Monthly Archives: May 2010

Ewelme

By Alice | Published: May 25, 2010

Watercress beds. Built in 1890 and recently restored. Jerome K Jerome wrote Three Men in a Boat. Such a peaceful spot. Ewelme which I think is pronounced ‘ewe-elm’ like the sheep and the tree. A beautiful quiet little village.

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build me up

By Alice | Published: May 24, 2010

There are actually two people in the above picture, can you see them? It is buttercup time on Port Meadow. Port Meadow often appears on here because like today I often go there on my lunch break, for example here are some other visits in rather different weather here and here. Ha, I also spotted [...]

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Show & tell: well aged converse

By Alice | Published: May 23, 2010

I bought these in Japan in ’03 and they have served me well. I remembered that early in their life they were on the cover of a CD so I went to roughly re-create this. The CD cases were handmade from orange card with a black and white photocopied sticker with the picture of the [...]

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same scene

By Alice | Published: May 22, 2010

I was minding my own business and going along a shortcut when I looked up and noticed a familiar scene. Almost exactly a year ago too. I guess that living in the same city for so long it is bound to happen that you’ll catch the same scene in very similar light.

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more nights and days

By Alice | Published: May 22, 2010

The top picture is not really the sort of thing that I usually post but I thought it was interesting because this sort of scene is common late into the night outside nightclubs and pubs now because of the smoking ban. I took this at about 1am as I was heading home, the streets were [...]

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