Cereal and Ice Cream
Month: January 2016
#4: Breakfast
‘”When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said.’ – A.A. Milne
#4 – The 700 Mile Commute
The holidays, such as they were are over, and I return to work with an early morning flight down to London.
#3 – And So That Was Christmas
I’m not big on Christmas. As a non-religious person in an increasingly secular society, I’m almost always glad to see the back of it. As a “holiday” it is particularly stressful, and the spiritual significance has all but been lost in an orgy of consumerism. One thing I do miss, as we move into January,… Continue reading #3 – And So That Was Christmas
#3: Storm
‘The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.’ – Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
Bye bye Christmas holidays…
Tomorrow, many of us will return to work. Today, we will pack away the trappings of Christmas for another year. I hope you all had happy holidays and I hope you kissed an angel under the mistletoe.
Dublin
#2: Proud dog
‘There are only two styles of portrait painting: the serious and the smirk.’ – Charles Dickens
One man’s junk…
…is another man’s treasure! Today started with an early morning rummage round my local antique warehouse. Crystal Palace Antiques, Jasper Road
#2 – Ghostly lighting
Sometimes a scene just grabs your attention. The lighting, the setting just seem to work for no reason you can fathom. This was one of these, taken with just the available street-lighting.