The three of us set out for Kew Gardens today, a short walk up to Caledonian Rd station then round the North London Line to Kew. It was a classic autumnal day, damp but bright, bit chilly but warm when the sun came out. The colours were good, chestnuts aplenty (I brought a pocketful home) [...]
We had a bit of fun this weekend at Beningborough Hall in Yorkshire where they have some virtual portrait software. Here are three lovely 18th century renderings of us.
As the Genesis song goes … on Willows Farm one should look out for butterflies, flutterbyes and gutterflies. Well, we didn’t see any of them but we did see 100′s (literally) of guinea pigs, lots of hungry sheep, two salivating reindeer, two cheeky ferrets, grumpy goats, recumbent cows and a maize maze. All this excitement [...]
Having re-discovered my camera (I’d hidden it before going on holiday and then couldn’t find it again for ages) we went out for a little walk in the neighbourhood yesterday, Sylvia with her walk-along doggy. Got some nice shots around the streets of Bloomsbury and in the park, where we go most weekends we are [...]
Day 8/9 – 14-15th May – Bangkok, Thailand It is now almost 2 weeks since cyclone Nargis ravaged Myanmar. The initial flurry of general situation maps and imagery showing flood waters has now subsided and more detailed analyses are already being carried out with the aid of before-after high resolution satellite imagery. e.g. http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=66 Our [...]
