here is esther with her rosette for being Highly Commended. She was so proud.
and here is a photo esther took of me with my trophy (and kezia who suddenly decided to remove her t-shirt and come up with me to collect the trophy- i think she needs to get out of this habit quick !):
and esther in the car-park:
the sound systems they use in country fairs are amazing. they’re built for voice rather than sound and must be decades old in design.
they make me think of cold war nuclear announcements. and tellytubby land.
can’t compare with Maxx’s fantastic shots. oh for a digital SLR !
we saw loads of our friends today which was great. here are a couple of them.
“real live” rather than “pretend dead”. i couldn’t work what that animal was meant to be in the picture. it looked like a sawn off slug.
i’ve mentioned this numberous times before, but we all love things which are the wrong size. tiny dogs and giant vegetables are our absolute favourites.
here are katie and esther with a couple of giant marrows:
it’s been a bank holiday today. esther and i did really well at the Swallowfield Show. we both entered stuff in the craft show. here are our award winning entries:
esther got Highly Commended for her butterfly and vegetable chariot:
i got a second place for ‘transport’ and 1st place for ‘about the home’:
i also got second place for the song title (as seen here)
but my best was my ’24 hours’ collection which not only won 1st prize in the category, but also won best photo in the show:
This year i only won £6. not quite a lucrative as last year.
there were many gloves at Reading Festival and i couldn’t hope to take pictures of them all because of the endless pushing crowds, so here are two blue ones that can represent the rest of the unphoto’d
no crowd surfing signs were visible again this year, but this time with explanatory wording:
normally it’s don’t drink and drive, but at festivals it’s don’t smoke and drive:
we were invited to our friends craig, isobel, amy and fay (no idea of any of the spellings). a vicar also turned up for a bit (as they do). it was jolly nice.
here is the jelly with teddy biscuits:
no body likes dishonest thieves.
thiefery in england is still legal of course, but the long arm of the law and the slightly stumpy arm of the underground have reached a compromise. thieves can still do their thiefery, but they have to put a sign up outside whilst they are working so the police have a sporting chance of catching them.
here is one such sign:
when jane and i were out festival-ing, esther and kezia went to stay with their friends katie and olivia. here is katie with a sunflower.
we didn’t get a very good view this year as we were over the other side and further back. still, managed to get some shots with my camera (whilst avoiding flying cider).
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the white stripes:
morrisey:
the libertines (viewed by a young kid with a libertine’s jacket on his father’s shoulders watching them on stage):
franz ferdinand:
the roots:
new york dolls:
har mar superstar (before i worked out my shutter settings – but it’s best he’s blurred):
kezia finger painting:
esther’s painting;
esther’s vegetable vehicle (driven by her (my) little poney):
it’s a day of music today. this morning i’ve been trying to take a photo of a ‘song title’ for a county show tomorrow and this afternoon Jane and I are going to the Reading Festival.
here’s my attempt at the song title – i’m forever blowing bubbles:
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