The land is off the Tarka Trail heading toward Barnstaple. These shacks are owned but deserted and I often return to take pictures as they fall into disrepair. I mean fuck, gimmie a model and we can shoot form French Vogue.

She’s sniffing here. Doberman’s have a highly tuned sense of smell and that sniffer is going all the time. She’s doing so well now. She cowered constantly when we first got her due to the violent abuse at the puppy farm we rescued her from. She’d be whipped across the snout daily. That’s what the scars are from, the specks of white in the next photo down on her snout. Now she only gets kisses, walks and treats. And look at her coat now. That’s her diet showing. Before, her hair was patchy and lank.

Matt Damon had no choice but to be nice.

Rhys will get a slap one day soon.

Brad Pitt plays a practical joke.

Yes, my bet is that this photographer’s very popular with his neighbours.

Photo Tip: When using one’s home as a location for models, try to vary the look of a repetitively used backdrop, otherwise all your pictures will start to look like each other.

Photography by Curve, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Impromptu New Year’s fireworks display in the paddock with my friendly neighbours. We see the Blue Moon, the first on New Year’s Eve since 1900, when the first firework rockets skyward.

Here’s one of my photos of Uma and her man back in summer 2008 at the 90th Birthday dinner for Nelson Mandela. It’s a grab shot because at the time I could not see who was in the car. It hurtled past us. At first glance we thought it might be Hugh Grant. LOL. When I looked on the laptop screen I could see Uma and immediately pinged the photo over to the papers.

It’s been sitting there all this time so I hope one of the newspapers uses it. Clearly, Uma has indeed become infatuated with me since then and this is of course the real reason she’s fobbed off the Hugh Grant lookey-likey.

Here’s the story and the to the newspaper it came from is below it:

Uma Thurman breaks off engagement to multi-millionaire Arki Busson.

Uma Thurman and Arpad 'Arki' Busson

Actress Uma Thurman has broken off her engagement to French multi-millionaire Arpa ‘Arki’ Busson.

The 39-year-old star – who has appeared in movies including Quentin Tarantino films Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction – split from financier Mr Busson last month.

They had been engaged for more than a year.

No longer together: Uma Thurman with former fiancé Arki Busson

‘The engagement ended a while back – but they remain friends,’ a source revealed.

The couple started dating in the summer of 2007.

A year later, Mr Busson  – who was previously the partner of Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson – proposed by presenting Ms Thurman with an eight-plus carat engagement ring.

According to reports, Ms Thurman is now likely to return all of 47-year-old Mr Busson’s  belongings to him, including the ring.

The source added: ‘She will probably give it back. She wants to return everything that is his.’

Busson was previously engaged to Elle Macpherson, the mother of his children

Mr Busson – who was engaged to Ms Macpherson for three years before their relationship ended – is said to be ‘beside himself’ at the break-up.

There is speculation the romance may have fizzled out because of the long distance between the pair.

Mr Busson – who has built his career in hedge funds – was born in Africa before being raised in Paris. He now resides largely in London, where his ex-partner Ms Macpherson and their two children are based.

Meanwhile, Ms Thurman, 39, has continued to live in Los Angeles, California.

In a recent magazine interview, Ms Thurman insisted she could never join Mr Busson to live in Britain permanently because she wanted her children to stay close to their father, fellow Hollywood actor Ethan Hawke.

In the interview, in September, she said: ‘I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up.

‘I’m not in a rush to do anything. One day we’ll do it, when we’re ready.

‘We can’t live anywhere else because my children’s father lives here. We’ll figure it out.’

Ms Thurman has a daughter Maya, 11, and son Levon, seven, with ex-husband Mr Hawke.

They were married for six years until 2004 but split after claims he had an affair with a Canadian model. Before that Ms Thurman was previously wed to British actor Gary Oldman for two years from 1990.

Mr Busson has two sons with Ms Macpherson – Arpad, 11, and six-year-old Aurelius.

They started their romantic relationship in 1995 and became engaged in August 2002. But they called off their wedding in July 2005.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1234268/Uma-Thurman-breaks-engagement-multi-millionaire-Arki-Busson.html#ixzz0ZBn9Nugw

Barney passed away tonight at 6 PM UK time, peacefully with me and my Dad watching over him. Farewell for now old friend.

Barney taking a very sprightly walk considering he had renal failure. He soldiered on.

Yes, Barney’s still going strong. He’s a bit wobbly on his feet but he’s outlasted what they Vets have all said. We’re waiting for delivery of a new treatment for renal failure from the US too so that will give him a new lease of life. A transplant is not an option because he has also a weak heart and would not survive the operation.

Here’s Bubbles the Yorkie snuggling and Poppie and Babby the King Charles Spaniels standing by in case of food.

This is Barney taking a very sprightly walk considering he’s got renal failure. He’s soldiering on.

Japanese black trifele variety. Grown in my own greenhouse and picked today, November 10th 2009.