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Category Archives: smoking
Early memories, and Uncle Alf…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: veal violet, raspberry rouge, toast turquoise, omelette orange, bacon blue, Gorgonzola green, butter burgundy, and pork pink.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ever since I was small, I always liked to draw things. ‘Since I was small’, … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, arts, brain, colours, conversation, cool, creation, drama, drawing, Dulltown, existentialism, food, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, mind, observations, puzzle, smoking, story, thinking, war, words
Tagged art, arts, bacon blue, blood, butter burgundy, carefully chosen colours, childhood, cigarettes, drawing, drawing ships, dredgers, fat loud lady, Gorgonzola green, omelette orange, pork pink, posher than us, raspberry rouge, remembered, serendipity, ships, style, Sunday afternoon, surrealism, to dry out, toast turquoise, Uncles, veal violet, visitors, words, World War II
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Opening lines for stories never to be written…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Hornet Moth, the Mint Moth, the Grass Wave, the Common Quaker, the Cistus Forester, and the Light Orange Underwing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Helliboz, the massive clawed scaled Mesozoic beast, looked up, and caught sight … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, animals, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, existentialism, finance, history, humour, information, irony, learning, observations, overheard, people, puzzle, reading, serendipity, smiling, smoking, story, style, surrealism, sweating, thinking, words, writing
Tagged address book, art, arts, Beryl, Brigadoon, conversation, dastardly, foreign language, Helliboz, learning, madness, maw, Mezozoic, moth names, never to be written, novels, on ther train, opening lines, ornithopter, serendipity, Snanker, style, surrealism, the Cistus Forester, the Common Quaker, the Grass Wave, the Hornet Moth, the Light Orange Underwing, the Mint Moth, words
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A lino print idea, but with some other…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s monster is the very, very, big, giant gnat.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Preliminary, is a good word, isn’t it?When thinking of doing another lino print, I always like to do a preliminary sketch of my idea. Preliminary, I suppose it … Continue reading
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Tagged 1858, 1966, arts, black on white, Cary on Screaming, curves, discovery, erotic?, eyebrows, Fenella Fielding, Fisherman and the cyren, frederick lord leighton, gnats?, lims?, lines, madness, mermaids, observations, overlapping, preliminary drawing, rough sketch, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
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Yes, I really must nip out and take some more photos!…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found in between the folds of an expensive cabbage from a Tesco supermarket.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I must go out soon with the idea of taking plenty of pictures!I have only a … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 hours?, abstract?, art, arts, blather, Brown Mills?, brownness, cabbage, chugging pipes, clever phones, composition, discovery, ghosts?, here we go!, is is, lost plectrum, madness, muddy, observations, plectrum found, puzzle, reflections, serendipity, stick stuck, surrealism, take more snaps, Tescos, words
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It’s a photo day on the blog…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s financial forecast is for the poor people to get poorer, and the rich people to get richer. – and there really is no need to worry. Sorry, I think we’ve had this one before. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> … Continue reading
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Tagged a good photograph?, actors, art, arts, boring photo, caution!, conversation, director, discovery, Do that again!, falling over, fell off a lorry, financial forecast, observations, pavement, philosophy, photo day, poor people, railway bridge, rich people, serendipity, shapes of composition, surrealism, theatre, wide angle lens, words, yellow
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I see, that Adrian’s had his sketch book out again…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s ravishing colours are: Ford fawn, Maserati mauve, Lamborghini lemon, Bentley brown, Citroën cream, Studebaker scarlet, and Nissan noire.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s another old book – another from my small collection of cheap, junk shop, charity shop, purchases. You … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, Adrian Hill, animals, at the sea side, Bentley brown, bow tie, carefully chosen colours, cars, chapter 15, Citroën cream, figures, Ford fawn, hanky in pocket, hats, How to draw, Lamborghini lemon, Maserati mauve, Nissan noire, old junk shop books., overcoats, sketch books, sketching, Studebaker scarlet
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And did you hear the thuds, Dave?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is Tester or Sounding Board: an acoustic canopy over a church pulpit to amplify the preacher’s voice. Click here.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I was lolling on my bed in the late afternoon, twiddling on my guitar, … Continue reading
Posted in academia, archeology, architecture, arts, blues, colours, composition, drama, Dulltown, guitars, history, Hull.UK., information, music, observations, photography, puzzle, religion, seeing, serendipity, smoking, words
Tagged architecture, bangs, black clouds, black smoke, blues music, church pulpit, Colours, drama, evening, explosions, lighted window, mysterious thuds, no one hurt, out of the window, out of time, preacher, sky, smoke, sounding board, tester, thuds, yellow light
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A ‘V’ with supporting blocks…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: ahungered, helminth, galingale, subdolous, nephalism, and entrepas. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie’s online session first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the … Continue reading
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Tagged 'attractive', 1954, ahungered, Albert and Madge, awful magazine, bowsers, Britain, celery cleaner, dictionary words, entrepas, gadgets magazine, galingale, glueing, helminth, magazines, nephalism, online session, perspex, Professor Mouldie, Sidney and daisy, subdolous, teapot lid, The 1954 Gadgets Annual, unusual spectacles, upside down, W N Shaw
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So Dave, do you think you are one?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Paris purple, Tegucigalpa turquoise, Memphis mauve, Vatican violet, Cusco crimson, Eads emerald, Llandudno lemon, Utrecht umber, and Siena sienna. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See, the thing about calling yourself a surrealist is that you … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, Bob Ross, carefully chosen colours, cars, Charley Patton, Cusco crimson, Eads emerald, football, hot cross buns, Llandudno lemon, Memphis mauve, nettles, Paris purple, Siena sienna, skeleton, sombrero, sports, surrealism, tasselled, Tegucigalpa turquoise, the last human, Utrecht umber, Vatican violet, X-Ray Spex
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4827…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: corpulent, alimental, matutinal, thrummy, octennial, dyslogistic, and blithering.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s yet another of my mail art postcards – a simple collage on bright card using clippings from that awful and dumbed-down UK … Continue reading
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Tagged alimental, Babs and Harry, blithering, collage, conversation, corpulent, cushions, daftness, dialogue, dog, dumbed-down, dyslogistic, fluorescent card, garment, grinning babies, home, knitted, living room, madness, mail art postcards, matutinal, mirror, octennial, slip-on, sofa, style, surrealism, thrummy, yellow
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That lino print…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: grasping, unicameral, Priapic, flanched, klephtic, calcarate, and bushy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, when a couple of days ago, I was blathering on, trying desperately to fill space, talking about my design for a lino print, … Continue reading
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Tagged about A4 in size, abstract, Billy, black and white, blathering on, Boss, bushy., bust, calcarate, cigarette, flanched, grasping, Heath and Safety, hovering, Japanese paper, Kizuki 4 Monme paper, klephtic, lino cut printing, lino print, oil-based inks, pipes and cables, Priapic, Queen Nefertiti, schematic, unicameral
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Lino prints? Well, what else should I do?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s novelty pencil sharpener is the one shaped like the hoot of an owl on a moonless night. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You might think that, calling myself a surrealist artist, I would have plenty of strange and arty … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, architecture, art, arts, brain, celebrities, composition, cool, creation, design, drawing, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, lino printing, mind, prints, sculpture, serendipity, smoking, surrealism
Tagged architecture, art, arts, celebrities, colour, discovery, drawing, dreaming, henry moore sculpture, history, Hull Grammar School, moonless night, more Moore, novelty pencil sharpener, orange, owl hooting, propelling pencil, Raymond Chandler, rough sketch, sculpture, serendipity, snuff tins, solid gold, style, surrealism, The High Window, Top Mill Snuff No 1, Wilson's snuff, words, yellow
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Behind the ear rambling…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s wrinkled old snapshot is the one of me being thrown out of the Bullingdon Club for being too nice, and also for being poor. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The lad, in his late teens or his early twenties, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, ancient Egyptians, art, arts, behind the ear, Bern Patent Office, blowpipe, Bullingdon Club, cave dwellers, celebrities, history, human ear, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, observations, painting, Relativity, serendipity, surrealism, too poor, William Shakespeare, wrinkled black and white snapshot
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So Dave, do you live in an appropriate environment?…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s unusual pencil sharpener is the one shaped like a bit of spume caught up in the wind on the esplanade on a stormy winter’s day. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As you probably know already dear reader, I live … Continue reading
Posted in art, celebrities, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, finance, humour, information, money, music, observations, poetry, smoking, style, surrealism, swearing, thinking, weather
Tagged Andy Warhol, arts, bohemian, celebrities, Debbie Harry, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Albee, existential angst, expletives, Lou Reed, ne'er-do-well, New York, observations, overheard, poetry, poets, Robert De Nero, run-down, serendipity, spume, style, surrealism, unusual pencil sharpener, weather, writing
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A cork dipped in monkey soap powder…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from the novel Harry Bleachbaker (1976) by N F Simpson. (NFS): The story, which is quite true except for the facts, begins in 1954 when a well-known frogman, working for NATO, was suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, books, food, history, humour, information, instruction, learning, money, reading, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1976, brick-dust, card game, Chump, cleanliness, dictionary word, discovery, frogman, gigot, Harry Bleachbaker, history, instruction, loin, loo, monkey soap powder, N F Simpson, proverbs, rules of loo, scrag end, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, words, writing
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4620…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s extract is from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story The Man With the Twisted Lip: Dr Watson: Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, … Continue reading
Posted in art, colours, composition, fashion, history, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, serendipity, smoking, style, surrealism, TV, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, celebrities, colour, Dr Watson, fashion, history, logo design, madness, observations, opium, serendipity, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, style, surrealism, TV, vaping, words, writing
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So what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: afrit, conatus, triblet, withershins, opulus, and renverse. 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 … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, Dulltown, existentialism, fashion, food, humour, information, money, poetry, serendipity, smoking, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, alcohol, arts, creamy tasting, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, extra chilli!, Greek-style, madness, observations, poetry, pork sausages, Professor Mouldie, remarkable skin, Santa Claus, serendipity, style, surrealism, terms and conditions, tobacco products, TV, TV ads, will kit, win the app, words
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Hot with both ends missing…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation if from Vladimir Nabokov‘s short story A Russian Beauty (1934): Well, then, in 1919 we have a grown up young lady, with a pale broad face that overdid things in terms of the regularity … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934, A Russian Beauty, arts, ciggy, conversation, dictionary word, glottal stop, instruction, misheard, northern accent, observations, pronunciation, regional accents, style, truncated honk, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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Dave Whatt 
Opening lines for stories never to be written…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s electric eel is the one recklessly driving his scooter down the public footpath. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The silver moon slowly slipped out of the steeple’s cone. Bartholemew, the wise old owl, swirled his head round and looked behind. … Continue reading →