Jon Jolly

Wow! I really can’t believe that I haven’t posted on here in 4 weeks! That’s the worst gap in the four years I’ve been blogging. If there are any readers left out there, I’m very sorry.

Life has been really busy recently which has taken me away from the internet. Obviously Kirsty’s pregnancy has been a big deal. She suffered really badly from morning sickness for a few weeks and was throwing up constantly over that period. However, seeing the 12 week scan photos made it all worthwhile:

In my Youth Work role, I’ve been getting to grips with being the first Chairperson of YARN - the network of the Rank Charities. It is a great privilege to be involved in steering the formation of the network, and I’ve had to spend a bit of time getting my head around how it works while riding the train into London! We had a huge celebration/launch event at the Hilton Waldorf where I announced the network and also DJ’d into the early hours.

Back in my local role, I’ve had two young people doing Work Experience with me this week and I’m gearing up for the 2 playschemes, summer arts activities and Soul Survivor trips that we’re running! Some rest would be good right now.

Another contributing factor in my online absence is that my MacBook has been taken in for keyboard related repairs. It stopped responding halfway through typing a sentence and for 2 weeks I was carrying round the laptop, plus an external keyboard and mouse, which kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop.

Lastly in my Jolly news round-up, I managed to avoid all the queues and hassle to get my 3G iPhone delivered last week. While it is an amazing bit of kit, I’m still suffering from intermittent MobileMe Sync issues which helpfully deletes numbers from random contacts!

Anyway, I may get some more posts out there this week, so stay tuned.

Last Thoughts…

Originally uploaded by jurvetson.

A truely amazing photo! (although quite gruesome)

Comes complete with private Island and suspension bridge, just outside Newquay in Cornwall. For the full story, click here.

Thanks to Metafilter for this one!

How cool is this? An underground coal fire burning for nearly 45 years? Incredible!

Hey everyone,

We arrived back into Heathrow this morning at 04.45 after a long flight from Sydney via Hong Kong. Although I got a bit of sleep, I also had time to put a selection of our photos into a web album that is now available on the jonandkirsty site. Click here, then hit the album button and select ‘Hong Kong & Sydney’. Enjoy!

Seeing as how I spend most of my wages on coffee, I thought I’d give Sonia some ideas for Refresh. Click the link above for more caffeine goodness. Yum!

OK. I’ve joined a photosharing website. Nothing particulary exciting or revolutionary about that. It’s just the way you can ‘tag’ and search through everyone’s photos is amazingly compelling.

There are some beautiful images from around the globe which can help you see familiar sights in a new way. Try searching for Littlehampton and you’ll recognise some of our local scenery (including the inside of the Baptist Church!) you may not have noticed before.

Of course you can also look at some of my photos, or sign up (It’s free) and join a group of like-minded photographers. And before you get too excited, indecent images are banned!