Time for a Drink

It’s Friday again – another week gone. A day, at the end of the week, when hopefully we can all unwind. And what better way to unwind than with a nice cool glass of liquid refreshment.

So, here we are again, same pub as last time and same glass. If you missed the previous post featuring a glass or two of Peroni Nastro Azzurro then click the Post: Quenching a Thirst.

I get strange looks when I bring out a camera in a pub garden and start photographing, rather than drinking, the beer. The lady at the next table said: ‘Are you from the Brewery?’

‘No’ I said.

‘Oh, I thought you must be and you had a dirty glass or bits in your beer’, she said.‘I’m a photographer’, I explained.

‘Oh, really – are you?’ There was an uneasy silence for a minute while she digested that fact, then she turned to her husband who was clearly deaf because everything she said to him was shouted at him, and said loudly. ‘He’s a photographer, he’s taking pictures of his beer.

Heads swiveled at neighbouring tables. Suddenly I was the rather odd man who takes pictures of his beer! Sometimes in life it would really be rather cool to be able to disappear in a millisecond. Come to think of it, candid photography would be an awful lot easier if we were invisible, wouldn’t it?

Actually, I happen to think Peroni glasses are rather nice glasses and with the right light they really come to life – empty or full – and they do throw some attractive colours across a wooden table.

And Spectacles can look quite interesting too. On a table. Outside a pub. When the sun shines. Now what else can I find to photograph while I drink my beer? I wonder what’s under the table? Now that’s worth a shot…

Does any one know if there are any tablets I can take for my affliction? No, I haven’t been drinking today, not yet. But a glass will pass my lips this evening. Cheers everybody! Enjoy your weekend.