I wish I could draw like that…
Cats sleeping on chairs…
Cat asleep on chair:
Covert in darkened room
Watch out where you sit.
The thanks I get…
The longhand equivalent of the folded hands or smiling face emoji. All you need to do is send someone some money and you may receive a letter in the post just like this if you're lucky. It's nice that people take the time.
Sender: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
Get out. Your time is up…
Years ago I lived in a room and shared a bathroom with an actress who lived on the same floor. We had to put a gold coin in a meter if we wanted to take a bath. The actress was even poorer than me because I once found her sharing her bath with all her clothes to save on laundry costs. (I would use the laundrette down the road every Saturday afternoon). After that encounter I would make her donations of bath money. For some reason she kept this, probably because it is still loaded with a coin.
Circa the last century. Good for one bath or three showers, whichever is longest.
These are a few of my favourite receipts…
We hit bad weather…
It was already spitting on the tarmac. I could see it on the window before we took off.
Farewell to all that technology……
Today is Remembrance Sunday and I thought about a school visit I did, talking to some children about picture books and that type of thing. One little girl asked me about The Frank Show which is a book about a boy whose grandfather is a source of some embarrassment to him, until he learns a little about Frank's life.
The girl pointed to the picture below and asked me what type of phone Frank was using. I said it wasn't a phone but a hearing aid to help him hear things better. And she said that if he had a phone he could show people pictures about his life instead of telling stories all the time.
I had to agree with her. But Frank was probably too busy to take pictures during the war because he was a soldier and had lots of more important things to do. She thought that hearing aids were a good idea.
I like how pictures can generate questions as well as make statements about things. Someone told me that children born this century don't recognise a dial-telephone. If they see it they can ask, is my opinion. It keeps them thinking and asking and learning.
Frank wouldn't be patient enough to work a smartphone anyway.
Bluetooth bypassed Frank.
Notes I Don't Remember Making…
Sometime in June 2017.
Sometime in February 2017.
Notes I Don't Remember Making…
Save the date.
Puppyrazzi, France…
Fox terrier, rural France, 1998.
Deceptively light anti-camera dog.