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How an old painting changed my life, well, just a little bit…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s octopus is the one currently reading about quantum mechanics.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is (the painting I’m going to mention), and has been for years, in the local Art Gallery. When I was a child, if I was in … Continue reading
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Tagged annunciation, apprentices, art gallery cafe, Francisco Maffei, golden sandals, great mistakes, ho ho ho!, lady in blue, large painting, life changing, octopus, oops!, perspective, quantum mechanics, the basket, the chair, Waldemar Januszczak
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Some overheard, and misheard, snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s word is, mollusc.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘It was animalised – but she was so good’!‘A hanging ceiling was possible…’‘A good feed of what-know…’‘Yes, but I’m not, shore.’‘A doosy sat’?‘Doofing’?‘It was shredded, in a shelter.’‘She was a wheaty-type mummy…’‘It was … Continue reading
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Tagged animalised?, art, arts, conversation, docket?, ebbs?, Fastnet, goo-out?, hanging ceiling, loutable?, madness, mollusc?, mummy, observations, Paul, portraits?, serendipity, Sherlock, shredded, storm people?, style, surrealism, Terrance, words
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I’m always drawn to areas of town, like this one…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, lectisternium.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm… I don’t know who this land belongs too, but considering that it is right in the middle of the city centre, you’d think that they’d keep it a bit more tidy, … Continue reading
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Tagged a second photo!, art, arts, click here, composition, crap, discovery, Dulltown, humans are stupid, in the corner, it's the same thing again, juxtaposition, madness, observations, rubbish, ruined world, serendipity, sleek and stylish, sleek train, style, surrealism, words
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Oh, Dave, not another ripped poster photo?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s politician is the one shunned by all his politician friends, for telling the truth.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, yes, but I like ripped posters! They are so random, and so stylish. If you were an artist, and you were … Continue reading
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Tagged abstarct, abstract art, abstract Expressionism, art, arts, by the road, conversation, discovery, found art, London, madness, observations, posh gallery, rain, ripped, ripped poster, serendipity, shopfront, style, surrealism, telling the truth, thousands of pounds, wood, words
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Some overheard, and misheard, snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is, ‘rear vault’. The small vaulted space between the glass of a window and the inner face of the wall, when the wall is thick and there is a deep splay.Gosh, I wish I … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, art, arts, bloody, cafe, Cafe Conversation, conversation, Diddley, falling star, in the cafe, madness, misheard, moist?, No!..., norbert, observations, overheard, plankets?, pums?, rear vault, serendipity, splay?, style, surrealism, words, yit?
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Just a few short, but pithy, items…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, gymnorhinal.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 527.I’m sorry I’m late, but I started pondering on the idea of global catastrophe, again. A single overheard remark:‘No, Tony, it was only some plankets in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, art, arts, conversation, discovery, gymnorhinal, lucky number, madness, mowing the grass, name change, noisy, Norman D Landings, observations, overheard, party night!, plankets?, popular music, serendipity, Simon and G, style, surrealism, words
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In the alley, a small abandoned boat…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: unalist, monteith, riffle, erinite, arbalest, and rynd. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, arbalest, art, arts, dangerous, dictionary words, discovery, drugs?, electric bikes, electric scooters, erinite, graffiti, model boat, monteith, mororbikes!, observations, painted walls, pedestrians, pizzas?, Professor Mouldie, riffle, rynd, serendipity, spray cans, style, surrealism, the alley?, unalist, walkway, words
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Are you ready for some more Veronica Crush character names?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s banana, is the perfectly straight one.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was lying in my bed this morning, and for some reason, I was thinking about Arthur Conan Doyle. I was thinking what a memorable name Arthur Conan Doyle is. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, asleep in the court, bananas, billion dollars, character names, fair hair?, free of charge, good names, madness, Monty Tick, New York, on trial., orange make up, puzzle, serendipity, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, Veronica Crush, words
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Hm… some more items of overheard, and misheard, café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully chosen colours are: Ghastly Green, Brute Blue, Lurking Lime, Morbid Maroon, Obnoxious Orange, Worried White, and Bilious Black.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Wush’?‘Bugnel’?‘A diffle-tech’?‘That B-mop girl’!‘Broad-minded? Him’?‘What? Derby compost’?‘Simon, it is top-crunchy.’‘See, he was in a theme car…’‘Wee wee … Continue reading
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Tagged a rheme car?, angle of pattern, Aphrodite, art, B-mop?, Bilious Black, Brute Blue, Bugnel?, cafe, carefully chosen colours, conversation, diffle tech?, Ghastly Green, Lurking Lime, madness, Obnoxious Orange, observations, Oh my!..., over-plastic, serendipity, style, surrealism, top-crunchy, words, Worried White, wush!
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And it was just Doom in the queue…
But first…Dulltown. UK: Today’s nice moths names are: the Netted Carpet, the Orange-tailed Clearwing, the Ground Lackey, the December Moth, the Red Sword-grass, the Chimney Sweeper, and the Straw Dot.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, last week, it was Tuesday afternoon, or was it … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, brasses, carols, chafing, conversation, coops, damp node, discovery, Dolphin gate, fingers, floodgates, foot falls, hogs, in the post office, madness, observations, Paragon Railway Station, Paragon Station, Paragon Street, poetry, porcupine, serendipity, Simon Doom, spoem, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, Tony Mayonaise, void?, words
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I thought that I’d call this picture, ‘A nice view of the railway station’…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s box of mistakenly bought decaf green tea bags is the one sitting in the rubbish bin.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, ‘A nice view of the railway station’. Hm, yes, this picture was taken from the rising edge of the … Continue reading
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Tagged a visitor?, Americanisation of English, art, arts, BBC, bushes, decaf tea, discovery, evening lights, first time here?, naming the picture?, observations, Paragon Station, Paragon Street, railway station, rubbish, serendipity, style, surrealism, the view, weeds, words
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Hm, some more of those overheard and misheard snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, pygal.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘You saw that. You saw that. You saw that’?‘Na!…’Toosbury’?‘A dollops filter’?‘A cancelled knot…’?‘A nexty drink is for me, is…’‘No, no, John, he was a spanner…’‘So, it was only a diagonal dim, Frank.’‘A … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, cafe, Cafe Conversation, conversation, cork spin, dictionary word, did you see?, dollops?, fur baby?, gradient, knots, madness, na!..., nexty?, observations, poppins., pygal?, serendipity, spanner, spool, style, surrealism, words, you saw that!
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Rambling on about yesterday afternoon, using a soldering iron, and some religion…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, interpilaster.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, you see, dear reader, I have an old junk shop Mona Lisa reproduction hanging on one of my walls. She’s been up there for, oh, at least twenty years, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 religions, a nice couple, art, arts, at the front door, battery, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, doorbell, in suits, interpilaster, LED eyes, Leonardo da Vinci, madness, Mona Lisa, observations, serendipity, soldering, soldering iron, style, surrealism, the bible, two chaps, words
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It’s another of those boarded up shop window photographs…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: wamus, senescent, cote-hardie, malleolus, chavender, and reniform. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, art, arts, bread, chavender, cote-hardie, dancing?, dictionary words, dirty, discovery, first thing after breakfast, hungry?..., madness, malleolus, observations, Professor Mouldie, reniform, senescent, serendipity, style, surrealism, unkempt Victorian vagabond, wamus, words
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Some more of those Crush names…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: passive pink, vacant violet, riotous red, murky maroon, yawning yellow, gurgling green, sneering sienna, brutish black and frowning fawn.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, I just received an email from Veronica Crush, writer from the glory … Continue reading
Posted in academia, art, arts, brain, celebrities, colours, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, Dulltown, green, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, learning, money, people, poetry, puzzle, reading, religion, smiling, spoem, surrealism, thinking, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, brutish black, colours, conversation, discovery, free character names, frowning fawn, gurgling green, madness, married?, Monty Tick, multibillion dollar furtune, murky maroon, New York, observations, passive pink, puzzle, riotous red, serendipity, sneering sienna, style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, The Hull Surrealist League, Tony Mayonaise, vacant violet, Veronica Crush, words, yawning yellow
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Some more of those overheard, and misheard, snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: hyaline, rummer, sixaine, godroon, zoppo, and ganoid.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Then it slipped, just slipped, through my fingers, see’!‘And then it was at some total level point, Sally.’‘Oh, he was quite a meteor cup outside…’‘Then I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, boo boo boo, conversation, discovery, ganoid, godroon, hyaline, in the cafe, madness, pebble man, press area?, pugs?, rummer, serendipity, sixaine, slipped, snatches, style, surrealism, Tommy, untensils, words, zoppo
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Well, here’s an odd photograph…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, preterpluperfect.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well… What’s going on here?It’s an odd one, isn’t it? When I take the slightly longer walk into town, Dulltown centre, I would walk past this… this… well, I don’t know what … Continue reading
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Tagged a good photo?, a puzzle, an old dock, art, arts, boards to walk on, composition, discovery, dock, drunks, Dulltown, handrail, madness, observations, photoshoping, preterpluperfect, railings, serendipity, stairs, strangness, striped pole, style, surrealism, words, yellow
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No, not a good night’s sleep…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lines from the N F Simpson 1957 play, A Resounding Tinkle, which I am currently rereading, are:Mr Paradock: What have you done with my gumboots?Mrs Paradock: What do you want gumboots for to go down the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957, A Resounding Tinkle, all night, bad sleep, Bass, bass drum, discovery, Doh!, gumboots, madness, Mr Paradock, music, N F Simpson, neighbours, Noise, observations, rambling on, relentless, serendipity, surrealism, where artists live, words
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Mayonnaise coming out of a hole in the ground…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: amentum, pallescent, theotokos, jesserant, quodlibet, and delundung. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged a punch on the shoulder, amentum, art, arts, conversation, delundung, Dulltown, fat head!, Hull city centre, jesserant, madness, pallescent, queen victoria, quodlibet, random dictionary words, serendipity, spoems, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, theotokos, toilets, Tony Mayonaise, under the Queen, words
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