a silver ghost at ockenden manor

you made me love you ...

in the seventies, i used to drink in a country pub with bare wooden tables where the old men had sung the same songs since the thirties

and we all joined in

one of those songs was first made popular in this country by this lady, grace la rue, just before the first world war, when my ancient drinking friends wuz just liddl babbies

later on, in my lifetime, patsy cline's version was more than good enough ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5rlL8vDAo

ian beck's blog is a treasure trove ...

he's a well known illustrator and a very good writer with a talent for sharing and teaching, so there's stuff you might never find elsewhere

for instance, here's a preparatory sketch for rex whistler's tate gallery mural












http://ianbeckblog.wordpress.com

"Death Giving Audience"

i wonder if terry pratchett ever encountered this etching ?

... i only did so today

your sunday afternoon owl-spotting session ...

and ...

apropos de nuffinque ...

clapham junction, its a jungle out there ...

it must be two years since they were burned out in the riots

now party superstores are really up and running

they even found some more "retro" dummies for the window display

http://www.partysuperstores.co.uk/clapham.php

you couldn't move at their shop this morning

it was full of australians getting in to costume for the rugby sevens

and there were too many antipodeans on the platforms to fit into the trains

jerome trilles has left the planet ... i've known him since i was seven ... there's hardly anyone left with whom i can disagree passionately

no wonder the weather's turned nasty ...

... his departure has created a vortex

i'd better start suggesting some music for the wake ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCa16-nxtM

incidentally ...

james turrell's "tank" ... i had a free ride on this in phoenix a few years ago .... marvellous !

http://blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire/2013/04/23/turrells-ganzfeld-experiment-part-2/

cymru am byth ... unless you're a ghost town ... via the excellent iconic photos blog, and onwards in to the e-wilderness

http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/boy-destroying-piano-phillip-jones-griffiths/


http://www.fochriwhistory.co.uk/page68.htm

ordnance survey map and google earth links from alan george's encyclopaedic site ...

http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/pantywaun.htm

... miners photographed in april 1940 by william vandivert

and what you might see now ...

sometimes a rogue sunset escapes from las vegas and makes its way to europe to afflict our innocent eyes ...

we saw this in the diaghilev show at the V&A, ... but i've only just tracked down this exerpt from the lovely fillum that formed a tiny part of a wonderful exhibition

http://www.newangle.co.uk/#!viewProject&projectID=113

click to the second page of new angle's page for a snatch of dance and imagery

the dancer is begona cao

on the banks of the thames ...

 ... but i know where i'd rather swim