Tired of Being Put on a Pedestal

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Buscot Park, Cotswolds, Egyptian, Oxfordshire, put on a pedestal, Sculpture, statuary

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Pandemic Pastimes

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absorption, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam, Old Masters, pandemic pastimes, re-interpretation, reading

Photo I captured of a paper napkin my friend issued me yesterday. It apparently came from the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, so full marks to the artist and some free publicity!

Land Girl

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allotments, Cotswolds, Filkins, Land Girl, NGS, Oxfordshire, scarecrow

In Filkins Allotments, Oxfordshire

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Pandemic Eye Test

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Covid, eye test, face mask, optician, pandemic

Weird to say the least!

Photo by Candia’s optician, Charlotte.

Pointless Things

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concrete operational, fascinators, list poem, pet hates, Pillow Book, Sei Shonagon, trout pout

I think I wrote this poem based on an entry in The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon,

which was a list of ugly things. I tried to bring it up to date with pet hates of the

20th and 21st century.

Juxtaposing hair

which is unkempt with fine clothes;

a fascinator

on a helmet-like mullet;

hand-made paper spoiled

by spidery handwriting;

low-cut brides kneeling

in front of praying vicars;

presenting logic to the

concrete operational,

who try to pretend

that they understand;

a trout-pout selfie taken

by a narcissist – tramp-stamped,

and no Spring chicken either.

 

 

 

Unicorn

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christmas ornament, close observation, discovery, happenstance, magic, Sculpture, serendipity, simple pleasure, unicorn, value, worth

Went to a sculpture exhibition this week where some exhibits were tens of

thousands of pounds.

At the end, I wandered into the field where we had parked and saw a table

with plants, which I mistakenly thought might be for sale.

In the bushes beside the table was this little magical object- plastic- attached to

a fir branch which might have been part of an old discarded Xmas tree.

I actually had as much pleasure in serendipitously discovering and

photographing this small talisman, worth about 5p!

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Muscovy

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birdwatching, Muscovy Duck, punk hairstyle, Trump hairstyle, wildfowl

Looking a bit of a punk. Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Ultimate Neighbour Feud

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Avaris, hippos, Hyksos, neighbour dispute, revanchism, Seqenenre, Thebes

Photo by Diego Delso

Extreme revanchism row with neighbours:

no statutory nuisance laws back then;

no one issued an abatement notice.

He was ‘the Brave’ – at war with the Hyksos.

It’s amazing what lack of sleep can do.

They just snapped over his noisy hippos.

A desire to cull turned to lust to kill.

We’ve all been maddened by a noisy pool.

The disturbance carried on the night air,

travelling from Thebes, up to Avaris.

Then his younger son captured their city,

almost twenty years into his own reign.

A little bit of poolside decorum

may have prevented an execution.

Users of swimming pools should roar quietly,

to avoid the fate of Seqenenre.

Pick up!

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anti-social behaviour, dog walkers, environmental care, fouling, poo bags

Seen on one of my walks last week. Take note, poo-ligans!

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

It’s Been a While

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Covid 19, French humour, group of six, meeting outside in private gardens, relaxation of regulations, social distancing, two households

Two Households (unmasked, but outside. Pickled, so probably immune.

Could be further apart) Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart