So, Jordan didn’t win the Eurovision vote. I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact that, in this BBC photo, she has three arms and really unnaturally wide hips?
Category: photography
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Weird
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A different perspective?
Have a look at the second photo in this news story. The caption suggests that the protestors are on a ledge at a height of 50 feet. Now, using the policeman and the railings to give some idea of the actual height, and judging by the fact that it is only on the first floor of the admittedly high-ceilinged Foreign Office, I reckon that ledge is only 35 feet or thereabouts. Pedant, moi?
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Look at me!
I’m cute. You are powerless to resist. -
A photo with a mile
From the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge – one photo for every mile.
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Photo extravaganza
Hels on the walls of the Chateau d’Angers.
Honfleur harbour.
For Lord Percy – a bunch of seagulls on the harbour wall at Honfleur, all facing the same way save for one that is facing the other way and appears to have no head. Raawwk! -
Garden development
Before:
After:
Note new border, created by first removing the turf, then deeply digging it, followed by incorporation of considerable quantities of well rotted farmyard manure and spent potting compost. Finally the willow tree was heavily pruned and the Euonymus and three lupins were planted.
The soil is rather heavy, a slightly greyish clay. Not the most exciting stuff and probably the sort that would put off a new gardener (or lead to fairly dismal results if they didn’t have some guidance as to how to treat it), but with the addition of plenty of humus and some grit (I’m going to nab some from the parents) I know that it can make an excellent garden soil that will permit a fairly wide range of plants to grow. I’ve not done a pH test, but judging by the presence of Rhododendrons in the neighbourhood, it must be fairly acidic. Not good news for bearded Irises, but an opportunity to play with some Japanese types and one or two of the more esoteric species.Thankfully, I had some help:
Treacle came out too, but spent most of her time looking for mice under the shed. -
Flycatching
So far, they’ve been chasing this fly for about twenty minutes. Nothing has been broken. Yet. -
Birdwatching
Monty on the conservatory windowsill.
He’s keen to get outside, but I think that his tendency to meow at everything will prevent him from getting within fifty yards of any bird. -
Because you need kittens…
Treacle in the living room. She’s gradually getting more confident, but still very much prefers to do things on her own terms and keeps herself to herself.
Monty, on the other hand, is a riot on four legs.