rothley station
over christmas we went to visit my dad in the village where i grew up. it’s got a restored steam train in it so jane, my father and I took the girls along for a look.
it was a cold day and the heating on the carriages was a little leaky hence all the steam.
relaxing tunes
here are kezia and esther entertaining you with their drumming. i haven’t included an audio file for obvious reasons.
push button
here’s a button you can press next to Buckingham Palace.
tourists can press the button and all the lights in the palace turn on, a twinkly tune is played and the queen and all her family pop out of the upstairs windows like a cookoo clock. perhaps.
click to enjoy an enlargment opportunity
model church
here is a model of a festive church which we saw at our friends’ house last night.
it was all sparkly and glowey and quite kitsch.
modelling
here are esther and kezia playing with some clay:
and here is a rather sad looking clay birthday cake made by kezia:
drive slowly old cats
here’s an intriguing sign which has many possibly meanings.
* was it written in the 60s when ‘cat’ was a funky word you appended to any sentence to be cool ? the ‘old’ referred respectfully to the fact that only rich people could afford cars ?
* are there lots of old cats hobbling around with little catty zimmer frames just round the corner ?
* or is it for cat drivers driving their catty cars ? cats are notoriously fast and unsafe drivers. this is a purr-fect sign for chauf-furs (chauffeurs).
me in a frame
here’s me:
the bloggies
i’m not sure what you think about such things (i’m not sure what i think about such things either), but anyway, you might have noticed that the 2005 bloggies have been launched:
You have until 10th January 2005 to get your nominations in (hint hint).
I’ve not got a clue which categories Funkypancake would fit, but i guess photography, british blog and humorous ? Dunno. Up to you. but only nominate if you think Funkypancake is worth voting for !
thanks
The V&A
we took the girls to london yesterday to go to the V&A museum, followed by a walk to Oxford Circus (via the Diana Memorial, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus).
The V&A is a funny old place. We didn’t get on very well thanks in part to a tired kezia, but depsite quite a few activity things for kids, it’s not really ‘their’ sort of museum – ie lots of boring things in display cases !
But just look at the size of these things on display !
new year’s eve in london
as seen on cartoons everywhere …
you’ve been framed
here’s a new category for the new year. i’ve decided to try and take photos of people and things inside empty picture frames and display boxes.
the Victoria and Albert Museum is excellent for this at the moment as there seems to be lots of displays with nothing in (probably because they’ve all been stolen !)
here’s one to get us started. it’s esther and me:
