Watching and waiting for a friend to play with Why have I been alone so long? Mole he is burrowing, his way to the sunlight, He knows there's…
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mono55 Jul 06, 2009
My New Baby!pic

My New Baby!

I'm calling her Ziggy after the computer in the Quantum Leap TV series. It's only taken me something like twenty years to finally have one…
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mono55 Jun 26, 2009
Brown Mothpic

Brown Moth

It rested on the window for the best part of half an hour, so I ended up taking pics of it with all three of…
mono55
mono55 Jun 22, 2009
Daisypic

Daisy

I'm sure it has a more fanciful name, but my knowledge of garden flowers is sadly lacking.
mono55
mono55 Jun 18, 2009

Two of the Three Billy Goats G…

... and I'd swear that one is smiling at me...
2 new pics
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mono55 Jun 18, 2009

Red Lemur

Sooo ... we're wandering through Lemurland muttering about the lack of ... well ... lemurs, when suddenly this one pops up from nowhere and starts…
3 new pics
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mono55 Jun 14, 2009

Blair Drummond Safari Park (1s…

We were in the middle of a hot spell (well, for us), so Shiona (unsceneunheard) and I decided to make the trip to the outskirts…
2 new pics
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mono55 Jun 04, 2009
Yet Another Irispic

Yet Another Iris

They finally started blooming here yesterday...
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mono55 Jun 03, 2009
Iris Germanica Elizabeth of Englandpic

Iris Germanica "Elizabeth of England"

A large, yet delicate, variety spotted in the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden at the Edinburgh Botanics last Saturday afternoon.
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mono55 Jun 02, 2009
Kodak Instant Print Summer of '78pic

Kodak Instant Print (Summer of '78)

Everyone talks about how much they miss Polaroids, but few folk here on Buzznet will be old enough to remember that Kodak had a series…
mono55
mono55 May 27, 2009
Irisespic

Irises

This was my favourite iris shot from last year. Sadly, we are still waiting for this year's to bloom in Livingston.
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mono55 May 26, 2009

GIVE IT A NAME (Manchester 19th April)

If anyone out there is remotely interested in the following bands... In This Moment Lights Emery The King Blues The Academy Is The Blackout Enter Shikari ... please go to www.vivalascene.com where you…
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mono55 Apr 23, 2009

Misc. Band Pics 2009

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mono55 Apr 18, 2009
Wood Anemonepic

Wood Anemone

There is a network of footpaths linking all the different parts of Livingston, so that pedestrians and cyclists rarely need to cross busy roads. One…
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mono55 Apr 13, 2009

You Me At Six

In case anyone out there is still even remotely interested, some of the pics I took at the Glasgow Barrowland show earlier this month are…
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mono55 Mar 27, 2009

Computerless In Livi

Yeah, the last couple of weeks, I've been without "Old Faithful" thanks to my son (accidentally) downloading some nasty virus or other and the total…
mono55
mono55 Dec 17, 2008

Folie a Deux (Part ... um ... Deux: May The Farce Be With You)

This is a tad late, but I was away visiting parents and stuff last week and this has been my first real opportunity to catch…
mono55
mono55 Oct 08, 2008

Folie a Deux

Folie a Deux ... literally "a madness shared by two" is a rare psychiatric syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or…
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mono55 Oct 01, 2008
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