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Tag Archives: concrete
I only took the picture for the redness…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s made up word is Fleshdoon.It sounds to me like it might be a Scottish village.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it was the redness.This photo is from October, just when the redness is at its fullness.After that, the leaves start … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, arts, colours, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, green, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, jobs, learning, Maths, observations, photography, physics, puzzle, sculpture, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, thinking, weather, words, writing
Tagged art, arts, central axis, composiion, compost bin, concrete, conversation, discovery, Fleshdoon, garden, garden birdfeeders, grass green, greenery, madness, moss, observations, October, pond, redness, scruffy garden, sculpture?., serendipity, style, tilting, words
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Another strange photograph?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is another from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel, The Third Policeman:The night seemed to have reached its middle point of intensity and the darkness was now much darker than before. My brain was brimming with half-formed … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, art, arts, books, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, design, dreaming, Dulltown, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, puzzle, reading, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, thinking
Tagged 1930s, anthropomorphism, arms?, bicycles, break-in, colours, concrete, dome-headed, doorway, fire, Flann O'Brien, no home, photography, puzzle, puzzle picture, rendering, serendipity, tap connectors, The Third Policeman, warehouse
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Some opening lines for stories never to be written…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a fat grinning pig – it is a really excellent pourer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> His name was Brad Stiffler, but down at the local golf club they called him … Continue reading
Posted in academia, animals, archeology, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, existentialism, Film, food, history, humour, information, people, physics, puzzle, reading, science, serendipity, smiling, story, style, surrealism, thinking, writing
Tagged a gull-friend?, an excellent pourer, asteroid, British phone boxes, concrete, discarded burgers, fat pig, golf clubs, gulls and pigeons, hanging around, ice cream cones, K2 phone box, names, never to be written, opening lines, the Rolls?, unusual china teapot, wallpaper, War and Peace
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Looking down on some wood…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s mouse is the pink sugar one.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suppose it’s a flyover, a fly-over. Instead of standing and waiting, you can, if want, fly over – over whatever it is that’s trying to stop you in your … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, drama, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, style, thinking, words
Tagged bits of wood, building supplies, composition, concrete, dear reader, flyover, from above, observation, overpass, photographic composition, photography, pink, sticks, sugar mouse, the old brain, Three-by-two, visually interesting
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Astronomy…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s random dictionary words are: beadman, mignonette, sthenic, weetingly, lanugo, and ventil. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, dreaming, information, learning, observations, photography, physics, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, astronomy, colour, concrete, dictionary word, discovery, fungus, galaxies, instruction, night sky, observations, photography, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, stars, style, surrealism, words
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A short architectural rant…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s cheetah is fat one that lolls on the sofa all day watching TV, drinking beer, and eating salty snacks. (Cheetah) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, architects… What’s the matter with them?… Have they no visual sense at all?… … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, brain, design, history, information, money, observations, style, surrealism, thinking
Tagged architecture, art, arts, cheetah, columns, concrete, corbels, fashion, floor to ceiling windows, glass, history, madness, observations, squalid, string course, style, surrealism, Victorian architecture
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