The High St wet. I hope the rain stops before we go out. @steveferris5498 is my YouTube, if any of you lovelies ever look at that? It'd be nice. 100 views by Christmas would be wonderful! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Is being proud of a set of snaps a bad thing? Love the colour and composition. I am becoming obsessed. I reckon there's at least 30,000 photos on the cloud now. I thought about the ArtGemini Prize, but can't afford it. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Rain at 6.30 this morning. The lumber yard next door has enough lights to stage a football match. So this is on the wall of the empty spare room, still looking for a cotenant. Forecast: sunny! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Locomotion, a train museum up north. Very fond memories of the palce as I went with Dad and my stepmother. The Flying Scotsman was there. I can remember travelling by steam on British Rail. I am old! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

For Foundation Course I had to find 100 black objects. I slaved over the summer painting Hammerite on rusty metal. The sculpture was ruined in a Knebworth downpour in Mum's garage. A few elements survived. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Going for a surge of photographs, rather than paintings. Might not suit followers, but indulge me. Snapping is a second string to my bow; it is Art, not something less. Northstowe hang tomorrow. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

The Fitwilliam. They had to close the main entrance when a worker inspecting the dome found it in danger of falling. That would have been a different sort of ending. Should wtrite a short story about that. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #Cambridge

Sometimes the camera sort of auto-improves without being asked to. This is NOT manipulated. Teasles pretending to be tryfids. U stupidly early again, but Man is supposed to have a biphasic sleep pattern. #theferrsfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

In a way, I should be posting about 15 new ones, as I said I'd do one more than the number of resaponses I get. May join RPS in the New Year, if I am closer to solvency. This is what you get when you advertise for a non-smoker cotenant! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

So here's another one, rather like a spiderman. Town is changing rapidly, but SO not for the good. Hideous rabbit-hutches, businesses that close for lack of custom, and greed everywhere. Culture? Wat culture! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #Cambridge #metaphorsaplenty

No real idea why but I like to snap pics of workers, especially in hi-viz. Need to get some more artwork made. it's like a ever-growing garbage partch in the middle of the ocean! Seriously. No sales this year. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #frustration

Listening to Sandinista! It's so good. I had forgotten. This visitor rushes across the studio window. Finally snapped him. Slept like a log last night. So unusual. And the dreams were mad. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

The set might be called changes 9that have no point maybe)? The Nafton is basically closed, but will not be 'corrected' till at least 2029! This town is becoming a real mess. But most don't care! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #Cambridge #metaphorsaplenty

Accident photographs can be interesting; after uploading a batch of pics from town, I pressed the shutter and got this. My desk tends to get clogged with all sorts of art-making stuff. Thus. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Thus. I've been reading Grimm fairy tales. Some of them are SO weird. One called 'The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage.' They all lived together in a little house, but it ended in tragedy when a dog ate the sausage! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Wanted to capture this incey-wincey, but it ran away every time the camera got close. Magpie and squirrel visitors yesterday as well. They were easier, though the latter moved like lightning! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

A snap of my sketchbooks. They should be called something different as each page is a fully finished artwork, not an experiment or development. I think there are maybe 100 now. Yes, I am mad. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Hi to my new followers. Thanks. I really needed your interest. This is me as artist-in-residence at Homerton 2000. The century started well; went badly downhill after that! I will climb up again! #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #nostalgia #metaphorsaplenty

Got a bag of toys from a charity shop in Ely. Love this: a dino on wheels. Just thik - someone to design this, a factory had to prototype, then an assembly line had to churn out the product. I taught D/T. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Always fun to snap the distorted. I should maybe stand outside Downing Street then? 'Maltese' on Lingopie has been great so far, though a couple of their walking tour vids have been less than perfect. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty