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the ideal sign for insomniacs ? no swimming either by the looks of things.
guest glove
princess carmen sent me this glove from Missouri (near Kansas City). she also sent some lovelovelove which was very welcome !
i'd like a bit of snow, but we usually miss out in southern england which is a shame.
better than the actual tree
these trees are outside buckingham palace. they seem to have replaced the bark with a wooden fence. nice idea. real trees don't look wooden enough.
how computers know things
if you've never opened up a computer you'll be surprised to learn that they get all their knowledge and information by reading newspapers like the daily telegraph. when you surf the web the computer is actually creating the pages for you based on it's own experience.
funkypancake only exists in the mind of your computer. fact.
post office shortage
turns out this is a topical story as post office closures are upon us in greatest of all britains (see here). a number of closures were announced today.
anyway, i took this photo last week as it was a teeny postbox. like much smaller than usual. small enough for a toddler to pop a letter in (which is what they love doing, so is ideal). it's also good for the stooping elderly.
when i saw it over a grass verge i thought "wouldn't it be great to have a person next to it for scale" and suddenly this jogger ran by. a quick grab of the camera from its holster, shoot, fire, and there you have it.
geocachers on the ridgeway
the motorway of its time is pretty empty these days
view from BT Tower
this one is worth clicking for a big view. it's the last one from my recent trip, and you can see right out to docklands.
click the picture, or here to download it bigly
here's another not so big
meanwhile, back in athens
for some reason pictures from Athens seem to be floating to the top of my still-to-post folder.
here's a wild greek dog . they are everywhere. a few even jumped up and barked at me. i didn't like that.
here's a wild greek dog . they are everywhere. a few even jumped up and barked at me. i didn't like that.
this person lives in a little cupboard up the acropolis (i think)
and this is a view.
tongue twister sign
the shingle beach shelves steeply.
time for a sit down
randomly, this village bench had a big pink wall clock on it. it wasn't even telling the correct time !
kezia's birthday party
it was kezia's birthday party yesterday and i'm exhausted.
about the only think i had to do was to cut this banner so it would fit on two lines. of course i chopped it at the wrong bit and we ended up with 'happy birth' on the second line. ooops.
for the first time ever with our girls we got an entertainer in (as we weren't sure if our house would be up to the job this year - in fact it was, but hey ho).
the entertainer chap was very good and at one point got the kids to wrap jane and tanya up (it was going to be me, but jane kindly took my place).
big shout out (as they say) to jane's mum, tanya and julie for their massive helpage too.
here's jane's mum in the giant kitchen
and here's the pink lady bird cake that jane built
and here's a picture from before the party where the girls were blowing up lots of balloons
geocaching
yesterday we went for a 4 hour walk on the ridgeway. we didn't expect it to take that long.
of course, it was all down to geocaching. we found 13 yesterday
i think we walked about 12km up and down hills, and kezia only needed two short carries.of course, it was all down to geocaching. we found 13 yesterday
travel bug in
travel bug out
didcot power station
and it was nearly dark by the time we finished
street bathrooom parking
somewhere in london some time ago.
graffiti from athens
it's only taken me 18 months to get round to posting this !
clean it up
brilliant news - a load of fresh stencil dog signs are out on the streets (literally) around west london
arthur the camel
i recon this camel is called Arthur ('R4'). Probably txt spk for the younger zoo visitor.
all destination ticket
i like the idea of a ticket to a wide range of destinations. just buy and go. anywhere
dismantling Louise Bourgeois' spider
when i walked past tate modern yesterday they were dismantling Louise Bourgeois' spider.
it was interesting that the egg sack was the only recognisable thing
there were lots of leg bits everywhere
and it looked nice with the sun rise lighting st paul's in the background
lying there it looked like some science fiction thing with its dormant eggs waiting to hatch
of course it would have been easier to catch it in a giant jar and throw it out the front door
or perhaps flush it down the plug hole or chuck it in the thames
cross bones graveyard
work colleague harry recommended i track down the cross bones graveyard about a year ago.
i finally got there yesterday
it's quite a place. in fact it's just a fence. what lies behind is a building site at the moment.
hand drier instructions
i do like hand drier instruction diagrams. i'd take more pictures of them but i'm always slightly waring of taking photos in public toilets ! this one was a particularly good one (and empty) so i thought i'd share it with you.
the top picture looks like some hand shadow puppetry, and the lower one is very mysterious - look at the finger and the details in the ear. what IS going on ?
beer price anger and 4s a crowd
i spotted the poster at the bottom right in a pub on saturday evening when jane and i were having a lovely meal out. i like the idea of the landlords being as disappointed about the price rise as the punter is.
jane thought i was taking a picture of the poster above it which she thought was bonkers, but i had read but not spotted the implications - who wants a romantic dinner for 4 or more ?
jane thought i was taking a picture of the poster above it which she thought was bonkers, but i had read but not spotted the implications - who wants a romantic dinner for 4 or more ?
military types with big hats
everyday sights in london town
urban toothbrii
look at these chaps out in the street. the one in the foreground above looks in quite good shape, but old yellow has a few problems. i fear for pinky (above) being lead astray. or perhaps it's gone out to help the yellow.
i find the toothbrushes / toothbrii behaviour very difficult to read.
wind and rain
wind and rain go hand in hand, yet the umberolly rarely seems up to the job. here are but two which failed the road test.
