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Tag Archives: owls
Oh, no! You’re not watching the TV forensics shows again, are you?…
But first…Dulltown. UK: Today’s owl is the one that is badgering the badgers.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who, me!But it seems that they are so very popular. There used to just a couple of shows, but now all the channels seem to have them … Continue reading
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Tagged badgering, badgers, carnage, conversation, crack, Crime and Punishment, crime scene, crime shows, cup of tea, discovery, fat cops, guitars, hats indoors, Leadbelly, observations, owls, quiet room, serendipity, style, surrealism, thirty years, words
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The one connected with that wire box?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the boring one who has just discovered the host’s vinyl records. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘A wire box’? Yes, everyone should seek to have a box of wires… ‘Oh, don’t start going on … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, dreaming, existentialism, expletives, fine art prints, gods, Grumpiness, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, magic, music, physics, prints, puzzle, religion, science, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, swearing, thinking, words
Tagged abstract, abstract art, an owl?, art, arts, black and white, boring elephant, conversation, conversation piece, criss-cross, elephant in the room, eyes, God, Japanese paper, lino cut printing, madness, observations, oil-based inks, overlapping, owls, serendipity, Space God, style, surrealism, the host, vinyl records, words
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Bird feeder collaboration…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s expletive, probably American, is By Crackity! A simple euphemism for Christ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suppose I’m lucky to have, birds. Well, I don’t actually have them, of course, but they do whizz in and out of … Continue reading
Posted in academia, brain, conversation, cool, drama, expletives, food, humour, information, jobs, learning, observations, overheard, puzzle, religion, seeing, serendipity, smiling, thinking, words
Tagged bird feeders, bird food, bird land, blackbirds, blue tits, brown blackbirds, collaboration, conversation, Coo coo!, cooperation, crows, discovery, dunnocks?, finches, garden birds, magpies, not a gardener, observations, owls, picky eaters, pigeons, serendipity, sparrows, Squirrels, whack-whack noise, words
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Yes, yes, but how big is it?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s owl is the thoughtful, but smug looking one… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This morning, first thing after making a nice cup of tea and stoking up the boiler of my old steam-driven computer, I had to decide what … Continue reading
Posted in academia, archeology, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, expletives, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, jobs, learning, money, observations, painting, puzzle, seeing, thinking, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged art college, Big is impressive, blogging, centuries ago, cup of tea, daily, Davd Hockney, doublet and hose, filling the page, how big?, logic in art, miniatures, Monet, money?, over the fireplace, owls, Rosenquist, showing off, size of artwork, smug-looking, steam driven, text only, water lilies, writing style
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See, I told you it was too cute…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a quiet word from the boss in the outer office…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s that lino print, the one that resulted from the rough sketch I showed you a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged a quiet word, black and white, black border, cardboard masks, cartoon character, cereal box, cuteness, cutting lino, eulenspiegel, eyes, human eyes, Japanese Kizuki paper, Kizuki 4 Monme paper, lino cut printing, oil-based inks, owls, ragged edges, snowstorm, staring eyes, the outer office, unusual china teapot, visitor
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It’s probably a bit too cute Dave…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s rather nice fish names are: the False Brotula, the Kahawai, the Noodlefish, the Horsefish, the Modoc Sucker, and the Slender Mola. If you were visiting an aquarium with someone you wanted to impress, and you pointed … Continue reading
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Tagged aquarium, birds, birds eyes, black border, cuteness, designing, drawing, endearing, eyes, fluffy, he-owl, interesting fish names, lino cut print, lino cut printing, marking gauge, owls, puffed up, spanner, the False Brotula, the Horsefish, the Kahawai. the Noodlefish, the Modoc Sucker, the Slender Mola, waffling, Wrench
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Some overheard and misheard snatches of café conversation – pre-lockdown, of course…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Flann O’Brien’s 1930s novel The Third Policeman:…a small man was sitting beside me watching me. He was tricky and he smoked a tricky pipe and his hand was quavery. His eyes were tricky … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, arses, brushless, Cafe Conversation, cheese, Clive, fairy dip, Flann O'Brien, foffy, gob-bearded, grape-ear, hazards, make-up, misheard, overheard, owl paragons, owls, pre-lockdown cafe, The Third Policeman, tricky, vague, velvet shod
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So, how did that lino print turn out Dave?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s suit of armour is the one which is complete, and in very good condition, except for a large dent, slap bang in the middle of the plackart. (click) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You may recall dear reader, few … Continue reading
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Tagged 'composing', 1800s, A4 in size, abstract art, art, arts, black and white, conversation, curve cutting device, cutting lino, dictionary word, drawing, history, Kizuki 4 Monme paper, lino cut printing, lino print, linoleum, madness, music, oil-based inks, owls, photography, piece of music, plackart, recording, SoundCloud, style, suit of armour, surrealism, tunes, words
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Yes, that lino print’s done now…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I recently finished re-reading: The darkness inside the taxi slid and swayed as quarters and halves and whole squares of ashen light passed … Continue reading
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Tagged 'L'-shapes for windows, 1933, Albinus, art, arts, drawing, eyes, history, Laughter in the Dark, mackerel on toast, madness, Margot, Maurice, owl-eyes, owls, sex, simple forms, style, sunlight, surrealism, the unexpected owl, vladimir nabokov, waffle, windows, words, writing
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Lunch and a lino design…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1933 novel Laughter in the Dark, which I recently finished re-reading: ‘Forgive me,’ he said, ‘don’t be cross with me, Margo. I can’t live without you. Look here, I’ve thought … Continue reading
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Tagged 'L'-shapes for windows, a fool, art, arts, buttered toast, conversation, destruction, drawing, history, Laughter in the Dark, lino block, lino print design, mackerel on toast, Margo, Marmite, owls, photography, ripping up prints, Russian literature, sex, style, surrealism, the unexpected owl, vladimir nabokov, windows, words, writing
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The owl wasn’t really unexpected…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s confused film star is Moger Roore. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, a few days ago dear reader, I showed a photograph of some preliminary pencil drawings depicting some steps, or a staircase, and I waffled on about them … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, black and white, celebrities, clattering in the night, drama, drawing, eyes, Kizuki 4 Monme paper, lino cut print, lino print design, linocut printing, oil-based inks, owl in the night, owls, pencil drawing, photography, Roger Moore, serendipity, staircase drawing, style, surrealism, the moon, the unexpected owl, words
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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4744…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Picasso pink, Pontormo purple, Rembrandt russet, Brancusi black, Magritte mauve, Arp azure, and Fuseli fawn. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm… Well I think this is self-explanatory, don’t you? Ah, yet another of my mail … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, brain, composition, creation, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, puzzle, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, Arp, art, arts, assure-azure, celebrities, collage, colour, idiot that I am, Magritte, mail art cards, owls, painting, Pontormo, psychic investigators, psychics, Rembrandt, sculpture, serendipity, spellchecker, spelling, style, surrealism, TV, What's On TV, words
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Mail Art Postcard No. 4645…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice expletive is Blarm me! – this is obviously a corruption of the Cockney Blimey!, which is itself a corruption of Blind me! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Damn!…’ ‘What’s up?’ ‘The owl is on the sofa again…’ ‘Damn!…’ … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, art, arts, awful TV listings magazine, conversation, dictionary word, eurovision song contest, expletives, grumpy owl, madness, mail art postcards, owls, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, What's On TV, words
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