girl 25
yeah, just found another photo:
read all about it on the davescollections website
slippy cucumber
this cucumber is on the street outside my office and represents a slip hazard. but is it as bad as a vol-eu-vent ? Popular classical songsmith Charlotte Churchslipped on a vol-eu-vent the other day whilst walking past an ex-boyfriend.
She probably could have complained in a french accent that she had been briefly stolen-by-the-wind. But it did make me think how slippy are vol-eu-vents.
my thoughts are that if it were upsway down, then standing on it would expel slippery sauce on to the floor, whilst the pastry mixed with a smaller amount of sauce would stick it to the shoe, thus creating ideal slippage conditions.
i may attach a couple to my shoes for everyday use when i need a little extra speed. we could have a few races.
on the subject of racing, i am proposing a different kind of race with my work colleagues for this lunchtime as the weather is perfect for paper boat on puddle racing. we have wind, big puddles and at the moment it’s not raining. we’ll haev to see how we are doing by lunchtime …
trolley
here is a man travelling by tea trolley down by Middlesex Hospital (congestion charge exempt). he’s pushing fast to build up speed and is about to jump on.
There has been a bit of a pedestrian backlash recently because train travellers soemtimes get drinks trolleys. This chap is a drinks trolley vigilante. i salute him for that. i also quietly applaud his lab coat.
a pen in a puddle of coffee
here is a miracle i walked past this morning. it’s a pen (looks like an entry-level bic biro – one of my favourites) which is LEAKING COFFEE !
if this had been a statue of the virgin mary drinking milk, or a stone dripping blood this website would be syndicated around the world.
unfortunately i suspect this won’t catch the public’s imagination.
you may be interested to note the following additional features in this photo:
1) chewing gum (red blob top left)
2) cracked pavement (top left)
3) a melted dustbin (stuff that looks like wax on the bottom of the photo)
4) a few drops of rain
an action packed photo i’m sure you’ll agree.
umbrolly
here is someone’s old umberella. it has been stuck on a fence and the wind has stripped it’s wings bare. poor thing. so many words for such a funny thing.
mopeds
here is a moped. they are exempt from the congestion charge you know. and you can park them anywhere.
stick not included.
safety first
what better way to start the week than with a picture of pete. this is him viewed through the safety glass in the office door.
new carpet
the new carpet has arrived and it looks good. they’ve done a very nice job which is rare in these days of cowboy builders (never trust a workman on a horse, or indeed one carrying a gun)
dead dove
here is a dead dove which has been at my train station for the last week. the disturbing thing is the position of the wings. i hope you don’t mind me sharing this with you. (it was very dark when i took the photo and i didn’t want to flash in public before 7am)
latest cat pictures
it’s day 17 of the amazing hair growing cat.
The hair is definaltey thicker. I’ll give it one more week then chop it up !
click to inspect
kezia in a beam
here is kezia by our church door. it’s been a bonkers morning for weather. one moment gales and sideways very wet rain. the next bright sunshine. this was a sunshine moment. see how baby poo’s head and arm glows.
click the one on the right for a big version.
who is big-eye tony ?
it’s sunday so it’s church so i see big eye tony so i take another photo of him. from this angle he looks like a roald dahl character. in actual fact he’s a jolly nice chap and a very good friend.
poorly server
not sure if anyone noticed but the server went poorly again last night. i’ve now implemented a little message thing which i’ll put up if it happens again.
it means i can’t add any new posts and no comments will be displayed during this time ! hopefully it won’t happen that often. if it does you’ll see this:
where do you stand on custard ?
how do you like your custard ? i’m definately thick. very thick.
jane made some custard which was very thick indeed. the test is whether you can take a spoonfull, turn it upside down and see if it can be defeated by gravity.
this custard put up a healthy fight and i loved it. you could even stand the spoon up in the jug. lovely. you can tell by my face i’m loving it.
just recently i’ve become extremely unphotogenic. for this i apologise.
and here is a boat we saw in henley today, coincidently called ‘The Flying Custard’:
cat update
here is herve inspecting the cat. i’ve posted little about it since last saturday, but it continues to grow. maybe some more photos will be coming in soon …
hair bobble
esther spotted this bobble and was adamant that i stand and delivered a photograph of it. so it did. she’s pointing at it on the floor on the right hand side
gateway to the soul
here is a shoe in the river thames. perhaps there is someone upside down (‘upsway down’ according to esther) still wearing it. we didn’t pick it out to find out. sometimes it’s best just to leave these things be.
homework
in a strange work-meets-home scenario, we invited my friend and colleague Herve over for the day. we went to a restaurant where we made everyone do some homework. kezia was ok, but esther had to help herve with his word search
and here we all are (except me) by the swing park:
baby poo at the restaurant
here is kezia’s favourite baby. she calls it ‘baby poo’ as it’s always doing poos and needs its bottom wiping (according to kezia).
for a baby it can be a little vicious at times. here it is holding a match and drinking some coke.
the spam as art concept
those who blog will know of the scurge of blog comment spam. the idea that someone posts a comment with their webaddress name pointing to their website which is usually selling some enhancing or prolonging or age reducing miracle.
