Sew your own Star Wars

 

Artist Aled Lewis has made a 10 metre long Star Wars Tapestry....

Spitting Image @ The Cartoon Museum

 

The Maggie Thatcher puppet from the Spitting Image exhibition at the Cartoon Museum  in London. Must get down there sometime....

DMI

 

For Marcus, DMI fan. If you look closely, you can see Castle Hill and Jubilee Tower in this picture

Muddy Waters Kingfisher Blues

Also flood affected...the kingfisher.  Harder fishing in muddy waters....

Earthworm Blues

 

Pity the poor earthworm, adversely affected by the floods

When Snails Attack

 

Snails invading flood stricken parts

Yorkshire Rhubarb

Celebrating the Pink Stuff: Wakefield hosts its annual Rhubarb Festival this weekend

Kew 50p

 

Rare 50p commemorating Kew Garden's 250th Anniversary is selling for up to £60. Check your piggy bank!!

Rocky Horror

Farewell to Christopher Malcolm, "Brad" in the original stage show...

Ziggy's Rabbit Suit

 

Congrats to Mr Bowie on his Brit Award. 

Team GB Curlers

 

Top Curler action

Skeleton Bob



Cooking Propaganda for February 1936

Hmmm. That'll teach her.

Bread

Thanks to Sue Birkin for this one

1607 Bristol Channel Flood

 

 

 The Great flood of 1607, Bristol channel coastline....

"huge and mighty hills of water" advancing at a speed "faster than a greyhound can run"

 

See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/01/30/flood_feature.shtml

 

Grecian 2000 (+14)

 

George Clooney wades into the Elgin Marbles debate whilst promoting his latest film in Greece...

Carpet Canoeing

 

Due to bad weather, I was lucky to take part in the new sport of carpet canoeing this weekend...

Bushcraft

 

A nice array of sharp tools, as seen on a piece of tarpaulin at Gearstones Lodge, Bon's Bushcraft spot, Ribblehead

Somerset Levellers

 

With apologies to the Wurzels.....

Curly Top

Farewell to Shirley Temple (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014)

Snow Bored

Cheesy grin from Bronze medal winning UK snowboarder Jenny Jones.... wasn't that a song by the Clash?

Dr Foster

 

Dr Foster went to Gloucester

In a shower of rain

He stepped in a puddle

Right up to his middle

Rang the Environment Agency Floodline

and got charged a *@$^*! fortune



Iguana in a Sock

 

13 endangered Iguanas were found stuffed into socks in a suitcase at Heathrow...

Year of the Horse

From my diary, September 1994, when Robin & I travelled to China and saw the amazing Terracotta Warriors , their chariots and horses. 20 years on, they still haven't excavated the tomb where Emperor Qin, reputed to contain a golden coffin floating on a sea of mercury.........

Gong Hey Fat Choy

 

Chinese New Year, 2014: Year of the Horse



Dr Johnson's Umbrella

 

Wettest January since records began in 1767...

For Sochi Rainbow Lovers

 

Up above the streets and houses, Rainbow climbing high...everyone can see it smiling...over the sky...paint the whole world with a Rainbow. Inspired by the German Olympic Team's Rainbow duffel coats.