Saturday, April 23, 2005

priorities temporarily mislaid

we were driving through a monotonous part of west london at the beginning of a long journey

"not much scenery here ... " sez i

"I'm here, darling !" , sez the loved one, before I'd even added a full stop.

something fishy on the banks of the thames Posted by Hello

emotional blackmail alert

it's a bit like a computer virus alert, only the threat is ten times more insidious ...

after i had uttered an apology for some minor faux pas,

the loved one's reply was typically incisive, as follows;

"thankyou, i might let you make it up to me later"

Friday, April 22, 2005


nurielle's petit pain Posted by Hello

the smallest loaf in sussex


a weekly highlight of the cheesedrivers toil is a peep in to the kitchen of ockenden manor

and if one is a really lucky cheesedriver, then the bread that nurielle bakes will have just emerged ...

Thursday, April 21, 2005


siamese gas holders at vauxhall Posted by Hello

cheese drivers LIKE getting lost in Kent in April ! Posted by Hello

Tuesday, April 19, 2005


painter and pianist roy hewish having a crafty smoke Posted by Hello

Sunday, April 17, 2005


ninety year old aunt mavis flaunting her magnolia Posted by Hello

hype the aged

my energetic aunt mavis was ninety last week

i phoned for permission to visit and she said she needed a couple of hours because she was planting some seeds in her immaculate and lovely garden

we visited her, and as we were leaving i saw, with my very own eyes, that she was skipping up the garden steps back to the house

Tuesday, April 12, 2005


contented inhabitants of bexhill-upon-sea Posted by Hello

Thursday, April 07, 2005


this would make a nice cover for that virginia woolf book about the lighthouse ... Posted by Hello

vieve forward's medal showing colin and sylvia relaxing in arcadia Posted by Hello

colin and sylvia forward modelled in wax Posted by Hello

family stuff

i cycled to fulham after work to meet my sister at a foundry

she's designed a medal commemorating our parents, colin and sylvia forward, and we met the gentlemen who will change her wax model into bronze

the medal shows the parents in profile on one-side, and relaxing "en-fete" on the reverse

i think my sister is pretty amazing

more news of this work in the next few weeks, as and when ...

Saturday, April 02, 2005


we went to the borough market next to southwark cathedral ... cheese spotting Posted by Hello

Friday, April 01, 2005


this time last year ... this time next year Posted by Hello

Sunday, March 27, 2005


spring springing in putney Posted by Hello

someone forgot the thames is tidal but we tried not to smirk Posted by Hello

gone to lunch !

we walked beside the river the day before the boat race

someone had left their pride and joy on the slipway, perhaps not realizing the river is tidal, not just low

of course, we tried not to smirk