Pebbles From Paradise

It’s been a few years since I signed up for a Twitter account and today I have around 10,000 followers, although this may alter if any of them read this! Many of these were acquired through the simple expedient of following people who share my interests. They in due course followed me back, but some came through people finding me.

A week, or so, ago I analysed those whom I was following and found many to be inactive accounts, some spammers, some porn stars, and frankly I was following too many people to be able to identify real messages from friends. As a result I unfollowed lots of people on Twitter.

This naturally resulted in many unfollowing me, since Twitter etiquette says it’s polite to follow those who follow you. That said, I started using Twitter again and reconnected with lots of familiar tweeple.

Some whom I unfollowed took offence although no sleight was intended. One guy was having a particularly bad day. His profile claimed him to be a Christian but his last dozen, or so, tweets were a diatribe against all who had unfollowed him recently, and he named each account.

Now it appears to me that Twitter etiquette is a bit soppy. Of course it’s good to get to know anyone who is following you, but when many of your followers are unavailable for conversation and simply send you a stream of adverts what’s the point?

When I meet someone in a bar and they try to sell me a car, a get rich scheme, a property, or even sexual favours few are offended when I say I’m not interested. How so on Twitter?

So where am I now?

Slowly I’m following those who find me, after all it was by this method that I met many of my close Twitter friends the first time round.

Already some spammers and porn stars are cluttering up my inbox!

As time passes it gets harder to write a daily piece for Pebbles From Paradise.

There are several reasons for this.

Firstly in the summer we do little more than swim, eat, and drink. I rarely take photographs in this season because the light is harsh compared with Spring, Autumn and Winter.

When I’m not swimming, eating, or sleeping I spend my time tidying old computer files, which is satisfying but a difficult subject to write about.

A year, or so, back a local chum Jobey Butt introduced me to Microsoft Flight Sim. I’ve spent lots of time sim flying but don’t think it’s a good topic for this web site.

I’m thinking of creating a new web site about Flight Sim, and will keep you posted as the project moves forward. If you’re a simmer, or like old planes, I think you’ll enjoy what I’ll put on offer there!

MS Flight Sim 2004, AKA as FS-9

We don’t seem to be spending much time at Amos at the moment. Instead we’re to be found at Netsel Marina playing hosts to the joint exhibition we’re hosting with Michael Eldridge. As a result we meet more people, but see less of Amazon. Fortunately granny is here to fill the gap.

As all the preparations are pretty much done I find I’m taking photographs once more. Here’s a shot I took near the gallery yesterday evening.

Taken from the door of Netsel Gallery.

Amos Jetty Under Repairs

It’s been a few weeks since I last had a moment to post here. All the action has been at TreesAndSky.me, which is not just the website for an exhibition but also for the entire ‘Trees and Sky Project’.

I was, however, drawn back here by a message from the Sally Soames, who I feature on one of my blog posts. Sally is one of the great woman photographers of the twentieth century. Perhaps known best for her gritty monochrome portraiture she is also a truly versatile news reporter.

The jetty at Amos Restaurant is now returned to full functionality. It took a couple of days of welding but now it is strong enough to survive the summer, if not the winter storms.

First Visitors Of The Season

Trees and Sky launched last Friday 28th, with around 200 people in attendance, including the Mayors of Marmaris and Turunc. Irem and I are pretty beat. Taking the photos is the easy part. Feeding the media is far more demanding. The exhibition is being held at Netsel Gallery, in the marina and ends on 10th June.