tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post2797082248932975355..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: looking up, mnemonic, road mapAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-16241391292643174632008-08-04T07:40:00.000+01:002008-08-04T07:40:00.000+01:00I love those chimney pots and finials. The one wit...I love those chimney pots and finials. The one with the holes in -- If I'm at my desk at the right time of day and the right time of year, I can see the setting sun shining through it.<BR/><BR/>There are some things I'm really going to miss about this flat.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13411950678231892082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-2892260886756670552008-08-02T08:55:00.000+01:002008-08-02T08:55:00.000+01:00Going through a chart of Sennelier watercolours to...Going through a chart of Sennelier watercolours to translate the names for Tom, there is a Noir de Peche (with the circumflex). This is puzzling, though I haven't done any research to resolve it. Made from charred peach stones, perhaps?<BR/><BR/>The sin/fishing confusion apparently never gives rise to any puns, which seems surprising - it was once suggested that the fisherman in the Seurat painting of the island in the Seine (sorry, forget it's title), was a punning reference to the sinful and debauched activities of the place, but this was rebutted, because that is simply not a pun that happens. I'd have thought the tendency of menfolk to abandon their wives and families in their lust for fishing would offer possibilites in terms of fishing as original sin, but no.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55420903166620624792008-08-01T10:14:00.000+01:002008-08-01T10:14:00.000+01:00Thanks, Marja-Leena. The roots are difficult to se...Thanks, Marja-Leena. The roots are difficult to see at first. The new camera, which complements my Sony Cybershot, always in my pocket. An Olympia SP570UZ I wanted something which would allow me to come in really close and zoom from a distance without changing lenses. Much as I like taking photographs I would not claim to be a photographer.<BR/><BR/>Barrett, in my Collins Robert, the pronounciation is shown as being the same. It is even more difficult to distinguish between the word for peach and the word for fish, because in both cases the "e" wears a hat, making it a true homograph.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-9797270210488903102008-08-01T09:36:00.000+01:002008-08-01T09:36:00.000+01:00The next trick is to challenge a Frenchman to dist...The next trick is to challenge a Frenchman to distinguish between the pronunciation.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-78479410920365089122008-07-31T18:27:00.000+01:002008-07-31T18:27:00.000+01:00Great photo with the contrasts in shapes! A new ca...Great photo with the contrasts in shapes! A new camera, eh? I'd enjoy a photo of your beautifully described tree roots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com