here are some tourists standing outside a taxi. they had made the taxi driver get out and take a photo of them. anyone who’s ever come in to contact with a london taxi driver will understand the negotiation that probably went in to arranging this.
the funny thing is that behind where i was standing is St Paul’s catherdral. If they had taken the photo from the other side of the taxi it would have made a nice photo. oh well.
so what about the giant cat that is stalking london ? i’m definately on to something here. it’s a load of spreaded shredded paper. Exactly the kind of thing that a giant cat would sleep in.
and where is it most apparent ? round man hole covers. the cat is obviously sleeping underground and comes up through these holes to stalk its pray.
when it lurches and lunges it causes a vortex which spirals the paper pieces in a circle.
i’m glad this is my last day in london for a week …
we had a music practice at church last night. the pathway lights made some great grave shadows. here’s one.
i walked along the street briefly with barbara windsor this evening on the way back to paddington station. she got out of a car next to where i was walking and wiggled along to a nail beautification shop.
i asked if i could take her photo as she went in to the shop and she said she’d prefer not so i didn’t. the same happened with hugh grant you may remember.
i also didn’t mention i saw a two of the guys from a League of Gentlemen outside my office last week but was too slow to get their photo (i was heading off to a meeting in the opposite direction).
i’d never make a proper pap
here is a picture i found on t’internet of barbara windsor. it’s from a while back i think.
i like how these cups blend in with london below:
they look good out of context too:
can you see my esteemed colleagues ? they are at the bottom left of my orange and cream office building. click for a big version. this was taken at maximum resolution and zoom. This photo was taken from 158 metres above ground.
here is the shadow of the tower viewed from the tower:
and here is the inside:
i may post a couple of ambient view shots later this evening
today, hopefully, i shall be dining up here at lunch time. i’m really hoping the sky will stay as clear and blue as it is right now. unlikely though i think.
here is something wrapped in tin foil. or is it aluminium foil. if only i had had a magnet. i don’t know what is inside.
it’s probably a potato but i could be transplant organs as it was just off London’s explusive private clinic area – Harley Street. [i accidentally made the word explusive up – i think it’s a good one. you can use it if you like]
i pass a food shop in the morning which sells a wide variety of goods. I noticed last week that they had put up a poster advertising their shop a little further down the street. it’s a little strange so i thought i’d share it with you.
a boy with two heads:
apples apparently smothered in cooking oil:
esther likes to wear a leotard to do a jigsaw. jane was relegated to the floor.
here is a teething ring in a tree. ideal for trees to teeth on. trees do have teeth but they aren’t very good. usually their bark is worse than their bite.
so no updates til this evening again. how did you get on with your pancakes by the way ?
it’s pancake day today.
esther mixed whilst kezzie watched
jane enjoyed tossing them (note the psychedelic camera work):
and everyone enjoyed eating them (with chocolate sauce, lemon and sugar)
three seperate bulbs have blown in our house in the last 24 hours. very mysterious. one even blew a fuse and i had to do some mending in the fuse box. what does it all mean ?
i’m reminded of The Fall song which repeats “there’s no bulbs in the house, the lights have gone out”. that was a fantastic song.
it was raining this afternoon so people were carrying umberellas and wearing hats. this bloke on the tube was obviously worried about getting his hat wet so he had covered it in plastic wrapping. now that is a very good idea.
