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please do not obstruct
good generic advice there
down and out
i was really pleased with the title of this post !
please take a trolley
how to identify your trolley
guess the location
esther and i had a day in london on saturday. we spent most of it going round on an open top big bus like the one above. i managed to get a very sunburnt head which was unfortunate
can you guess where i went with esther to get these photos ?
i'll whisper you a secret that we were 85.4m high and we climbed 530 steps to get there.
seen it all before street
there's nothing new under the sun
springness colours
proper coloured blue bells taken with my SLR camera
blue bells with my compact camera (not sure why the colours came out so blue)
spring runners
comb
those are feet at the top of the picture which belonged to a passer by who was curious about what i was doing. not curious enough to ask - but just curious enough to be concerned
lots. of. full. stops.
esther pointed out that people in hair demonstration pictures never look happy.
rock hassock of the week
this hassock isn't patterned but is doing a great job angling jane's marshall amp at her at church last sunday. it's a roadie hassock on a mission from God.
fashion victim
nice swim hat
mcdonalds decor
for ages our girls referred to McDonalds as a restaurant. which i suppose it is. still was cute though. 'daddy took us to a restaurant for a happy meal'.
paper persons required
i like this sign. i especially like how they've clarified it's not actually paper persons they need, it's people delivery persons. just so you don't get confused.
it's also interesting that they changed the word 'deliverys' to areas. probably to avoid a spelling amiguity.
i do that myself - whenever i try to write scared i never know whether i've written scarred (or vice versa - still not sure) so write 'worried' instead.
no jumping
i've no idea why the thumbnail above is so big.
animal realm
keep little fingers away from BIG mouths
chocolate chaps
still no chocs for me since last october ! (still just as much a nightmare as the day i gave up though)
three signs about doors
last week was a door sign day with three fantastic door signs spotted in different shops in close proximity to each other.
i like the expectation of the yellow one above.
i like the expectation of the yellow one above.
and this very apologetic door called leon who loves us
and this slightly vague one, which at least suggests we don't use the window.
digitally worsened
i saw this outside a photo shop - it's a classic advertising picture which is usually in glorious colour with the version on the right hand side better exposed by the people who run the shop proving they have the technology skills to digitally improve your shots.
only this advert obviously spends a lot of its time in direct sunlight and has faded to just blue. not a great advert.
it's a man thing
the cost of spending a penny in brussels seems to be about 40 euro cents. this one was quite nice, despite the rather intrusive signage.
london eye and balloons
usual story - took a few pictures then couldn't decide which one i like best ! i like the curve on the second one, but somehow the first one seems more 'comfortable'. dunno. what do you think ?
artist's bollard
this is an arty home made bollard in an art expo. what more could you wish for ?
mannequin pis
mannquin pis is a long time friend of funkypancake (i'd suggest you'd look in the categories archive, but they are rather deaded at the moment)
as usual people gathered to photograph the spectacle of a weeing statue
and there's a classic collection of mannequin pis related paraphenalia
but watch out for the camera security
proud parents
esther did a two day orchestra school thing over the weekend which culminated in a concert yesterday afternoon. as usual every parent became a private archivist and we all enjoyed the concert through our own glass telescopes.
adam green and soko
in a rare moment of coordination i managed to get tickets to see Adam Green when i was in brussels. he was totally excellent. video of a single is here
these blurry photos pretty much sum up the gig.
there's a chap on the roof
above and below
here's a chap standing on the top of one of the balls
he was up there removing fireworks which had been launched the evening before
i spotted him out the window and watched as he took an SLR camera from out of his cardigan to grab some pictures. honestly, what kind of person takes an SLR to work just so they can grab the odd fantastic shot. cough.
a selection of austrian dog signs
i've been in belgium for a couple of days but am back.
to celebrate here is a medley of dog photo signs i took when i was in vienna nearly two years ago i never got round to posting !
to celebrate here is a medley of dog photo signs i took when i was in vienna nearly two years ago i never got round to posting !
i've no idea if this last one is a dog related sign, but it had the same word on it as one of the other dog signs above.
pretend
can you see what's going on here ? it's quite a famous london landmark to those who know about it ?
funkypancake is five years old
a rare day of just one picture to celebrate the 5th anniversary of funkypancake ! During that time i've blogged a pile of fresh pictures every day (although occasionally they didn't show up for technical reasons!).
i'd like to thank everyone who keeps visiting, and especially those who leave comments, to say thanks for encouraging me to keep doing this nonsense.
i'm so glad the comments are back working, although i've had to change a few things to bring them back. in particular i've had to remove the list of categories and the list of monthly archives over to the right. I may also have to remove the categories from each entry on the front page.
that'll be a shame as i like categories - they are my attempt to order the world. But the latest version of the blogging software has changed how categories work which lead to the recent server meltdown. So, although i'll still categorise each entry, it may not show on the front index page. at least for the time being.
whilst i'm doing some typing, i must refer you to two other blogs which are almost exactly the same age as funkypancake and are still going strong (much stronger than funkypancake). i'd consider both of these chaps friends in the online and offline world. They are Russel Davies and Roger Darlington Happy bloggy birthday to you chaps too !
And of course an extra special thanks to mrs funkypancake and the two mini pancakettes for putting up with me generally and specifically.
