Yesterday was, if possible, even busier than Monday. Remember those hundreds of science books we put on carts and took upstairs to the science department in December? Well, yesterday I had to bring them all back to the library -- and the school's elevator wasn't working. Which meant several trips up and down carrying armloads of books, and then my boss and I carried the carts downstairs by hand. Ugh!
And then I had to re-shelve everything.
So, anyway, I'm telling you all that to explain my absence as a reader from blogland. That's also why you're getting another batch of random iPhone photos today, stored up over the past couple of weeks -- a quick post with evergreen material, because I have to be back at work early. Enjoy!
First, the sun making some dramatic shadows at the North Greenwich tube and bus station, last Thursday (above).
I came across these in a shop. I've heard of "pigs in blankets," but never ON them.
This dollhouse, set out on the street for the taking, looks like it's been through some type of natural disaster.
I wonder if this means, "Does anyone else feel anything?" Or, "Does anyone else feel LIKE sh*t?"
Outside the Baker Street tube station, these special holiday lights decorated the lampposts. According to the Baker Street Quarter Partnership, they're geese decorated with blue jewels, inspired by the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle." (The fictional Holmes lived and worked on Baker Street in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.) I haven't read that story but now I'm curious.
This was the doorstep of the pub where I bought my potato chips (or crisps, as Mr. Pudding insists) during my recent walk through Plumstead. I love the old tile work, although this threshold is relatively simple compared to some.
By the way, it's very common in England to see single words or short phrases written with a period. I have no idea why. (Mr. P, can your English teacher background help on that question?)
This discarded wardrobe appeared on my walk to work. It was in rough shape, despite its gauzy curtains.
And speaking of clothing, here's something from our library lost & found -- a Chanel jacket! I think if I'd lost that I'd be in a panic!
Finally, a colorful sticker near the St. John's Wood tube stop. It reminds me of the Grateful Dead's "skull and roses" album, though I'm not sure that's really the reference.
The shadows photo! Pigs ON toast is very strange and I hope to never feel shit. Well, as in with my hands. I’m sure I’ve read Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle, but will have to read it again. A free Chanel jacket! Is it your size?
ReplyDeleteSadly no. I'm not sure it's really my style either. :)
DeleteCarrying books upstairs sound like a cruel and unusual employment condition.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting collection of photos and of course Old Mill needs a full stop, but I can't tell you why.
The Chanel jacket would quite suit you and looks like it would keep you cosy as you to and fro work.
Pigs in blankets aren't really eaten here but they are rather nice. I don't care if they come in or on.
Isn't a pig on a blanket basically a pizza?
DeleteDia de los Muertos. A common theme is live flowers contrasted against the dead skull. The living and the dead coexist.
ReplyDeleteThe Chanel jacket matches Zach. I'm not quite sure what you should do with that, but I feel compelled to point it out.
Oh, that could be it! Although the Mexican community in London is pretty sparse.
DeleteIf you had a great many more people at work, you could have formed a chain down the stairs and just passed a stack of books to one another until all the upstairs books have come down.
ReplyDeleteEarthquake Doll House™. New this Christmas!
Instead of a fireman's brigade, a librarian brigade!
DeleteHow big or small is that jacket? If it's quite small and no one claims it, send it to me for Maggie. Can you imagine a six year old wearing a Chanel jacket to school in North Florida?
ReplyDeleteadorable idea!
DeleteIt's too big for Maggie, now, sadly. But you could always save it for her! (Or give it to the BGGSBJ thrift store!) I'll let you know if it gets claimed.
DeleteSave that jacket in Lost & Found and see if the owner claims it!
ReplyDeleteSome little girl would love that doll house!
Love all of these random photos!
The doll house DID disappear, so I'm assuming someone adopted it.
DeleteI can't imagine losing a Chanel jacket. That seems very careless.
ReplyDeleteI love the selection of photos. That tile entrance is great. I used to see things like that when I was a kid. I wonder how many people actually understood those geese lights.
Probably very few. I didn't understand them until I looked them up online!
DeleteI love when you do a photo dump - it's the diversity for me. Fun! Those geese look pretty cool, and I don't really care what they did with the pigs - I could eat one of those right now. Ha!
ReplyDeleteThe geese do make me want to read that Holmes story.
DeleteA fine and interesting collection of photos, Steve. I googled Chanel Jacket and, wow, was I ever surprised to see the price on some of those items.
ReplyDeleteYeah, NOT cheap! Unless it's a knockoff, but if it is, it's a good one.
DeleteAre all these things on the sidewalk being set out for some sort of bulky trash collection or are they just being set out in hopes someone else takes them? As many pictures of things you see set out along the sidewalks, your sidewalks must be crowded to walk along at times.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty common here for people to set things out on the street (or on their garden wall) if they want to get rid of them. If something's sitting on the wall next to the rubbish, I assume it's available!
DeleteThat's a fun group of photos.
ReplyDeleteShelving all of those books reminds me of when I was a shelver at our local library. I would often wear out the knees of my jeans from kneeling down to put books on the lower shelves! It was a good workout tho!
Yeah, I wear out the knees in my pants too. It's an occupational hazard!
DeleteRandom photos are fun, and often the opportunities are missed. I have a neighbor who loves to readjust the lawn chairs in his yard on purpose just to entertain the neighborhood. That dollhouse was definitely in a mud slide. There's atmospheric rivers in toyland too.
ReplyDeleteYou should do a photo essay on your neighbor's chair configurations. (If they're interesting!)
DeleteThat is not a wardrobe; it is a confessional box. Perhaps you should have entered it to confess your sins to Father O'Pudding sitting within. One sin would be referring to a full stop as a period. A period is something that healthy, ovulating women experience every lunar month. I love that pub doorstep but can offer no conclusive explanation for the full stop after "Old Mill". There was a certain randomness about their use in such situations. We must not imagine that the past was a guild of commonly agreed accuracy just because it was the past.
ReplyDeleteToday the wardrobe was still there but the curtains were gone! Is there also a partial stop?
DeleteFantastic Post As Always - I Appreciate Those Walks Of Yours
ReplyDeleteCheers
P.S. Olga Girl Loves Her Treats - Hint Hint
Don't worry -- she got several yesterday. :)
DeleteI love posts like this and could easily comment on each photo, but instead just I'll ask if "cranberry jewels" are what I'd call "craisins"? (and yes, I know that's probably a trademarked word)
ReplyDeleteI haven't the slightest idea what a "cranberry jewel" is, but I'd guess you're right on the mark.
DeleteI like that jacket! I've always been fascinated by doll houses but that one does look wrecked.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely seen better days!
DeleteI've never found those Chanel jackets to be very attractive and don't understand why they are so expensive when they are not inherently beautiful. Although, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I know.
ReplyDeletePigs on Blankets reminds me of this: https://www.facebook.com/estherthewonderpig
A whole other thing from pigs in blankets :)
They do have a very distinctive look, though. The minute I saw it hanging on the back of the chair I thought, "That's Chanel!" And I suppose wearing one is partly about the status associated with having it recognized for what it is.
DeleteRe. Esther: OH MY GOD! A HOUSE PIG!
Fascinating photos, as always.
ReplyDeleteWell, fascinating might be overstating it, but I'll accept mildly interesting. :)
DeleteThere's something sad looking about the doll house. It should'nt be helter skelter like this one is. I wouldn't miss that jacket. You have a super day, hugs, Edna B.
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