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the 8 of hearts (two days in a row)
yesterday i posted a picture of the 8 of hearts which i saw on the way to work down by the waterfront.
just over 16 hours later i got out of the car at a hardware shop near where i live and there was a teeny 8 of hearts on the ground.
what are the chances (and meanings) of that?
top trumps
after the other top trumps cards, i saw this one which when i flipped it over was of grampa' simpson
jack of hearts
slightly chewed:
10 of clubs and 8 of spades
these two cards were face down so i flipped them over.
score card
it's always exciting to see a playing card on the floor. i flipped this one over and was mildy disappointed to find it was a score card (aka the extra joker)
6 diamonds
another card for the collection.
cards
this one was the wrong way up so i flipped it over:
a tricky card
having not seen any playing cards in the wild for a while i spotted two lots today about a mile apart. the first lot are here, but it is this one which really interested me.
i spotted it on the floor and used my usual paper kicking technique to flip the card over, but it would not turn. i kicked again and it just skidded down the pavement. one more kick and it flipped in the air but landed back face down. i gave it one more kick to no avail then decided to stop as it was heading for the road.
so i bent down, turned it over, and it was ... the joker !
cards
some cards on a fire escape
cards at tate modern
someone (yrret?) had written their name on the floor in the tate modern in Iraqi war villain playing cards which was nice. it worked quite well in reflection from the mirror ceiling.
cards
it's been a good day for my collections. here are a load of playing cards. unfortunately most of these were too worn out to be identifiable. and i've also made a policy of only including single cards in my complete collection. multiple finds are interesting, but make it too easy to complete the deck
ninja top trumps
top trumps. marvellous.
harry ramden's
jane and i had lunch at Harry ramadam's Ramsden's. Fish and chip tastic.
here it is from the outside (Bournemouth sea front)
here is stonehenge built from sugar lumps (sponsored by tate and lyle)
your actual delicious actual fish and actual chips (jane had cod, i had plaice)
jane spotted this playing card on the ceiling. it was signed by Mike so i suspect it was part of a magician's trick. i haven't got a 4 of spades in my card collection so i was very pleased.
8 diamonds
here is the 8 of diamonds. it was outside blaine-in-a-box so maybe it was his.
a card
here is part of a playing card. i don't know which one it was originally so it'll just have to be a spare one in the deck if i ever get the complete set
cards
at the Reading Festival there were lots of playing cards all over the place on the way back to the train. too many to count and archive individually, so here is just once sample shot:
here are my starters: 2 and 7 of clubs
it's not really right to take photos of things at the local rubbish tip.
however, i've decided to start looking for a complete deck.
here are my starters: 2 and 7 of clubs
