every time i see all that lovely renaissance hair, i come away feeling badly in need of an emergency makeover

i haven't looked at their dates yet to see if they were acquainted but i do wonder if they might have liked one another ?

how do they get the paint so smooth and shiny ?

wet

too hung over to count my own toes

hey diddle-diddle

a sleeper awakes

the great steve bell talks about the great george cruikshank

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2010/jun/02/steve-bell-worship-of-bacchus

the following link takes you to a huge image of the print ...

http://www.bacchus.jgoodliffe.co.uk/images/bac_200.jpg

always ready with a smile ...

i am on leave from my driving job for a week and so it is possible for us to enjoy some conversation in the morning whilst the doyenne of multi-tasking a.k.a the loved one is cheerily doing her chores and simultaneously getting ready to make a dash to her work place ... i hope she didn't hear me grumbling by the wardrobe today

"what the devil do think you're playing at putting your girly socks in MY sock drawer ?"

carry on spying ... worst script ever ... but three very nice suits

a is for apple

in the former granada cinema at tooting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/07/11/britain_london_granada_video_feature.shtml

at the tooting crossroads

tooting bec underground interior

ahhh ! those clever texans !

i wish i was that slim ...

ice cream seventh heaven

the loved one made a compote of blackberries and blueberries using a little bit of demerara sugar

she served it to me in a small dish it with two scoops of lime and coconut ice-cream

the final killer touch that blew it and me into the fifth dimension was that half a teaspoon of italian licore di limone

stuff ... and a certain person

exemplary photography ... the boy dun good again, part 99 ... i love this photographer

http://esmola.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/flores-paxaros-entre-o-abalo-e-a-baixamar/#more-2626

bath night chez micawber

i said to that dietician ... i told 'er straight ... i'm only doin' my patriotic duty !

apropos de zero

mayfield village sign

http://www.britannia.com/history/legend/dundevil.html

the nicest thing about going to mayfield is collecting the cheese from alsop & walker ... the mayfield cheese on the racks is matured for six months and is probably the best cheese you'll ever taste

twin peaks

the ivy league ... oh what a tangled web they'll weave