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Monthly Archives: April 2016
No, sorry everyone, this isn’t art…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotation is from The Sign of Four: Sherlock Homes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cool, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, painting, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged art, arts, colour, colour blur, discovery, ESH CDM Area, hypodermic syringe, observations, painting, photography, serendipity, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, spatter paintings, style, surrealism, The Sign of Four, words, writing
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Some small but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s architectural term is Crown-post: A post standing on a tie-beam and supporting a collar-purlin running immediately under the collar-beam of a rafter roof. Well, I’m glad we’ve finally got that sorted out, it’s been on … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, books, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, overheard, reading, serendipity, surrealism, writing
Tagged architecture, arts, BookCrossing, children, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, history, howitzer, Hugh Japples, late, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, serendipity, sex, Sheridan Le Fanu, style, surrealism, word on the street, words, writing, Wylder's Hand
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Stella spots the snowflakes…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s financial forecast is for money to grow on trees and for everyone to be penny wise and pound foolish, but of course do keep an eye on the markets. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Four Views’ (1994) Pastel and … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, conversation, creation, drawing, existentialism, Grumpiness, humour, information, painting, style, surrealism
Tagged 1994, art, arts, coconut rings, colour, colour pastels, conversation, drawing, financial forecast, history, observations, painting, pastel paintings, photography, Sainsburys, serendipity, sheepskin earflaps, snowflakes, Stella, style, surrealism, Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea
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Messing with letters… Ignals…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: mappemond, sklim, temulence, mortiferous, fustanella, and bulbul. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor … Continue reading
Posted in brain, dreaming, humour, information, instruction, mind, poetry, puzzle, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged art, arts, blocksmith puzzle, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, implicity, instruction, keyboard error, madness, medieval gard, poetry, Professor Mouldie, rusty spear, serendipity, simpish, soily, surrealism, The letter 'S', words, ythe
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s fine 17th c. English expletive is ‘Stap me vitals!’ – and no, before you ask, I don’t know what ‘stap’ means – it sounds like it’s a verb though doesn’t it? Perhaps it’s a corruption … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, cool, dreaming, existentialism, expletives, history, humour, information, misheard, music, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, cafe song lyrics, chuggy chuggy, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, expletives, history, madness, misheard, moose song, observations, poetry, serendipity, sex, stabbing witch, stap, stap me vitals, style, surrealism, words
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