Get Ahead...

Another from my Fashion in the Street series...

The amazing sunny weather today brought people out in all kinds of fabulous outfits. This girl's hat was so spectacular that people were turning to look in the street!

The sunshine makes everyone a bit braver...

I was loving the many hats on display, from cotton kiddies sunhats to straw fedoras.

Spire Time!

This is such a lovely photo I thought I'd use it as is. My second clock tower is from the lovely Ferryhill South Church of 1872. When I went to photo it I discovered the bonus of a bake and book sale was on too! We used to come here to vote but they must have re-organised so now we go on Holburn Street. As a card carrying atheist that's pretty much the only time I go in a church! I love the buildings though.

Time to Look Around

Apologies for lay-out, Blogger has been redone and I can't get the hang of it. This is the Holburn Junction Tram Shelter (now office) and is the first of my new blog project finds. The project: to find and draw clock towers around Aberdeen, especially working ones. I love a clock tower and the links they provide to days before the wrist watch, as well as being an exciting architectural punctuation to the skyline.

The Holburn Tram Shelter has an art-deco style mini tower and I love to think of people looking up at the tower and then peering along the road for their tram approaching. The building is sadly, easily overlooked, as it is unloved and right by a huge busy roundabout at Garthdee. But check it out if you are around there.

So look up today and find those clock towers where you live! Any pointers to Aberdeen clock towers would be gratefully received...is there one near where you live?

Knitted Fox



Depressed fish

Yesterday I made trout baked in a foil parcel. I was very proud of myself for facing up to a whole fish, especially with his reproachful expression.

Pros: fish delicious! Overcoming adversity.

Minus: fish slime, googly eyeball in fish skull.

Knitted London Mouse

I feel quite bad about the knitted mouse as (sadly) I spend time at work removing dead ones. If only they didn't like eating paper and textiles it would be much better for all of us.
Toerag the mouse has little arms but you can't see them under his big ears. He is sitting on a knitted hot cross bun (present, not my own work) and looking out of the window.

Three Things April 2

1) Discussion of Flinders Petrie and the Egypt Exploration Society on Radio 2.

2) Cup of tea and book on the social history of furniture.

3) Having all kinds of creative work ideas...(fear me!)