Together in Cordoba
A poem and illustration (in four more detailed parts) produced as my contribution to an Internet-based co-operative project.
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What I did at the weekend
The book was stuck in the mud, I was still feeling sorry for myself after a bout with the flu and suspicious the germs were coming back for another round, and my good lady wife was determined to give the flat a major dusting. “Why don’t you go out to the cottage?” Why not? The … More…
One fine day at Kew
A gallery of fine photos taken one fine day at the Kew Botanical Gardens in the west of London.
More Summer Photos
These photos were taken over the summer of 2010. The oldest (the Balloon and clouds photo) I took on 26th June and the most recent, the group portrait of Taiga, the Gothenburg Balalaika Group, I took this morning (29th August). The Soapstone Inuits are on the mantlepiece of my brother- and sister-in-law, who have paddled … More…
Picture(s) of the weekend
Swedish Midsummer on the west coast Looking out to sea to the north west. I took these four photos at 7 p.m. (evening), 10 p.m. (sunset), midnight (twilight) and 2 a.m. (dawn) on the night between 25th and 26th July. Apologies for the quality of the 2 a.m. photo – I blame the light and … More…
Lilac time at Färjenäs
Gallery of photographs of flowers (lilacs), flowering trees (chestnuts) and the area of Färjenäs Göteborg
The Botanical Gardens in May
Sunday 23rd May a period of warm weather had hurried the Spring along. I took my camera to the Botanical Gardens. You can see these and more pictures from this day on my photo blog here.
The least successful slogan
Aeyland Tourism’s least successful slogan, and other Aeyland ephemera. Two variations on the infamous slogan and the Aeyland Coat of Arms showing the Danish cross, Scottish lion and two unhappy silver herrings.
An early morning in early spring
Early morning, early spring: A gallery of early spring photos I took recently in and around my home in Gothenburg. The beech trees are leafing!
High wind in Gothenburg
A high wind puts paid to spring cleaning, but I have photos from an earlier year. And I’m playing a Twitter-based word game called Artwiculate.