By Keith Diment

Retirement has given me time to develop my long-standing interest in photography. That interest waned when long hours with messy chemicals in a darkened bathroom all too often gave disappointing results, but it has been revived by switching from film to digital processing and using a computer to manipulate and print the images. My use of computers is also long-standing, having used one for the first time in 1959 and having had a lot to do with them ever since.

The idea of a Hanney village calendar occurred to me about a year ago, and has turned out to be quite a challenge. I wanted to take a picture each month that showed some typical village activity or view, was of an appropriate subject for the month, and made a 'nice picture'.

Whether I've succeeded or not is for others to judge, of course. Once again, a month is slipping by and I haven't yet captured a suitable image.

So far I have (just) managed to find a picture each month, but it's harder than I thought it would be.

Looking to the future, I can see an additional constraint. Each month's new picture should not be too similar to any that I've used in previous years. It's even more challenging than I thought. Fortunately the Hanneys (East and West) form an enterprising community with lots of organisations and activities, so there should be scope for plenty of pictures.

As always, I just have to be at the right place at the right time.