This morning, a pair of sulphur crested cockatoos decided that my neighbour’s citrus trees desperately needed pruning. They were chopping off branch-tips 30-40cm long, and throwing them into the air. Oranges and lemons were also snipped to plop noisily on… Read More ›
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Chris Clarke wants marsupial tales
So he’s tagged me with this Animeme, via Bora. I’m not that much into memes generally, but this one appeals to me. I’m afraid it takes me a little while to get to the marsupials, but I promise they’re here.
Now there’s a story arc
Last night’s Dr Who 3rd season finale and the future story of Captain Jack. There be spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the episode you really don’t want to click the link if you hate surprises being ruined.
Spring in my garden
The blossom feeding parrot is a lorikeet. The tree is a Pohutukawa.
Wednesday Wow: Calanais At Dusk
The next time I go to the UK and France I’d rather like to do a tour of various stone circles, menhirs, dolmens – any megaliths really – of Britain and Brittany.
Another linkfest: the Headcold edition
Taken in the front garden this morning Cory Doctorow has a piece in the Guardian about how the movie studio quest for a perfect copy protection system is doomed to fail. DRM is supposed to force those unwilling to pay… Read More ›
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My favourite photo so far this week.
Belated Wednesday Wow: Go your way, I go mine
I got a good tip from the headphones guy in the hi-fi store last week (who is also a photographer, of course): when travelling, check out a city’s name in the Flickr tags and see what people like to photograph when there: you’ll get a lot more to see than just the tourist bureau picture postcards. What a brilliant idea.
Spring
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Wednesday morning soapblogging
I have a few pretties to share with you. Tie Dye Trance. This is my first five-colour swirl: purple, red, pink, orange, and blue. Making these was a whirl of arms and jugs and spoons, mixing and colouring and scenting… Read More ›