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February 2005

2 dogs

it’s always great to see new dog signs. these were in a car window. the one on the left is advertising a dog groomers.
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3D London

wouldn’t it be great if we could see london in 3D ? well, now you can.
simply go down Fleet Street, climb up a ladder and look through these fancy dangling glasses. You’ll then be able to see all the fancy buildings in glorious visual stereo.
the building just behind on the top photo is the Royal Courts of Justice, so you may even get to see a celebrity leaving a libel trial in glorious 3 dimensions too !
what a brilliant idea.
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another watering can couple

it was valentine’s day yesterday and spring is on the way. traditionally Valentine’s day is the day that birds chose their partners for the year, but we can see the animal kingdom pairing up wherever we look (particularly on a saturday night in british drinking towns).
i think the same might also apply to watering cans. we saw a couple going for a walk last week. and here is a couple in our church nesting behind the font.
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charity shop fashion

charidee shops are great when it comes to fashion. i love how they organise their wears by colour and not style. browsing through the mauve rail you can find mauve garments from every decade in every style for every (and yet at the same time, no) occasion.
my local charity shop has gone beyond the call of duty with the manequin in the window though. just count the different things it’s wearing !

click to inspect

bubble blowing

esther and kezia held on to their bubbles and floated up to the ceiling
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broken laces

it’s common wisdom that you seldom break two shoes laces at the same time, despite them being an identical pair and they should have identical wear (because most people do both laces up on their shoes)
anyway, here are two broken lace ends. thus disproving the theory
(unless they are the two ends of the same lace in which case the theory remains).
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spring is in the air

spring is springing. which is nice. it’s good to see flowers flowering and sprouts sprouting.
i was delighted to see my first pork pie in a flowerbed on the way to work this morning. a sure sign that summer is not so far off.
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sunday lunch

we were invited round to some friends’ house yesterday for a lovely lunch with a fantastic pudding.
esther couldn’t eat all of her cheesecake so i had to finish it off which was a bit of a shame. people don’t realise how tricky it is being a parent !
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brian and pete

one of these two characters is make believe.
and the other is the star of children’s TV program.
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away with the fairies

there’s a great fairy exhibition going on in the Reading Museum at the moment. there’s some fantastic dressing up stuff for kids, as demonstrated by kezia and esther here:
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the kids dressing up were cute, but the funny part was watching the mums and dads who couldn’t resist trying a few items on themselves.
i fell in to this category and esther insisted on taking a photo:
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heavily laden

how many bin bags can you fit in a cleaning trolley ?
lots. that’s how many.
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no bikes in reading

esther and kezia and a no bike sign. they are looking through the railings at their sheep puppets which were hanging up to dry in the window !
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esther and the glove

is it right i get my children to point at gloves on the street ? they do seem to enjoy it.
take this find for example. esther spotted it and practically threw herself at it to be in the photo !
no gloves or children were harmed in the making of this photo (and esther didn’t touch it!)
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