Miscellaneous

The Apprentice

Noo then lad, job's a goodun. You'll do well, even though yer brain is wooden. My time is past, and me guts is black pudden. So I'm off home now, to...

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

An old one: probably written in the summer of 2014, which was hotter than usual in The Frying Pan of Spain, the Guadalhorce Valley. image source flicker.com photographer Beppie licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bad Objects

I'm sure you'll figure it out. Image created by me at cooltext.com

World Burning Down (Turkey and Greece, California and Oregon, and Afghanistan!) by Alfred N.Muggins

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With so many important and historical parts of the world burning down this year, and Mother Nature on the run, Alfred Muggins juxtaposes (or mirrors) the wanton/negligent/reckless/hapless/treacherous 'burning down' of the Afghan State, which so few were prepared to fight for in the end, and compares it with ancient times!

From Rochdale to the Stars

It's about... well, you'll see. Image from publicdomainvectors.org

Faces

Faces city streets reveal life's stories painted on blank faces soft warm shades aglow with hope a child gapes at new places a wrinkled canvas aged...
Cherry

Strictly For The Birds

Odd what you think about when you walk a dog. Image is from Elland C.C. website. I've asked them and they don't mind.
Cherry

Lordy Lordy - Development

I was woken by Box, my parliamentary assistant, with my breakfast tray. "Your coffee, my lord, your tray of toast and toast adornments, the morning...

Lordy Lordy - the parliamentary tour

With Box on holiday and the household finances precarious as usual, I was reduced to hiring boy scouts on bob a job week to carry out my chores...