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what exactly are those burnt things in the picture above ?
dave and em
our good friends dave and em came for dinner last night. they were our first guests this year due to our domestic reshaping, which is finally nearing an end.
it was great to catch up and also to play articulate which is a game i'd forgotten all about
spiral stairs
if i could take this picture again i'd use a larger aperture to throw the distracting background out of focus. just so you know.
coloured dogs
this dog is pink
and 4 miles later there was an invisible white dog
to the church
no need for the 'to the' in this sign, which is perhaps why they put them small. you know. as a compromise.
elderly people
kezia said this sign must mean elderly people are people over 30 years old. but she also told me people put cucumbers on their eyes so they look like people with cucumber eyes, so i don't believe everything she says. so i suggest you don't either.
jethro tull - a musical cul de sac ?
i found a jethro tull album to listen to whilst blogging this evening (Songs from the Wood). i'm considering reinventing myself as a pixie.
thames path - part 16 wallingford to moulsford
i had the day off yesterday and it was back to the thames path after a couple of months off due to construction/destruction and illness. we were all fighting fit (and nearly builder-free) so our short reintroductory 4 mile walk from wallingford to moulsford
here was the first view of the thames as we crossed the bridge in wallingford
what do you do if you haven't got any signs with the arrows pointing the right way ? turn one of the other ones sideways obviously.
suckling calf. it's their milk after all
oxford boatists
we passed fairmile hospital, which is now inmate less. it used to be owned by the Berkshire Mental Health Trust and now looks set for regeneration
and lovely flat water (notice the woman at the front and man at the back of this boat - togetherness)
red, green and gren
signage
boardwalk
under the viaduct
at moulsford we stopped at the Beetle and Wedge pub which was a very posh restaurant, but slightly less inviting for a post walk drink. but the view and drinks were still very welcome.
guess the building
probably quite an easy one for londoners, but can anyone guess the building ?
charity shop miniaturisation
all that in something the size of a mains plug. amazing.
Henley Arts Trail
esther, kezia and I went on the Henley Arts Trail yesterday. I didn't take too many photos as it was too wet, and people's art is their copyrights etc.
it really was a great day out. it was fascinating to see the different types of artists and see their studios. everyone was so nice and jolly.
so, all in all, another great bank holiday weekend activity !
a very bad scarecrow
scoring minimal point for effort, but full points for comedy.
glove
we're leaving glove find season, which is a shame. but summer is still not quite here so there's still a few out there to be found.
sonning scarecrows
today (bank holiday monday) and yesterday are the biannual Sonning Scarecrow Trail. As usual there was a fantastic number of excellent scarecrows (75+ i think) in this pretty village by the Thames.
this year we decided to give marks out of 10 on our map to help us choose our favourite. Kezia was in charge of numbers.
i liked these ones playing tennis above the street
you can see some of the rather posh sonning houses on these pictures
Esther made me do some impressions of the Moon and Harrison which amused her, confused kezia, and worried the locals.
the same happened when we found cartman.
the same happened when we found cartman.
there was also a healthy amount of death and destruction, whether sharks eating limbs (very popular) or Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse in rehab.
or how about this drunked whitch witch has crashed in to a tree
or this canon being fired from a canon
perhaps most scary of all was iggle piggle, seen here with the lady who was going in to the house. i wonder if that's actually iggle piggle's wife, and they just happen to live here in real life ?
the laughing cow
these animals are going to get a complex.
the sad story of kev
bother in law kev has been tagged. he looks proud of it here, but the reality will catch up with him soon.
he found himself stuck behind the bars in the don't go in there place
and ended up in a bare cell.
let that be a warning to you all.
(thanks to bother in law kev for not being too bothered when i take his photo!)
even a power ranger can't survive crossing the A4
there's a madly busy road outside my office and it looks like this power ranger failed to make it to the other side. just shows to go.
tate modern
tate modern is getting ready for an exciting weekend of long weekend activities. looks like a lorra lorra fun.
we'll not be going unfortunately, but you should. you know, if you're in the area.
let the bank holiday begin
the weekend holiday began with a party for jane's dad (referred to as Party). this is his grandson (my nephew) Thomas and not Party doing a cart wheel.
here is bother-in-law kev and party
and here's kev doing egg 'n' spoon as part of the faily obstacle race jane constructed
confusing signage
this is a confusing sign
comb
it's been a fairly rural week on funkypancake. if those tree droppings were from a beech tree i'd have called it beech combing, but they are probably not so i didn't.
Roger Molloy
i bumped in to famous artist Roger Molloy in Brick Lane selling his wares. he's a chap who is living his art and doing things properly, making ends meet in a pay as you go kind of way. we had a quick chat, i bought one of his pictures and we went our separate ways. well, i did. he stood where he was and continued his activities. what a nice chap.
guardian of the plug
i conversated with the guard, but he was none the wiser about the plug. in fact he seemed quite disturbed by it. i left him deep in thought.
vin's quality find
regular commenter Vin sent me these photos of a fantastic passport photo find. he also sent me the actual photo which i've put in my found photos tin.
in due course i'll add it to my davescollections website, but i'm frightened to do that at present as it may not survive being updated due to the same problems i had with funkypancake
VIPee area
these toilets had an area which was cordoned off. it was quite a posh place so i suspect that it was the VIPee area.
