Saturday 30 May 2009

PHOTO #150: Seen at a wedding


Insert misogynistic joke here...

Friday 29 May 2009

PHOTO #149: Is it a gaggle, or is it a queue?


Canadian geese, but they queue with such discipline you'd swear they are English.

Wednesday 27 May 2009

PHOTO #147: Samson slaying a Philistine



Statue by Giambologna, in the V&A.
I'm all for slaying Philistines (a cull is something I may have mentioned elsewhere). but Samson should be careful. If his opponent is willing to fight dirty, he could be in for a very nasty surprise...

Friday 22 May 2009

PHOTO #142: Horse tamer


You just feel that whispering wouldn't work with this one...

Wednesday 20 May 2009

PHOTO #140: The thinking reed


"Je ne peux concevoir l'homme sans pensée; ce serait une pierre, ou une brute" (Blaise Pascal, Pensées) - "I cannot conceive Man without thought; he would be a stone, or a brute"

Tuesday 12 May 2009

PHOTO #132: The Archimedes screw


Bringing a flow of people back up.

Sunday 10 May 2009