... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
i was adamant ...
... but after much tearful argument with older and wiser heads in the drivers' rest room, i have reluctantly conceded that these ladies are neither
a) royalty
nor
b) star players in england's olympic hockey team
picture taken at five o clock this morning opposite norbury nick
Monday, July 23, 2012
lost in the post
a few months ago i bought, piece by piece, here and there, a set of tunnicliffe's four "what to look for ... " ladybird books
i posted them to spain for some small boys whose father was english
they never arrived
i've assembled another set now but i'm photographing every page before i post them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tunnicliffe
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
elliott school in putney
... is a bit of fifties architecture that needs to be knocked down because the fabric is so grievously dilapidated, but it is to be conserved as an example of design from that period
they are going to sell half their land for 34 million ( they hope ), and then spend most of it on the restoration
its a nice idea BUT ...
whilst the work proceeds they will need temporary classrooms and so they will stack them up right outside our kitchen window
and we shall lose our distant prospect towards the low slopes of the chiltern incline, beyond the edges of london
they say the buildings will be temporary ... three years only ... because the space they occupy must be made available for a play area
hmmm ! wasn't hadrian's wall temporary ?
http://www.elliott-school.org.uk/_files/66D14D277842D144432DA00E5A121604.pdf
Sunday, July 15, 2012
disturbing and distasteful
spanish fire fighters protesting against the new conservative government's economic policies in the city of la coruna
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=497299180296666&set=a.313419795351273.96563.248513638508556&type=1&theater
Saturday, July 14, 2012
busking by stealth in sabadell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaHPND2QJg
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
anton chekhov wrote ...
I am neither liberal, nor conservative, nor gradualist, nor monk, nor indifferentist. I would like to be a free artist and nothing else…. Pharisaism, dullwittedness, and tyranny reign not only in merchants’ homes and police stations. I see them in science, in literature, among the younger generation. That is why I cultivate no particular predilection for policemen, butchers, scientists, writers or the younger generation. I look upon tags and labels as prejudices. My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love and…freedom from violence and lies, no matter what form the latter two take.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
great heavens, holmes ! the ruthless devious cunning mastermind has installed her own plan chest ...
and she's just written out the labels for the drawers ...
"rule the world in easy stages, one to six ... "
Friday, July 6, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
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