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guess the building
what which london building is this ? it's a b-list in terms of buildings go, but is still quite imposing.
walter looking sideways
my colleague walter was happy to volunteer to be the first person to feature in my 'people looking sideways' category
pig medley
with apologies to all vegetarians ... and pigs
bournemouth fence curious
mermaid with funny arms
yellow polka dot bikini
red sunglasses
jellied eel
ice-cream
oakley court and bray studios
jane and i went for a walk down the (side of the) thames yesterday near Eton/Windsor-ish. From the north side of the river you pass Oakley Court Hotel and Bray Studios.
Oakley Court Castle is famous for being in various films including Saint Trinians
next to the Castle are Bray Studios
tim's party
we were invited to Tim's 40th birthday party last night and had a great time.
here is the glitter ball in the outside marquee
and here is the cake (it's tim fishing)
busker
the south bank is the new covent garden for buskers. this chap was particular energetic and made me laugh.
a lovely night out
the girls are away for a few days so jane (my lovely wife) and i took full advantage of our free weekend by going to Sonning Mill which is a great place.
here's the view from our table (the people who were sitting this had already gone through to the theatre)
pubbish
pubbish is a good word. it was written on a piece of paper outside a publisher's office near where i work so perhaps it's a contraction of 'publishers rubbish'
but i think it better describes the feeling of wanting to nip to the pub. "i'm feeling a bit pubbish. fancy it?"
the james bond cupboard
remember this ? here's some more detailed photos
three back legs
a strange dog, but also no eyes and ears (and what's going on with the chap bottom right?)
bird flew
it's a day for sequences today, so here's a sequence of a pelican flying in st james' park
they never seem to get very high
it seems to be about shaking your wings enough to fling yourself out of the water
before giving up and splatting back down in the water
the interesting trolley man
eagle eyed vin spotted the interesting barrow man here and asked for more details, so here he is in a sequence of four pictures i took from up the Monument a few weeks back.
here he is with a 'customer' ?
tidying up
preparing to move off
on his way
and that's all i have. it looks like offal in the trolley. or perhaps it's poultry.
the hottest day
it was as hot as summer's day today, official the hottest day ever or something (for October i think). and london was packed. the BBC has some interesting weather news here
i had a meeting on the south bank and took my big camera to get some decent shots. unfortunately i'm clueless so most of my photos were rubbish (i need to go on a course ...)
anyway, it's also half-term holidays so london was full of tourists, especially just here.
grass van
i think i took a picture of this van once (or one similar). vin sent me this to illustrate his comment here.
vin also sent me the excellent bird photo and i now want to see a vin-blog !
reunited !
can you believe it, i managed to reunite this chap with his lost travel card! hoorah for a happy ending.
in all my time collecting photos for davescollections, this is the first one i've reunited
for those interested in the story of reunition:
from the ticket i knew his local train station, so i found which train operators run out of that station and phoned their lost property department. they put a note with my phone number in his file and when he went in to buy his replacement ticket he got the message to phone me
final castlerigg photos
early morning
visited by aliens:
sunrise
the tourist board
ian hislop
i spotted ian hislop in front of me as i whizzed by tate modern on the way to a meeting. he nipped in to this cafe before i caught up with him, so i took this dreadful photo through the window !
i think you can still tell it's him !
royalty passing
here is the queen's husband prince Philip in a car.
and here is another car with someone important in. they should really put their names on the outside so we could identify them easilyer
cut backs to the hanging garden
oh no ! they've chopped the hanging garden. the amazing thing is those hanging baskets are SO high, at least a few metres off the ground (compare to the people in the photo below).
chocolate bar on railings
it's been nearly 2 months since i ate a chocolate bar ! woweeee
fun in nottingham
jane and the girls have been in Nottingham for a few days. here is brother-in-law kev with all the kids
angry interviewer
the interviewing chap (rather than the interviewee who i didn't recognise) looks really angry. the sound man has responded by bashing him with the hairy thing.
plants on the move
we've been aware of the plant uprising for a while but never have we seen one so evolved and aggressive as this one ! photo by mrs funkypancake mrs funkypancake's sister
133
matt, funkypancake's web-landlord, spotted number 133 and gave chase. he saw it in amersham which is about 30 miles away from london.
i think brother edd spotted a stash of them in a car park in guildford which means matt's don't gain the prize for the most remote (unless my geography is completely out which wouldn't surpise any of us!)
a friend with a strange hobby
andrew, who goes to the same church as we do, takes pictures of street lamps. how cool is that ?
here's an example:
esther's front tooth fell out
big day in our household yesterday. esther's tooth fell out (helped by her) at approximately 5am. it looks like the replacement is well on its way though.
she's written a letter to the tooth fairy telling her not to deliver the cash until next sunday as she's away this week visiting relatives (esther not the tooth fairy)
what became of milkfloats
they became bin lorries.
red bands
this picture is for john and danny who are elastic band farmers. they also farm various other things on the streets (like photos, gloves etc). i only take pictures of my finds (except photos), but they take the whole object !
mysterious bollard contraption
what IS going on here ?
personalised sign
is it right to pick on kendall like this ? good avoidance of capital letters though which i fully support
vin's birds
Vin is a regular commenter on funkypancake, and sent me this fantastic bird picture which he made reference to on his comment here.
click to enjoy it's excellentness. i really should spend longer trying to take my photos !
abandoned CDs
it must be autumn, the CDs are falling.
spoons
we had a GP, a physiotherapist, a social worker and a medical records officer for lunch yesterday.
