shed 3

A friend of F has given him part of an allotment to try out. I went along with him earlier this year to have a look round and of course there were plenty of sheds. I love the variety and personalisation of sheds on allotments. Must take some more photos.

pont croix b&b

Have to make a mention of Sue's b&b in Pont Croix, Finistere. It's not been open very long but she's getting lovely comments from the people who've stayed. She offers a really characterful room with en suite facilities, situated in an interesting old town beside the river Goyen and she's a great host.
Being on a peninsular, Pont Croix is only a few minutes drive to a variety of sandy coves, dunes, rocky coasts and cliffs with a wealth of tiny, ancient villages inland. All year round there are stunning coastal walks and most weekends throughout the summer there will invariably be a traditional Breton fete in one of the surrounding villages.
I'm hoping to start loading some photographs of the area here.
A stay is highly recommended.

number 10

Not quite suitable for the shed section although it could fit. A great little wooden house in Oracle, Arizona. An earlier photo on the Flikr site shows that there is, in fact, a row of several of these. And the trees are brilliant.

from the bookshelf #2

Another gem from my sister's bookshelf. Beware of those illness germs.

from the bookshelf #1

From my sister's bookshelf. Rebecca - the Cheap Edition - published by Gollancz in the '40s. It struck me that, in the current financial situation, designing things to look cheap is going to become very popular again. There's also a '1st Cheap Edition' of Rebecca for sale online at £299 - cheap indeed!

i'm too sensitive

Sorry, i'm just too sensitive.
>>>Sensitive Artist

today's special

Dustysevens just posted these three really nice short films by director Paul Kelly about London's disappearing cafes. Obviously made a few years ago. Today's Special Nos 1, 2 and 3.

2010 reading

Just getting to the end of An Ice-Cream War and thought I'd list the books I've read over the last year so that I don't forget.

Mathew Kneale - English Passengers
Hanif Kureishi - Love in a Blue Time
Jim Crace - Being Dead
Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor - The Salesman
William Boyd - Any Human Heart
William Boyd - Ordinary Thunderstorms
William Boyd -Brazzaville Beach
William Boyd - An Ice-Cream War
Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Ali Smith - The First Person and Other Stories
John Banville - The Sea
M J Hyland - How the Light Gets In
Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
David Mitchell - Black Swan Green
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Michael Frayn - Headlong

I think my favourite reads have been Black Swan Green, Nocturnes, Star of the Sea and The Sea.