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The flowers were going to be thrown away and I found this lead crystal vase for a quid. Today's first golden moment. There were several more to come.
Due to budgetary constraints the traditional Town Crier has become a thing of the past in most places. However, there is still a legal requirement to tell people what is going on in certain instances.
I spotted this notice this morning and was amused by the archaic legalese in which it had been written.
"Whereas by virtue of the provisions of the above enactment ... the Council is empowered on days appointed for Carnivals or similar occasions to direct the passage and stoppage of vehicles or persons ...
Now therefore the City Council do hereby order that the roads listed in the Schedule hereto shall be closed ..."
In English, that means this road will be closed for a bit, so don't even think about parking or driving down it. Or else!
went to art class today. draw anything with eyes shut. I did my ginger plant from memory. then paint it with your eyes open. only 3 primary colors available. I had sun fun !
acrylic with bristle round brush on paper. lines done in pencil and vivid marker.
The lights are still low and the church is almost empty. The time before Mass for quiet reflection.
Laetare Sunday is the midpoint during Lent when fasting is relaxed and we are reminded to rejoice. Solemn purple is replaced by pink for the day and we return to our mother churches. We remember our Mother and all mothers.
Happy Mothers' Day.
Some tea stains. So treated them and laundered. Stains all gone. But now there are different ones. Re treat and re wash. I wonder if there will be an improvement!
Harry Harrod and Jean-Pandi have come to stay. Harry comes from the Knightsbridge store and Jean-Pandi comes from a French zoological collection in Beauval. Pandi now wears a nice Black Watch tartan ribbon. Scotland and France have a long and friendly relationship.
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday!
Look at your camera - has it got a red dot on it? Or maybe an older ThinkPad ... ever wonder how those red dots were made?!
This perforator will go through 30 sheets of 80GSM paper with ease. And it looks pretty, too.
Hiding behind a lamp post at the top of Market Street lurks this benchmark. One of those signs of "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it" from the 1840 benchmark survey of England.
Maybe because it is shielded from wear, the broad arrow on this one is especially clear.
Student flats. There are many buildings like this in town. And new apartment blocks near completion. Overseas students pay top dollar. It's the education industry that replaced the defunct lino factory that keeps the town solvent.
I saw these yesterday and felt they had my name on them. I usually wear jeans but it's fun and healthy to vary the sartorial diet from time to time.
The cinema opened in 1919, equipped with sound in 1929, Cinemascope in 1954, and closed in 1980.
Given that this is on the seafront, that's some high-quality paint to have lasted so well.
A gentle walk along the canal. I call these flowers flags, but that's a bit old fashioned now, apparently. But yellow iris sounds too prosaïc for these beauties.
And the eponymous book is worth a read, too.
I noticed the name on the side of this tiddly boat. My current phone is a Pixel, so a picture was warranted.
I think I would be tempted to heave the rattly old Petters diesel overboard and replace it with an electric motor and a couple of submarine batteries that could lie in the bilge, out of the way.
In other news, my phone was almost full so I got the system to delete all the pictures that are backed up. So, for now, any editing will be done on my desktop using GIMP. I might actually get around to learning how to use it, this time.
The road to the old quarry is also where the owner built houses for the workers. Innovative or just common sense?
Cola float at Brucciani's.
Yesterday was a personal red letter day and I celebrated with a very rare treat!
Haworthiopsis attenuata. Originally from South Africa; a succulent, not a cactus.
Several pups and the pot is pretty full. Time to repot will be in the spring when the roots reawaken.
This one is about 4 years old, and with gentle care should go on for about 50 years. I guess I'll have to include it in my will.
Adrian Hardy Howarth (1767-1833) was an English botanist from Hull, who later settled in Little Chelsea (now absorbed into Fulham). He described these plants in his book, 'Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum' (London, 1812) and which you can read online. It's a good read.