impossible songs

These are just fleeting thoughts from the heartland of the UK's colonial dustbin somewhere beyond the wall of sleep. Odd bits of music and so-called worldly wisdom may creep in from time to time. Don't expect too much and you won't feel let down. As ever AI and old age are to blame. I'll just leave it there ...

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Regulations as seen

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A real and untouched photo: This sign, of unknown age and origin has been placed high up on the wall of a building but not quite as high a...
Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Noodling

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Some things were vague and badly edited. There was veiled criticism and a chilly breeze from the west. Yesterday was a day of extensive ...
Sunday, November 04, 2018

Hi-vis in low lighting situations

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A badly distorted bonfire was the centre of attraction at the Hopetoun House fireworks extravaganza yesterday. The flames could barely con...
Friday, November 02, 2018

Hazy shades of autumn

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Every autumn this shrub looks like it's on fire. It's not.
Thursday, November 01, 2018

Chips, cheese and gravy

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Cactus in a Cafe. Poutine is a fancy term/word/what have you for chips, cheese and gravy: in a Canadian style. The dish is of French ori...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The cat returns

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After a mysterious four months absence our once regular "stray" cat, known a Twink, decided to return to us the other day. His ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Back to business

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I've returned to the honourable profession of anonymous eBay seller/salesman. I'm putting my soul on the on-line line and my hear...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Naked blue machine

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It's like some terrible Tory advert, a campaign message or a description of Glasgow Rangers fans on the march. It's a  until they...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Looking for cars

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Looking for cars can get complicated, too much choice but actually very little. Web sites and apps, lists of features. Hyped up and cramp...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Black crow in a blue sky

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I saw  black crow in a blue, blue sky. Watching and waiting. Possibly for me to take out my phone and snap a couple of pics, crows are...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

East Neuk Daily etc.

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Still life with bird, shells and salvaged cactus plants. No significant meanings deduced so far. The Bill O'Ness or the Billownes...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Aberdeen daily photo

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Underpass sunflowers. Ships at anchor.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Lego Daily Photo

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Niagara Falls - detail. The Grand Canyon - detail. The Hoover Dam - detail. Pretty much anything and everything has been convert...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Wood, Iron, Stone

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I suppose Instagram was really invented for photos like these but due to my quirky and unbalanced relationship with social media I...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Milestone

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It's my birthday today. Shame the weather's a bit gloomy but it's October and I'm having a nice day so far. Another miles...
Friday, October 19, 2018

East Neuk Daily Photo

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I've been working in the East Neuk villages of Fife for the last few days. In the autumnal sunshine it's been great to take a bre...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Spy mode

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There in the distance is the USNS Robert R Peary berthed at the MoD base next door to us (well a few miles away), photographed from the b...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

1797

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Local wanderings: Defiantly shining brightly in the October sunshine, the strangely fresh and clear carvings on a headstone that's ov...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Cloud dog

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When I took this picture of a cloud it looked like a dog. Now I've processed it by downloading it etc. it just about looks like a dog...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

The funny smell of agriculture

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Normally I quite like the (preferably faint) smell of dung on the fields. It's a pleasant, familiar, evocative odour that's stran...
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