Sunday, October 02, 2005


badly camouflaged cats Posted by Picasa

Saturday, October 01, 2005


jacques tati Posted by Picasa

orgasms in yer mouth Posted by Picasa

greater love hath no woman ...

we stayed in this afternoon and watched jacques tati as monsieur hulot, on holiday

i'd seen & enjoyed it nearly forty years ago in the little theatre in bath but suddenly it makes me squeal out loud with astonishment, with huge jokes sandwiched between moments of surreal beauty, and a marvellously inclusive tenderness for the world and for people

then she gave me a chocolate, my sixth from a box of ten ...

walter crane's red riding hood: it is saturday ! i think i'll just take a stroll along the riverbank ... Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, September 28, 2005


young oak in ashford forest Posted by Picasa

autumn acorn in ashford forest Posted by Picasa

clever lantern at cuckfield church Posted by Picasa

in cuckfield church porch Posted by Picasa

undecided starlings at cuckfield Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

prejudiced ? moi ?

i had a brief conversation with an even older cheese driver, shaun, about the merits of high-speed film noir dialogue, having just seen a dvd of otto preminger's fallen angel, made very cheaply in black & white in 1945 & currently available from the nft

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037691/

we didn't have much time to talk after too long a day, so shaun ended a condensed diatribe on modern film by saying, "i'm an intellectual snob, really !"

"no, shaun !", sez i, "you read the daily telegraph and that makes you a reactionary snob; whereas i read the guardian and that makes me an intellectual snob !"

Monday, September 26, 2005


putney cormorants hanging out at low tide Posted by Picasa

battersea boatery Posted by Picasa

kent sheep and oak Posted by Picasa

Saturday, September 24, 2005

kiss spain for me ...


spanish civil war memorial by the church at the north side of putney bridge Posted by Picasa

sweeter than average


aaah! Posted by Picasa

a very nice bit of sign-painting


not far from chelsea Posted by Picasa

belt & braces, horologically speaking !


putney church beside the tidal thames, the sundial is now o'ershadowed by tall buildings Posted by Picasa

i wonder if any of these are the right size for quarsan ?


drowned trainers at battersea Posted by Picasa

conker collecting in post-capitoline retirement ...


geese on sedlescoombe green Posted by Picasa