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bench

it’s quite popular when you die to have a bench named after you. i like this idea. it’s people can rest on you when you’re enjoying your own eternal rest.
this bench in Hyde Park was one of a few which seemed to be dedicated to living people and said things like “to my wife in celebration of our 50th wedding aniversary”. i thought this was a great idea.
when you go to some churches it seems that every piece of brass work is ‘in memory of’ someone or other. it’s a kind of eclesiastical individual sponsorship scheme.
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two tone tree

here is a tree which changes colour halfway up its trunk. i thought this was a little strange at the time so i took this photo. perhaps it was grafted.
it reminded me of my old friend who had a false leg and real feet.
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pancake day

it’s pancake day today. my trains are broke and i’m in a conference all day so next update tonight.
send me your pancake throwing pictures

goths galore

a comedy moment of misery outside the Astoria just now. lots of goths in a row.
sing together now, “100 moody goths sitting in a row ….”
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claudia schiffer

here is claudia schiffer. i couldn’t get any closer because of the paps.
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surprisingly i was able to get a better shot of Alan Yentob once she had glided off !
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(it was some promotional thing to do with painting by numbers and Totally London – no i didn’t understand either !)

paparazzi

meercats with cameras
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found photo !

i found this photo under a lorry by St Paul’s Cathedral. i thought it looked like it could be a photo but it was face down. so i knelt down and put my hand under the lorry (hoping it wouldn’t drive away). and to my delight it was a passport photo (the purest type of found photo).
best of all was that i was leaving a message on our home answer machine at the time and you can hear my exclamation of delight !
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UPDATE: now added to davescollections

spray

i saw this man walking the streets spraying randomly as he went (he had a little nozzle thing which is hidden by the bus stop). i took his photo in case it turns out he was spraying some deadly poison.
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a strange globe

here is the top of a building at the junction of tottenham court road and oxford street. it’s most peculiar and seems to have some kind of ancient chinese gazebo vibe going on.
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polystyrene ankle protectors

here are two polysteyrene packaging things which have holes just wide enough to put your feet in (as demonstrated by my leg here).
i was going to put them on and walk the rest of the way to work, but decided not to when i’d got the first one on. there was a real danger of street fallage.
And jane would skin-me-alive if i went through the knees of my work trousers.
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hideous sayings

two phrases from my youth have just sprung to mine.
my dad, a lovely gentle chap would occasionally threaten to “skin us alive” or “have our guts for garters”.
before the child protection people move in and have me sent to a children’s home he never said these things in anger, just as comedy phrases in play arguments (he’s not the arguing type).
As far as i know, he never went through with either of these threats.
here is my dad with kezia:
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milk deliveries

i picked up quite a lot of different pieces of paper off the floor this morning, including this, which is a milkman’s delivery schedule.
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i was pleased to have found this until i realised there were loads of them all blowing down the street:
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catkins

these catkins amuse me. they look like they are scurrying off somewhere. but where ? i think they are acting like paisley with their swirly wirlyness.
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bread cakes

yes sir, yes sir, here are two bags full of bread cakes. or buns. or baps. or cobs. there are so many names for this basic food item.
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hampton court palace

today we went to Hampton Court Palace. It’s riddled with history. esther and kezia really enjoyed it.
pity it was absolutely freezing and esther forgot her coat …
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esther guided us to the centre of the famous maze and back out again.
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here is kez and esther next to an oversized cut out of Henry VIII.
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danger – triangles

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liz’s birthday

here is liz. she had her birthday party today and we were invited. liz goes to the church we went to before we moved house. so it was great to see her and a number of other families with little children who we hadn’t seen for ages.
i know i’ve said this before, but i’m really looking forward to heaven. it’s going to be so cool to meet up with christian friends we’ve known throughout our lives (and billions others !).
once again i’ve managed to change the topic from happy stuff to death. but you see where i’m coming from i think.
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one lady and her art

leave people alone with kids toys and they create fantastic things.
here is some fuzzy felt art. i was very impressed. whenever i try and create anything it’s usually rubbish (often quite literally)
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the artist:
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kezia

kezia has teeth coming through. this causes random misery (for all involved). it also makes her cheeks quite rosey and red
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the kez and i

esther took this photo. i was very impressed. esther (age 4) is better at taking photos than kezia (aged 2) is at driving a car with a steering wheel in Midtown Madness 2. both activities are good fun to watch.
it’s even funnier when we play a network game with esther and kezia both trying to drive. esther can just reach the foot pedals on my computer and kezia sits on my knee at jane’s computer.
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