BLOGGERS WORLD

THE INNOCENT ABROAD

FOR THE LADIES

Snoring model available

And for the men...........Here

Thankyou Masako

I SPY

Is this a laptop I see before mine eyes?

END STORY

GERALDGEE.......sportsman of the era

And enthusiastic audience...

Yesteryear photoshoot

Thats what running boards were made for,you can't do this on a Lamborghini.

Essex Moorings

Painted from memory of typical Essex shoreline of the late 40s where in my youth I lived and did much sailing. Essex in those days was uncrowded with few restrictions except for the wartime ones and was a great adventure ground with miles of quiet deserted creeks to sail in and happily no speed boats or jet skiers.
I did this painting in the late 60s.its all household emulsion and black indian ink on a wooden panel,I've borrowed it from my gallery.

NAT SHILKRET & his orch

TO MINIS AND BACK...................1949~1980

What year was all the flat shoes, multi petticoats and flared skirts that bobbed up and down along the pavements?
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EYE TO EYE

Our car

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Personal Statements

There was a day when all cars looked different and matched ones personality as this picture shows. However I remember an ad man telling me they always chose small people to pose with cars to make them look larger than they actually were.
Not sure if this is a painting or a photo or both but it's a damn good advertisement and makes me wish I had the car,but not the pipe.

SAFETY TIP FOR THE LADIES

Do not leave an open purse on the passengers seat.It is a temptation for passing vagabonds.

ANOTHER GREAT NIECE

GO GREEN TO RIO

This maybe the way to travel again,Solar panels to work the engines,fire proof gas,computerised control and modern lightweight construction. All quite possible and think how nice to be able to lean out of the windows and wave at the earthbound minions below.
Who cares if it takes a couple of days to cross the Atlantic if you have your own bedroom and a decent dining room etc. No jet lag anyway.
Bring back the airship...(And the Empire)

KIDS....I ask you...

Henri Toulouse~Lautrec

THE ATTIC

FAMILY

I am blessed with some great nieces,here is one of them!

PAST PICS

Counting the pebbles on Brighton beach.....1964 Rolleiflex 4x4

Emailed from Japan

Mei in the snow.

JO

Studio....Olympus E~500 Corel Painter

PHOTO AND PAINT

Photo mid 1980s in studio... Olympus OM4 B/W +photoshop

THIS LIBRARY WORLD

RED

Acrylic on board........ Painted sometime mid 1980s

THE BEACH

A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE ABOUT GROWING OLD

DAMN
I forgot what it was

GEORGE SEURAT .1859~1891

Two photos.....Morning and evening

Ireland...Photo from Local view
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West Mersea moorings

Photo from Mersea Pearl

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SUMMERS PAST

What more could one want,a bit of space in Wales and all mod cons.

Disabled

Yesterday I think due to the cold and damp weather and in spite of central heating,one of my hips gave out and I can no longer walk! I had never realised what an impact this would make,I have to painfully lurch from one piece of furniture to another to make any progress,getting to the lav a nightmare and cooking is impossible.
Luckily there was an apple pie in the fridge so that was supper and breakfast and I have just made a cup of tea....bliss.
It's still too early on a Sunday morning to phone for help so I shall shortly grope my way from here to the couch and Telly and sit it out.
One thing....Its taught me how difficult it must be to be disabled full time.
Postscript
Turned out to be sciatica,am still immobilised but have nice handful of painkillers....Happy days..

SISTERS

Mamiya 7

THE CURSE OF COMPUTERING

THE BIG THAW

Annette Hanshaw

The sort of gear my mum used to wear before I met her.

THAWED OUT

PLAYGROUND TALK

LAST SUMMER

Come back,all is forgiven

Olympus C-8080

Couple of oldies from my files

THE PICKENS SISTERS

THE FACTS OF LIFE

E.W. Douglas

This was drawn by my father Leslie Grimes for a Douglas sale brochure way back in the twenties.Being small in size he used to passenger racing sidecars at Brooklands as a hobby.

He himself owned a Brough Superior.Wish I had lived then,I'm sure motorcycling was far more fun than it is now.

I owned a couple of Douglas bikes in the sixties,one a dragonfly,rather slow but very comfortable for long distance,seem to remember it had a five(or Near)gallon tank and could go for ever without stopping for petrol which made up for lack of speed. The other was a Mark V which was extremely nimble and I used as a wet weather bike instead of the Velocette Venom in my dispatch riding days.

THE BELL RINGERS OF ENGLAND...

Sunday morning in Kensington Gardens

Early 60s... rolleiflex 4x4

Mersea Island

West Mersea oyster beds and sea wall

photos by Mersea Pearl

LISA HANNAGAN

Apart from being a Lisa Hannigan fan this reminds me of doing my national service and spending two years in an army drawing office where to past the time I used to make pop up books (much smaller than these) to send to my then girl friend. Didn't do me much good with her but helped cure the boredom of being a military minion.

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH

Antidote to Holby City....................Nurse Jackie. Less than 10% Sloppy over the top sentimental.
BBC 2 Monday 10.00 every night.

TEA FOR TWO

Played at all good parties in the 50s and early 60s. Still got mine but the grooves all gone flat.Is gin and Merrydown still drunk these days?

JAN PRINCE

Still missed

Travel

SNOWSCAPE

Drawn on Wacom Tablet.....today

Keeps me off the streets. (Health and safety)

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES