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May 2006

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angry neighbour

a sign appears in this street about once a year asking neighbours to not leave their rubbish out. i just love the effort that must go in to creating these signs.
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fancy chair

i wonder if the chap (or chappess) buried here asked for a chair on their grave.
it’s a great idea though. a bit like one of those benches with a little name plate on ‘in memory’ of someone. but more extreme.
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comb

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frogs crossing

here are some frog crossing signs on a country lane
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it’s not clear whether these are warnings to frogs or people. they could be outlines of previous incidents.
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cool music art festival thing

there’s some fancy music thing going on in Reading’s forbury gardens at the moment. you get to borrow MP3 players and wander round the gardens listening to different compositions in different locations.
at one point a choral ensemble ensembled themselves near the lion and sang a special piece which was really good. kezia was transfixed
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we got to stand behind the major too
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it was everywhere

i’m not a sports fan (other than the bingo, which isn’t really a spectator sport). yesterday there was no escape from football which seemed to be playing on tellies in every cafe and bar in town. to escape the misery i took kezia on a tour of electronic shops, but it was no good as banks of televisions were tuned to the same channel and people (mostly male shopping-widows) were stood watching.
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