Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Trompe l'oeil

Mrsgunka sent me these amazing photos of body painting. MrsG remarked : "Saw a building in Berlin that had zippers painted on each end. One end the zippers was closed and the other end was open and showed windows with flower boxes painted on the plain wall... looked absolutely real!"

I have always been fascinated by trompe l'oeil. Thank you, MrsG.












Monday, 10 December 2012

Office Party

Spike sent me this, it's very funny... Thank you, Spike.







Thursday, 6 December 2012

Good bye to two talented people

Dave Brubeck died yesterday at the age of 91. I really like this:



This one is good fun. Try to clap with it and finish at the same time.



Thank you for some really good music.

*****

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, also died yesterday at the age of 104 and left many iconic buildings as his legacy:






Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Interesting bird

Earlier this year, we noticed that Pirouette was very excited about something outside the kitchen window. I had a look and saw this lovely bird sitting on a telephone line. It flew away before I could grab my camera. As I had no idea what the impressive bird was called, I tried googling a description, with no luck. Finally, a friend who's a bird enthusiast put me out of my misery. The name is as interesting as the bird itself: Hoopoe!




Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Sweet memories

I may be getting old, but I still find these absolutely irresistible!




Sunday, 2 December 2012

Contrasts

I like taking photos from my kitchen window, following the seasons as they change.

This one was taken in May:


October:


November:


This morning:


Brrr!

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Remembering JD

Pallottine sent me this photo of a sign made by a young man down the road in memory of our lovely JD (stands for Just Dog).


Here are some nice pictures of JD:




The sign over the gate is a lovely way to remember a good friend. JD was definitely more than just a dog...

Friday, 30 November 2012

Bzzzz

Let's have some fun at the expense of these pesky insects...



Thursday, 29 November 2012

Clever...

Tumbleweed sent me this surprising video:



Thank you, TW.

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Good idea!

Here's a good one from Mrsgunka:


Thank you, MrsG.

Sunday, 25 November 2012

Beautiful

This photo looks like a painting. Or is it the other way around? It's quite striking, whichever way you look at it.


Saturday, 24 November 2012

Magic umbrellas

It's the weekend! Let's go to a show and enjoy ourselves...



Friday, 23 November 2012

Finally!

And we thought they would never come up with a computer game for old ladies, eh?