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i love it when categories collide. how about this. it's a glove on a dog sign.
we approached it by walking up a slippery icey field and just as it came in to sight the clouds parted and it was illuminated by the sun. as soon as i'd finished taking the photos it went back to being dark and dismal again !
how can people believe there is no god ?
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one of the great things about country walks are the kissing gates. here are jane and esther awaiting their obligatory (obli-gate-ery) kisses
notice - no musical instruments, no dogs, no soiled clothing ?
i hadn't noticed actually so i was glad they pointed it out to me.
there's a lovely village in south Oxfordshire called Hambleden. it's where they filmed some of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Vicar of Dibley.
You can walk from this picturesque village down the valley to the River Thames. you should do it sometime.
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i got an email yesterday from annie of www.lostglove.co.uk asking if she could link to my glove collection.
of course she can, and to thank her, you can go visit her collection too. whilst i go for the non-interventionist approach (ie capture them in their natural environment and leave them be), annie takes them home and cares for them (rather like i do when i find a passport photo).
As a result i don't think she's got many of the rather clinical medical ones i seem to spot round the back of hospitals !
www.lostglove.co.uk also links to other glove sites and this rather interesting article.
it's great weather for glove finding at the moment. here are a few i've found in the last few days:
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here is liz reading 'the hungry caterpillar' to anna and kezia (who look slightly worried)
this is a drink, which isn't cola, on a wall, which isn't a railing.
there's a danger here i might start taking pictures of things which don't fit any categories and aren't even interesting
london is bidding for the 2012 olympics. here is part of an exhibition to celebrate the fact we're in with a chance.
it's a giant statue in trafalgar square. there's a person in the foreground in the picture which might give you some idea of the scale.
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here was a pain au chocolat i had one morning last week. it's only got one seam of chocolate which was a real disappointment at the time.
not a lot of people know this, but 'pain au chocolat' literally translated means 'the pain of chocolate', which means 'chocolate window'.
we've been so close to having a decent bit of snow for the last week, but it didn't materialise. or happen.
this was as good as it got in central london. oh well.
catcusy thing:
daffodilly things:
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we all know that london is a giant space ship, but the question i've always asked is 'where does the driver sit'.
then i discovered this. it's a street called 'cockpit steps' and is between Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. Highly suspicious
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outside speakers are everywhere.
i've realised i've been taking a lot of photos of outside speakers and cameras so i've set up a dedicated category for them.
i'll retrofit old articles in due course, or later, whichever i get round to first.
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did you know the queen employees servants who's job it is to move bollards round her palace ? here is a rare site of one outside of her grounds. he's got his flourescent red and yellow uniform on.
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this sign is missing a few words. those missing words are crucial to its meaning.
it was the annual awards for the uk internet industry last night. we won an award which was very exciting.
here is Jum modelling the award. does he look better with it or without it ?
and here's me looking smart (a rare occasion):
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call me a glove snob, but i've never got in to taking pictures of socks. not sure why. i see quite a few about, but never felt compelled to photographise them.
but this one is a sparkling beauty. it won me over with its shineyness. how shallow am i ?
as the famous song goes "there's nothing you can drink that can't drink" (or something).
this poor little can is thirsty but is too small to reach the top of the pub bench. i'm sure someone will take pity on him. he's got such a smiley mouth !
these are new. and they are yellow.
so, what we have here, is something new and something yellow.
it's a yellow new thing.
"how do you catch wild bollards ?" i hear you ask (for this is a blog with ears).
with a bollard trap is my answer. as seen here. it's completely humane.
unfortunately, bollards aren't human so it does cause them some distress.
NO BILL POSTERS WILL BE PRIOCUTED
which is good news. i think.
(thanks to telco-john for sending me this)
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this bridge has been stranded at paddington station for ages. it's become a folly for our times (at least until they mend it)
this chap looks like he's about to fall on a giant ice-cream cone.
the sign was in Smithfield Meat Market. it can be offally slippery in there.
this trolley was tied to some railings with a 'no bikes to be chained to these railings' sign.
it's a glove on a red train station bench.
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i only spotted the wealth of bins after i'd taken this photo:
what attracted me most was the hook:
i pass quite a few laundrettes in every day life. it's funny how laundrettes and petrol stations are invisible in town unless you really look for them.
one day i'll do a photo tour of them, but for now, here are some underpants (nearly) in the bin in a laundrette.
who put them there and why ? surely you'd throw them in your own bin if you decided they were too dirty to wash ?
here are esther and kezia playing ludo with their god mother ruth after a fantastic lunch. esther and kezia are wearing their ponchos.
unfortunately kezia has now stopped calling her's her 'puncture'. instead it's now her 'puntcho'.
i'm really pleased with this picture. it's all about colours and angles i think.
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and here is Dan's desktop displaying the bollard (and his remote control):
very sensible that he's put newspaper down under his laptop.
it's another picture from jeremy, this time of a hat wearing a bollard.
i'm pleased to be able to put this photo in three categories - hats, bollards ...
... and chopped off heads:
here are a couple of gloves from my old university house mate jeremy.
i think these pictures are great as the colour of the glove matches the surroundings. gloves are so versatile.
jane and i went out for an anniversary-meal last night. it was very good and we did lots of laughing.
hoorah for lovely wives (please note, i've only got one wife. i wouldn't want you to get the impression i was supporting polygamy):
pudding:
esther's best friend catherine had an ice skating party which was a great thing to have.
we all had great fun and esther and catherine even managed to skate on their own !
oh, the fun you can have:
but tony didn't seem too impressed:
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