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Thanks Allan!
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Oooh, big points there! Mahjong is one of my favourite games
Week 37 - Emotion(al)
"Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"
Six weeks behind... strap in tight for some serious catching up.
First... prepare for some gratuitous shoehorning.
I have been rather busy doing "ordinary" stuff, and I have been feeling rather "Emulsional" about it. Geddit? Emotional - Emulsional? Oh, please yourselves!
"Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"
Six weeks behind... strap in tight for some serious catching up.
First... prepare for some gratuitous shoehorning.
I have been rather busy doing "ordinary" stuff, and I have been feeling rather "Emulsional" about it. Geddit? Emotional - Emulsional? Oh, please yourselves!
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Let's just gloss over that one.
I can't believe I satin to read that.
I can't believe I satin to read that.
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Shoehorn away !
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Don’t believe what Google tells you….
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Emulsional...
A good start to the catch-up! I hope the finished walls can make it in somehow too
Emulsional...
Thanks all!
Week 40 - Heavy
This is a return to an idea I last tried Feb 2022 (I checked), but wasn't entirely happy with it then and wanted another go.
This might require a bit of explanation, especially for people who haven't Scotland (why not!) or drink beer (ditto).
This is a pint of strong ale, which north of the border, they might refer to as "a pint o' heavy". In fact, this one is sufficiently strong (6.3%) that they might call it a Wee Heavy.
They might also refer to it as a "90/-" or "90 shilling" or "90 bob". This refers to the excise categories introduced well over a hundred years ago, and long discontinued, as is the currency referred to - but hey, why change something which works?
I don't usually show also rans, but here was my original effort.
I'm glad I went back to the drawing board.
Oh, and the beer was lovely!
This is a return to an idea I last tried Feb 2022 (I checked), but wasn't entirely happy with it then and wanted another go.
This might require a bit of explanation, especially for people who haven't Scotland (why not!) or drink beer (ditto).
This is a pint of strong ale, which north of the border, they might refer to as "a pint o' heavy". In fact, this one is sufficiently strong (6.3%) that they might call it a Wee Heavy.
They might also refer to it as a "90/-" or "90 shilling" or "90 bob". This refers to the excise categories introduced well over a hundred years ago, and long discontinued, as is the currency referred to - but hey, why change something which works?
I don't usually show also rans, but here was my original effort.
I'm glad I went back to the drawing board.
Oh, and the beer was lovely!
Week 41 - Night Photography
Back to my occupation / mission / obsession / compulsion / burden.
For those of you so keen for me to take on your own decorating jobs; sadly I have to inform the group that I have decided to give up decorating. Sorry! (Not sorry)
Back to my occupation / mission / obsession / compulsion / burden.
For those of you so keen for me to take on your own decorating jobs; sadly I have to inform the group that I have decided to give up decorating. Sorry! (Not sorry)
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The supreme joy of decorating an empty room.
I don't know what you're whinging at.
Because that is the fourth room!
Thanks for commenting Wayne.
Thanks Simon!
Thank you Allan. The Olympic rings idea worked better in my head - but then again, don't they all.
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Little behind on my commenting...
Really like your Heavy shot and your night shot
Great colours in your Autumn shot and very creative with your circles.
All really good.
Really like your Heavy shot and your night shot
Great colours in your Autumn shot and very creative with your circles.
All really good.
Thanks Bill!
Week 44 - Old vs New
Lacking in inspiration on this theme.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, those in the know will realise that the "new" penny is, in fact, not new. The design for the King Charles III penny is a dormouse, whereas this is the "partial Royal Shield" design. This coin dates from 2017, but was nice and shiny - all the more so after a bath in vinegar. Like many people nowadays, I rarely use cash, so I don't have a new "dormouse" penny, indeed I have not seen any of the new coins or notes yet.
Somewhere I do have a full set of the "new" decimal coinage as introduced in 1971. I did contemplate an old "new" coin and it's new, but tarnished version, flipping our understanding of new and old - but then I couldn't find the set!
But PABD!
Lacking in inspiration on this theme.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, those in the know will realise that the "new" penny is, in fact, not new. The design for the King Charles III penny is a dormouse, whereas this is the "partial Royal Shield" design. This coin dates from 2017, but was nice and shiny - all the more so after a bath in vinegar. Like many people nowadays, I rarely use cash, so I don't have a new "dormouse" penny, indeed I have not seen any of the new coins or notes yet.
Somewhere I do have a full set of the "new" decimal coinage as introduced in 1971. I did contemplate an old "new" coin and it's new, but tarnished version, flipping our understanding of new and old - but then I couldn't find the set!
But PABD!
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I don't mind at all if you try your own take on a similar approach.
