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  • The pillbox.

    01 March 2017

    Here is the pillbox. A lovely postbox. one where I post all over the world. Not very big rather small but beside a phone is oh so really powerful .

  • Theatre's freedom fighters: Brecht and Lorca

    11 March 2017

    Bertolt Brecht Judicial Process, Watch it and replace German with American and you would imaginge it to be a modern play rather than one from the Nazi's 1930's Germany. Fererico Garcian Lorca The House of Bernarda Alba is a play that spoke out against...

  • Making houses with plastic bottles in Ghana....

    22 March 2017

    Making houses with plastic bottles in Ghana. https://t.co/dBBz5E0hvA jack elliot (@jack8elliot) March 22, 2017 As like in so many places throughout the world the Ghana has a problem of the plastic bottles rubbish polluting the environment. This waste...

  • A lovely morning

    09 October 2020

    . It is a lovely morning on the peninsula in Scotland to walk along the shore road. . . , . Perhaps it would be a grand day to speed over to Dunoon . ,

  • Beware: Frogs ahead

    10 July 2019

    A warning of frogs This is not something that you would see in the city A warning of frogs that may ambush you ahead

  • A snake quarantined in Scotland.

    25 February 2019

    A Snake is in quarantine in Scotland. A Snake Flies 9,300 miles from Australia to Scotland in a woman's shoe shocking it is to find a stowaway python when arriving in Glasgow, Scotland As souvenirs go, it is a unique one The resilient reptile – later...

  • the eagle comic

    04 August 2018

    A comic based on Christian values was the Eagle Comic This was a very popular in Britain after the second world war. # The widespread usage of comics is popular in homeschooling. It particularly helps the reading skills of especially the boys. A choice...

  • Greece on fire

    24 July 2018

    Greece with a massive wildfire A holiday resort is devastated with so many dead Many bodies are found huddled near a beach in Greece as the overall death toll rises and rise higher and higher. A European Union civil protection agreement has been asked...

  • Lovely birds

    04 April 2018

    What delightful creatures birds are! They make music for us with their sweet songs. They dazzle us with their bright plumage. They impress us with their effortless flight. The continually delight us with their antics. - - Altogether there are more than...

  • The bird’s body

    11 April 2018

    The bird’s body The bird’s body is built for flying. Its bones are hollow and light. Its covering of feathers makes the whole body smooth and streamlined. This helps it to easily move through the air. -

  • boisterous art

    22 April 2018

    art expressive, exuberant, loud and boisterous Corita Kent was born Frances Kent in November 1918 in Iowa – A striking with the juxtaposition of this monochrome nun – she wore the traditional habit complete with wimple and veil – and the brilliant colours...

  • Danish delight

    15 January 2018

    Peder Mørk Mønsted (Danish, 1859 – 1941) A picture to admire on this breezy, cold winters morning

  • Provenance

    19 September 2017

    Provenance It seeems that this word is bounced about a lot just now. It seems that trust or lack of trust is swimming around So before we buy or just so many things in this world That we search for the provenance of that placed before. It would be nice...

  • writing the capital G

    20 September 2017

    It is good to learn something new each day So that was a great day teaching some Calligraphy. Simply just doing the joined-up writing It was great to write a different G from that which I normally do. Marvellous to see the American Capital G I tried it...

  • Hanker about something

    19 October 2017

    Hanker about something When there are things in life that are tantilisingly close but yet just beyond touch. Something unsaid that lies within your dreams and desires. The things in life we hanker over . Confucius say "It is better to reach for the copper...

  • The wire brush

    19 July 2017

    The Romans used wire brush to make roof tiles. This was probally the first time that wire brush was used.

  • The California flower

    17 June 2017

    This flower of California is interesting because just like so many Europeans the Native Indians of California cherished the poppy as a valuable source of food. Poppy cake is found in some lovely cafeterias in the continent Likewise they have many a poppy...

  • Frigate like a book

    15 March 2017

    There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry This traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll. How frugal is the chariot that bears a human soul. By Emily Dickinson

  • Duccio di Buoninsegna: The Virgin and Child

    03 April 2017

    Duccio di Buoninsegna: The Virgin and Child 1308 This was painted on wood was part of a triptych. It would have been in the centre of the triptych. Often when going through the National Gallery I will seek it out and spend a few minutes In contemplation...

  • T.S Eliot (1888-1965)

    17 April 2017

    T.S Eliot (1888-1965) Here the crow, here the patient stag Breeds for the rifle. Between the soft moor And the soft sky, scarcely room To leap or soar. T.S Eliot (1888-1965) ["Rannoch Moor"] .

  • Monday morning dreams

    06 February 2017

    Lovely day all is good ........................ "When the stars begin to fade, the sun shall rise. When the night turns to day, we must find the dawn

  • St. Paul's Steeple

    02 September 2020

    St. Paul's Steeple Upon Paul's steeple stands a tree, As full of apples as may be; The little boys of London town, They run with hooks to pull them down; And then they run from hedge to hedge Until they come to London Bridge Here is me singing this rhyme...

  • A great view on Covid19

    05 September 2020

    2500 sq ft. They say this is 2500 sq ft. Remember though, It's not lying, it's commercial real estate: https://teespring.com/real-estate-in-nyc?pid=658&cid=1...

  • Music that I have enjoyed

    15 August 2020

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  • The woman in Black 1989

    07 August 2020

    The Woman in Black (1989) Film-Tv diretto da Herbert Wise. Tratto dal romanzo "The Woman in Black" (1983) di Susan Hill. Con: Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton,...