THE long awaited update (sorry guys)
Current mood: accomplished

Hello one and all

www. photographybypolly. co. uk

Finally the feb, march, april and may updates have gone up on my website, taking the total to over 11,000 eeeek, some may say im a tad obsessed ;)

I think there are some really nice pictures this time, april and may has some very inspiring light and shade and people watching shots, this job never bores me, i hope that shows in my work.


The new layout for the site hasnt been implicated yet but it will be soon. The main catagories will be broken down into smaller chunks as the pages can take a heck of a long time to upload sometimes on slower computers. Always watch the address bar to see when a page has fully finished uploaded then click away to your hearts content, if its clicked before its uploaded it can slow it down further. Im also trying to get a comparison photograph onto the site to compare quality as the photographs used on the site are downsized drastically to save room so they never show the true quality of the pictures, the details are lost so much, i wish there was the room to put the full sized files on for every single picture, never mind, i hope they bring joy to you regardless.


The herbs of the northern shaman, the rerelease of the bard of elys book, that i have been working on with him shall be released imminently, just waiting for lulu. com to do their magic, i shall announce the release date as soon as I have it. We have already started work on the follow up book, herbs of mars.


I have just finished compiling a portfolio for a gallery in the city and will soon be presenting it to them, once again fingers crossed and will let you know the outcome.


All in all its been pretty hectic of late, but with good results i hope, and a whole bag full of lovely pictures to make me (and hopefully you) smile.


Have a lovely weekend people, go outside and do something nice.


namaste
kat x

www. photographybypolly. co. uk

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photography by polly update newsletter

Hi to all and apologies for the late arrival of this update.

www.photographybypolly.co.uk

My website has january ready for viewing and i will try to get feburary, march and april all up
at once, ill let you know when (patience!) :)

The website will also soon be undergoing a few changes as some of the catagories are so huge
it can take a massive amount of time for the pages to load, although once loaded they can be
viewed without any further hassle whilst in that catagory. My guru is going to divise a new
layout, again i shall notify you all when and how. Until them please be patient while the pages
load, thank you.

Many of you will also know that i have been working with the bard of ely, aka Steven Andrews.
His book, Herbs of the northern shaman, was lacking only in pictures and we have to collaborated
to re release this book with full colour and detailed pictures throughout by yours truely. We
are just waiting for final contracts to be signed and then this book will be ready for purchase.
The original was a cult book and i just hope my pictures can do it justice. There will also be a
follow up book in the furture called the herbs of mars, thus far unreleased and unwritten(all new
and shiney) :)

Ok thats it for the moment, i will update with news on all ventures as soon as there is news to update :)

Many thanks for all the support and encouragement guys, your words are what i hear when i
take my camera out, i take photographs not just for me, but more for the rest of the world to see
what they couldnt see first hand because they werent there and i was.

namaste
kat x

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welcome to me

I dont follow many of the popular pass it on things on here, however i thought this one was pretty good as it allows you to bring to light things about yourself usually glared over by the more important issues, ie for me that would be veganism, photography, animal rights etc etc...

what you do is you chose 10 random facts about yourself that are lesser known, and then you send a comment or message to 10 of your friends on here, altho i dont see why its number limited, and then they read this bulletin and the ten facts, and do the same of their own, its a learning process i think, could be interesting.

ok my ten lesser known random facts......

1.  i fly in my dreams most nights, the hugest release imagionable
2.  i suck at growing radishes and melons (but excel at growing most other things)
3.  i love antiques, the older the better
4.  ive sung in several bands (altho whether im any good or not is debatable) and      wrote all the lyrics to the bands songs.
5.  i eat 2 steamed artichokes every saturday
6.  im scared of heights but love being up high
7.  i have a rare brain malformation
8.  i was raised by an old lady and a pediophile posing as my father
9.  when i get stressed i bite my finger, really really hard.
10. i have no confidence

it will be interesting to see what you make of that lot ;)

im sending this invite to mamasita,ryan,dusty,bard of ely,aasa,chris,
lena,mel,feeble screams,zeke, but if anyone else wants to share too i would be interested to learn more about you all

namaste
kat x

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Photography By Polly and book release very soon

Just to let you all know that my website is upto date to december, and i am working on januarys selection as we type/read! Also the book that i am working on with the Bard Of Ely, the reissue of his cult book "Herbs of the Northern Shamen" is very close to being finished, the same classic bard style from the original book, but with new species, more detail and all but one of the 85+ plants has full colour detailed photos provided by moi *takes a bow*. we are just finalising the editing and it will be on sale via lulu initailly and then other outlets after that, i shall let you know when it is on sale.

Ive also been asked to do some work with the botanical university providing photographs for the students to assist in plant identification, and have been asked to do some more work for the green party here, and other political events , also ive been asked to submit portfolios for several galleries in germany, AND just to top it off and so i dont look lazy, the second book, that i am working on with the bard "Herbs of Mars" is 3/4 of the way through completion. This book is a new release and will hopefully be a welcome edition to what we hope will be an expanding collection of books

now...its saturday night, this is not where i should be! have a lovely weekend everyone.

www.photographybypolly.co.uk


namaste
kat

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A question a day to know you better

I dont know a lot of you on my friends list as well as i would like to, so i thought a question a day might help.

I want to learn about your spiritual soul, as well as your humour

for each question you can give two answers, or only one if you wish, your philosophical answer, and your humourous answer, as i said we each have many sides so both answers are equally important.

todays question is this.....

before i die i want to hear "*fill in your answer here*" said about me?

each day i will give you my answer first

the philosophical

"she cares and tries to make it all better"

the humourous

"shes a brilliant photographer and cook, but shes a lousy driver"

I look forward to reading your answers my friends

namaste
kat

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updates on photography by polly

Hi and happy new year

october and novembers updates are ready on www.photographybypolly.co.uk    I hope you find a smile for yourself there somewhere

namaste
katrina

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An important reminder for vegan health

An important reminder for vegan health
ive been vegan for 8 years and got a bit cocky after the first few level checks and thought i was invincible. this is because it takes 3 to 5 years for your bodys stock to deplete, but after that it will deplete rapidly if you dont take a daily suplement.

i got lyme disease last year and so have been putting all my symptoms down to that, only to find out today that the tiredness, numbness, confusion, loss of muscle strength, nausea, headaches, shortness of breath and general feeling dreadfull are all down to the fact my vitamin b12 is half the absoloute safe lowest level. is should be at lowest 160 to be safe and mine is 91. it seems only the arthritis is from the lyme disease,which is a seperate issue (tuck your trousers into your socks when you are out hiking in the wilderness where deer live boys and girls).

so i am now on supplements from herr doctor, it will take 6 weeks for the anemia to go (this is not the same anemia as iron deficiency anemia, my iron is fine). if i am unlucky i may be stuck with the neuropathy (numbness, tingling, nerve pain) but fingers crossed it will mend.

So unless you are a super vigiilant vegan who knows for 101% you are getting enough b12 from your food (fortified cereal, b12 enriched nutritional yeast, marmite) please take a suppliment. If you have been feeling tired and just plain ugh, please get your levels checked. B12 deficiency can give you major long term health problems, the anemia which comes with it prevents oxygen from being transported around your body and we really need our oxygen ;)

so what are you waiting for.....go get some!

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Last day on earth......

2008, this morning I woke up to another day, not just another year, another day, a dawning that i am lucky to see, indeed we all are, every day we see is a blessing.

In the kitchen my thoughts turned to my mother, far away in another country, we have had a lot of problems over the years and i hold a lot of resentment. But my mother is also quite poorly, she has had and still has a lot of health problems, and has a tendancy to every now and then slap our faces by nearly dying, and shaking us into understanding what matters. I thought to myself, I must try to strengthen our relationship this year, just in case this is the year that she doenst pull through if she got sick, then the reality hit me, each and every one of us could go at any time.

In the last week we have seen a fit footballer in his mid 30s drop dead for no apparent reason, a dj in his early 40s died for no apparent reason "peacefully in his sleep", a policeman dropped dead whilst on duty, for no apparent reason, and a beautiful soul who dedicated her life to trying to bring peace to her country was murdered, and the hundreds of people with her were blown up........noone knew that these people were having their last day on this planet, not them, not even the assasins knew who would die for sure, but i wonder for all those people what their last memory was........

when you walk down the road today and a stranger smiles at you, smile back, dont scowl. when a homeless or destitute person asks you for help, even if you cant give them help, at least give them a kind word, dont scold them for their situation. when your mother calls talk to her, dont start the conversation with "i cant stop, im in a hurry", when your child asks you a question take the time to answer them, when they look at you with love, show them your love in return.

I cannot bear the thought that any persons last thought should be one of a harsh word, or a feeling of being pushed aside, or anything negative brought about by me. If I am the last voice another creature hears i want it to be kind words i spoke, if i am the last face a creature sees i want it to be a compassionate face with love, if i am the last touch a creature feels i want it to be a gentle loving touch. the only way i can achieve this is by loving every creature unconditionally, not judging them for their flaws, not condeming them for their past actions, and not viewing them with suspicion and jelousy.

Lets try to make everyones world a nicer place

Namaste
have a peacefull tuesday all of you
kat x x

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august and september on photography by polly

just a quicky to let you all know that august and septembers long awaited updates are now online (aherm) *blush*

hope you find a picture or two you like, octobers will be up within a week too

www.photographybypolly.co.uk

schönes wochenende chaps x

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Unbelievable

there it goes folks, the last bit of civil liberty for the british animal rights activist, i left england after being branded a terrorist by the government there becasue i was a hunt sab, i never once raised a hand to anyone, all i did was defend, but they were then granted to treat me like an assasin, a pedeophile, and a murder suspect if they wished. now they can demand your password to your computer AND they can order you not to tell anyone that they did so! what they can order you not to speak the truth! tell me thats not insanity, this is the sort of thing nazi germany did for crying out loud. i am stunned, saddened and amazed that this can be allowed.

please read this report right the way through

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7102180.stm

namaste
kat

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