Tag Archives: photography

I wonder where this will take me?

Posted on 17/03/2012 by

The weekly photo challenge made me go and have a look at something I have been meaning to investigate for ages: it is something I have wondered about. The name intrigues me, and makes me think ‘Sock Puppet’ – but … Continue reading →

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Frosted milk

Posted on 11/02/2012 by

We woke to the telephone. Being the first day of half term no-one had to be anywhere at any particular time and Cyclo decided that a bike ride was out of the question, so we hadn’t set the alarm. It … Continue reading →

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Dew drop Inn

Posted on 03/02/2012 by

After class (adult-learning evening class) we sometimes used to go to a pub in Summertown called ‘The Dew Drop Inn’ – (what an awful pun) for a glass of a favourite tipple and a debrief: but the name came to … Continue reading →

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Jack Frost

Posted on 05/12/2011 by

This morning Cyclomaniac slipped out to work early – before 7 am – and as he shut the front door the neighbour’s dog barked. It was pitch dark and cold. I knew these two facts because 1. I had briefly … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on 03/12/2011 by

Waiting for holidays!  Photo challenge

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Periodic table families

Posted on 29/11/2011 by

I don’t pretend to be  a chemist, but with both chaps studying the subject there are a few items around the house which pertain to this fascinating subject. All of the  elements ever found (even those which have a life … Continue reading →

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Cock Horse

Posted on 26/11/2011 by

The town name of Banbury in North Oxfordshire is so well known, to so many people, as it features in a well known nursery rhyme, ‘Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross’ – and in 2005 a sculpture featuring the … Continue reading →

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Comfort

Posted on 07/10/2011 by

In late Spring ‘Nellie Moser’ produces a mass of flowers: purple to mauve with bold stripes which fade in strong sunlight. And now she is covered with small balls of fluffy seed heads, offering some comfort that, in a few … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on 05/10/2011 by

After a few lovely days today is drizzly… there are puddles on the driveway and the trees are restless against matt grey skies. We seem to have tipped the pivot into Autumn this time, although it’s certainly not yet much … Continue reading →

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Faces: photo challenge

Posted on 16/09/2011 by

Details from an original statue which was on show at the Liverpool Garden Festival in 1984, now on show at the New Museum of Liverpool : Faces, for this challenge. It is called ‘Wish You Were Here’ but I have … Continue reading →

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