We were promised snow (and photos!) – 1 January 2026

The forecasters were terrifying us with threats of snow, but none appeared. I don’t know what the reason was, none was given. You can never tell with weather forecasters. I think they are taught to lie.

I did go out for a walk in the afternoon and came back with a few photos. Mostly taken with an old, ancient even, Olympus E-PL5 with a Panasonic 30mm f2.8 macro lens. The photos this combination managed to produce were excellent. It just shows that an old guy with an even older camera/lens combo can produce the goods when he needs to.

Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to see those pictures, because I was trying to get Lightroom to work with me and release its grip on last year’s catalog without breaking everything in the process.

Finally just before midnight I read two articles that explained how to achieve this trick. It was much simpler than I thought. I may try it tomorrow. I’m off to bed now.

I think I’ve seen the future … and it works!