merry dongle

Little Christmas toys knit by my little sister.

the chipmonks tweet a squirrel

The chipmonks, children of a twitter friend made this beautiful squirrel for me. Isn't she lovely? Those are some clever chipmonks.

a thames tale

This little story, A Thames Tale by Amanda Hinge, is under the Greenwich power station by the river. The website address on the wall no longer works and a google search does not turn up any information on Amanda Hinge.


















It was a warm, sunny afternoon. Just the kind of afernoon that Stan liked to take his dog for a walk.


















Along the walk, Stan found an old soda can with a message in it. 'I wonder what it could say?'


















Stan turned around to find a strange creature looking at him.


















Follow me' the creature said, 'and we shall ask the Gatherer.' So Stan followed into the murky depths of the river.





















The Gatherer was busy sorting out his collection of bottles. 'Excuse me Mr Gatherer?' Stan coughed. 'But would you be able to tell me what this says?'















At sunset pour the blackest gloop from the depths of the river across the watery bank.


















The Gatherer then led Stan to a well where he drew up in a bucket the stickiest, blackest, smelliest gloop Stan had ever seen.





















Stan sat on the river bank with his dog and waited for the sunset to come.















Stan did as the message commanded and poured the foul gloop along the river bank.


















Right before his eyes, tiny shoots pushed through the earth and grew into a marvellous, colourful jungle of flowers stretching out towards the sky.

art break

I was heading out to do some more sightseeing when I came across this in the park beside the Tate Modern. There were big metal sculptures and swings around the perimeter and in the middle these guys were leaping about this structure, poring water in things and making them move. There was spooky future music and recordings of people saying existential stuff. It was a bit silly so I decided to stay.