i venture forth to confer my seal of approval upon the new sir percival david room in the british museum

http://angustrumble.blogspot.com/2009/08/sir-percival-david-at-british-museum.html

3bt

in the deep dignified silence long before sunrise, a jaunty squirrel with an ebullient tail is silhouetted black against blue as he scampers along the bare curved bough of a gigantic cedar

moments later, a crow spreads her sawtooth-tipped wings and launches into a gentle glide from the end of the same bough, which bounces very slightly after she is gone

the grand old tree is keeping its dreams to itself

fresh fish is always best fish

driver's statutory rest period ... no towel, refreshed, but covered in little bits of seaweed

rites of passage ( number 999 )

hey presto !

the fatz, antoine smith ... died 20th october 2006, sadly missed by someone

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543001/Its-little-kids-going-mad.-Its-relentless.-Whens-it-gonna-stop.html

the loved one took me out to sunday lunch on my sixtieth birthday

to the national film theatre to see catherine and francoise ... if you want tongue tied kids to learn french then here's a great starting point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_km8IkVsE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LYssLIbm9s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJaCXsYjY8&feature=related

... etc etc

and later, much later, the source for this scene must have been this one ...

60 today ! hip hip hooray ! ( eternal gratitude to parents, siblings, offspring and multitude of loved ones who've helped me to survive ... )

... we're going out to dine and i can't decide what to wear ...

... whilst he just fancies a nice bright juicy eyeball

the found teddy must stay at home ...

... whilst we head for malmesbury abbey ...

... attend the memorial service for john bowen ...

... bump in to dozens of old acquaintances ...

... drink proper tea ...

... and collect a £25 souvenir of our visit because the van was too big for the available parking spaces

ok girls ! please form an orderly queue ?

looking south from ebury bridge

the grosvenor bridge pumping station at pimlico

... and it's interior in 1910 ...

peabody avenue

on the beach by shoreham harbour

in petworth park

tillington church tower

aaargh! more frigging needlework problems

i bought a hat

because i like the blue colour ...

because the real cotton is nice and soft ...

even though the brim was far too wide and silly ...

so then i set to with my little scissors and have only just discovered that the stitching on the brim is not concentric but spirals in or out depending which way you look at it

will this qualify me for free treatment as a fashion victim ?

an unwillingness to believe three impossible things before breakfast

surely not ...


... the back side of my work trousers was disfigured by a split of san andreas proportions


... and the top button at the front had suddenly popped off


... and, with not even the slightest hint of compassion from the loved one, i had to repair the damage myself !

on the beach at brighton and hove, ( twinned with sodom and gomorrah ) actually

the hare in the moon ... a japanese wall dish at leicester museum

occasional fashion tips ... remember, lads ... rules are made to be broken ... so its ok to wear braces with your pyjamas this season

the west side of leicester station

turkey cafe, granby street, leicester