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it’s not snowing but …
it doesn’t snow much in the part of england where i live which is a shame. but there was a snowy flavour to a couple of emails i received yesterday.
so i feel it’s snowing in blogland if not in my real world (but this IS my real world i hear you say)
anyroadupdown, here is regular reader sarah sitting in a pile of Minnesotan snow:
and here is a link to some snow graffiti sent by matt the weblandlord which is most excellent and should be replicated wherever possible.
found pile of photos
here are two photos we found on my marathon training walk in henley. one was of an elderly lady and the other was a school photo.
generic instructions worth heeding
currently, it seems, children don’t slow down. but they should. as advised by this sign.
on a rare political moment yesterday i talked to someone about politics and the impending general election in the UK.
the best i could offer was that whoever gets in to power could just declare a period of national ‘chilling’ where everyone would just ‘chill’ and relax for a few years.
it would be a kind of intnational sabatical and we’ll return to the international stage beautifully refreshed after the following general election.
bollard down a hole
this was a danger shot – a car was approaching me at speed down a particularly thin piece of road and i suddenly spotted this bollard down a hole.
it went: camera out, shoot, dive in to bushes.
gloves
gloves are particular tricky to take whilst walking at speed. my first attempt (on the left) was pittiful, but as the walk progressed my accuracy improved.
10 mile training walk
i went on a 10 mile walk with my friend andy yesterday. he organised the route. the idea was to see how long it would take so i have some vague idea of what time i’ll complete the london marathon.
i wore two pedometers which gave two completely different readings. luckily one of them was right though.
it took us 2hrs 20 mins which we were pleased with.
part of the training walk was to see if i could take photos on the move at speed. so i set my camera to manual and tried my best.
most of the photos turned out ok (see rest of today’s pictures).
here are andy and i walking at speed past a fish eye mirror.
tate modern and cranes
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toxic gloves
i took this photo of lots of red gloves through some railings and a security chap came up to me and said “what are you doing” ?
“taking pictures of these gloves” i said
“well, be careful” he said. “they are toxic”
as i began to walk away he said “that’s why we thrown them in there”.
so now we know. just don’t stand too close to your screen, ok.
david blaine returns to london ?
is this for blaine-in-a-box ?
farm track
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painless removal
esther lost her first tooth yesterday. this morning the tooth fairy left her a letter informing her she’ll be popping by at the weekend to pick it up.
the tooth fairy (TF) is so organised these days. but i suppose that’s the result of kids drinking so much fizzy drinks. teeth that rot away don’t get any cash from the TF, so she’s got a bit more time on her hands.
