Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Monday, 21 March 2016
Body, canvas, screen?
Dani Oliver creates his effects at the time of the shoots, by projecting complex images and intricate patterns on his models. The results are very impressive!
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art
Sunday, 20 March 2016
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Serendipity
Serendipity is among the 100 favourite words in the English language, and mine too!
The word was invented by the writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 as an allusion to Serendip, an old name for Sri Lanka. Walpole was a prolific letter writer, and he explained to one of his main correspondents that he had based the word on the title of a fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of ’.
While looking for photos to illustrate the post, I found out that Walpole lived in Twickenham, our old stomping grounds for over twenty years back in the UK. I had not made the connection between Strawberry Hill House and Walpole until then. That's serendipity!
Here's a map showing Walpole's house, followed by photos of his and our houses (circled, then 1, 2 and 3).
Our first house wasn't painted white, it was natural brick colour:
This was a very nice, big house. We planted the magnolia, which is truly spectacular in the spring:
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interesting
Friday, 18 March 2016
A colourful birthday party for a bird lover
Happy birthday, View. I know you love all creatures, but birds make for a very pretty post! All the best to you and your friends, furry or feathered. Let's start with the inevitable pun, shall we?
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birthdays
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Epic girls night out
View sent us this joke. Thanks for the laugh, View!
Two women friends had gone for a girls' night out.
Both were very faithful and loving wives, however
they had gotten over-enthusiastic with the Bacardi
Breezers.Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to
pee, so they stopped in the cemetery.One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought
she would take off her panties and use them.Her friend however was wearing a rather expensive
pair of panties and did not want to ruin them.She was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave
That had a wreath with a ribbon on it, so she
proceeded to wipe with that.After the girls did their business, they proceeded to
go home.The next day, the husband of one of the women was concerned that his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over,
so he phoned the other husband and said:
"These girl nights out have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect the worst. My wife came home with no panties!!""That's nothing," said the other husband,
"Mine came back with a card stuck to her ass that
said.....'From all of us at the Fire Station.
We'll never forget you.' "
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jokes
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