Captured!
I was down in the village one day last summer.
Actually I was down there many times as I usually go down at least once a week, but on this particular day I saw something strange. It was one of those cars with a pylon on the roof. I realised it was a Google thing.
Now it was driving through the village at a fair lick so I assumed they were on their way to photograph somewhere else. I paid little attention as I had more important things to do.
I was poking around Google Earth yesterday when I discovered they had updated it. There was my car in a its glory parked down in the village –
Not bad for a fifteen plus year old banger? It’s older than most of the Grandkids and has seen a fair bit of Wicklow, Cork and France.
I wondered if there were any other items “of interest”.
That particular day I had had to call into Doc’s place to collect a prescription or something. Sure enough, poor old Penny had been captured in all her glory as she waited patiently [pun intended] outside Doc’s door –
At least I had been spared the ignominy of being photographed for the world to see. But then I scrolled to the next frame –
So there I am in all my glory. That was the moment I saw the car so they must have been circling the place for a while.
As photographers, they are not very good.
Google is like that neighbour that is always coming over and in your business. They were doing a number on you that day, Grandad! 🙂
They very nearly missed. That last was on the periphery of one of their photographs – hence the distortion.
I wonder if I can screw them for breach of privacy?
I think you can ask to have the image removed.
What? And leave Penny all on her own? Never!
Penny presented a very good air of indifference to such intrusion upon her daily life!
That’s her typical expression when waiting. Passing cats and dogs may get a raised ear but she only comes to life when someone stops to pet her [which they frequently do].
Fiesta? I’ve had several. Great little cars.
The end of my drive is on Google earth but the house is in darkness among the trees.
Bet nobody expected that 😉
Looks more like a Focus to me – or maybe it’s an Irish Fiesta (or is that St. Paddy’s Day?).
Yup. It’s a Focus. A full 40,000 on the clock.
Your head is so blurred: I’d love a pint of whatever you’ve been drinking.
It’s a thing that happens to anyone who has ever been in court. You see lot of them on the news.
I thought they had to blur people’s faces out , like number plates. Privacy concerns and all that.
Congratulations, GD. You’re been officially Googled. Not only in that Google Earth thing but in Google maps as well (street view anyway). Never thought you’d get this far did you?