princesse du pain ...

serendipitously, we shall be going here very soon ...

... and i just found this in a charity shop

i've had to take a day off work as i have the flu ... let's hope there are no complications

caerphilly castle

mavis used to play here eighty years ago, although it was a bit more overgrown then

that's her investigating the ruin ... she was looking for the kitchen door

here she is at last !!!

at ninety-something, mavis is avidly re-creating the scenery of her childhood around the lanes of blackwood and pontllanfraith

mavis still paints at ninety-something but you can't see the picture

oh, what a saga .... i've got back into the editor page after re-installing windows explorer .... but now blogger doesn't upload my pictures

up before three to do some serious wrapping ....

battersea park station

after we'd dined at the national gallery, i placed the little camera on a ledge by the grand staircase in the sainsbury wing ...

... that's nelson's column and a glimpse of the millennium wheel on the right

plutarch's piccadilly ponies

window decoration in gerrard street, soho

the old crane at portslade made by stothert and pitt is being dismantled

olympus uk ok !!! they have repaired my little camera free of charge ... words can't express my delight and gratitude

i had twenty minutes to wait for a bus in sloane street, so i did some pre-valentine window shopping ... i wonder if they have them in my size ?

... i'm talking about the blond wigs, you fool !

i wonder if the loved one might like a ribcage suitcase from samsonite ... to remind her of me ?

... designed by alexander mc queen

fortunately, graff doesn't do 24/7

i love the way the graff architect integrated their classical interior and shopfront

yes, it is a lovely little black dress, but she couldn't possibly wear it to work

i wouldn't want the loved one to get big ideas about longer rails and longer wardrobes