i love the way birds fold themselves away when they are sleeping. this flamingo and pelican are both compacting themselves down for a rest.
but what about this penguin which seemed to have a removable head ? one minute it was standing there with its head on the top of its neck, the next moment it wasn’t:
two short yellow hoses (viewed from each end)
this is a Dog Warden’s roving dog poop warning sign. it’s quite an old sign – London telephone numbers changed format ages ago.
This indicates that there’s been no inflationary pressure on the maximum fine associated with ‘fouling’ over this period. Perhaps there are other pressures keeping this price down.
Of course the whole dog fouling problem would be solved if dog’s rear delivered gold rather than the current stuff. then owners would be very keen to pick it up and take it home.
So either someone’s got to invent a way of making dogs drop gold or else we need a dog poop to gold converting machine which would result in a financial value being attributed to each doggie do.
as the saying goes: where’s there’s muck there’s brass. (note the two/three hidden words in ‘brass’).
such is their commitment that, even when seriously injured, a bollard will still report for duty.
kezia had her first day at pre-school yesterday and absolutely loved it. she made a whale which she painted herself.
To celebrate her growing up she was also allowed to sit at the dinner table on a grown ups chair for tea. She understands it’s a probationary period and any messing will result in her being relegated back to her old chair.
how life whizzes by.
i returned from holiday to find my colleague Telco John had found this passport photo for me. what a nice thing to return to.
see it on www.davescollections.com
mains stumps.
there’s a lot of action in this sign, but i think the dog has jumped in to the bushes and disturbed the birds.
that can happen.
so don’t let it.
we went on a family 12km walk today. esther didn’t even complain (neither did kezia, but she was in the backpack).
at one point we walked past this graveyard which contained a cat which sat and looked at us accusingly. click for a bigger look:
there was also a section for dead bollards:
not living anywhere near the sea i was surprised to find this sign in walking distance from my house. who’d ‘av thought it.
especially since we’d spent the whole of last week on the Isle of Wight which WAS very wet, windy and sandy.
look what i found in our local supermarket – it’s a glove on a slippery-sign bollard
this is my ideal game – only available in Stockholm. warning, contains mooses.
by now we will be heading back from our week’s holiday (did you miss me ?), so a topical post
how do you keep kids amused during long car journeys ? well, we find listening to CDs and tapes works well. Esther’s favourite are joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat, The Young Person’s Guide to the orchestra, various rockin’ kids church songs cds and story tapes.
on a recent trip to the north of england i agreed to sit in the back of the car with kezia whilst esther sat up the front. i borrowed jane’s CD player so i could listen to my own music. i also took two sets of headphones in case kezia didn’t want to be left out.
the first problem was kezia’s head was too small and speakers hung at her neck level. so i raise them up with her mouse toy. then she went all space age and wore them sideways.
then esther wanted to wear the other pair and they ended up jiggling away to BRMC whilst jane and i listened to winnie the pooh.
but if you really want to be amazed, watch this and see what realy happens when the funkypancake family go on long car journeys. (it’s 392KB but is worth the short download – believe me!)
