The shart of the matter
Each to their own and all that, but it never ceases to amaze me just what tat people buy! You know what I mean – the useless ornamental tat with no discernable tasteful qualities of any kind.
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The death of Vincent van Gogh
On 29 July 1890 at 1.30am, 116 years ago on Saturday, Vincent van Gogh died, aged 37, in…
An illustrated homage to Frida
Thanks to the marvellous Carnival of the Feminists I have just come across this most …
Slow down, stone circle!
These days we have drive-thru restaurants, drive-in cinemas, drive-thru banks, and you can even have a drive-thru wedding. This heinous drive-thru mentality is apparently spreading.
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Blown away on Lewis
A storm is brewing on the Isle of Lewis. About windfarms.
As a visitor to Lewis…
Meet Margaret, Queen of Callanish
For more than 30 years, initially with her first husband Gerald Ponting and since 1989 with her second husband Ron Curtis, Margaret Curtis has single-mindedly devoted her energies to decoding the stone monuments at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis.
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Painting Callanish
Callanish is a remarkable neolithic monument on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It is a circle and avenues of stones which in plan form look like a huge celtic cross and was erected 5,000 years ago. Read more about it …
Persistent moth problem?
Today between preparing for our trip northwards tomorrow and watching the football, Moth and I had more encounters with lepidoptera.
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Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Another awesome photo by …
