The plum pudding paradox

#socs #closeeyesandpoint A Christmas Pudding – Too early ? (C/o Bing) Above, you’ll see a picture of a ‘traditional’ plum pudding, eaten at dessert time around the table at Christmas time….before anyone goes ballistic….i’m following the rules of the previous challenge – and it just happened to fall on the page on the origin Christmas …

Penny Farthing

#poetry #victorian #transport #wheels A penny farthing, Passing the lowry in Salford. Stock Photo by Alamy – Messed about a bit by Inky. Look at Me! on a Victorian street, a marvellous thing that’s hard to beat I rest by a wall where I stand up tall I can be seen by the noble the …

Dial M for Museums

#CFFC #LetterM #Photography part of Cees Fun Photo Challenge…..16/11/2017 Come up with up with photographs with two Ms in the title OK Cee, I’ll do me best! To start with here’s a couple of Museums photographed in the area where i live…. Most of these were taken #Midsummer – so theres another word with more than 1 …

Peek

Peek Manchester Town hall, St Peter’s Square Manchester All saints day, 1st November 2017 What lies behind the corridors tween power and learning ? a path to who knows where ? questions are asked in the buildings on the east while questions are answered in the building to the west fancy seeing what lies beyond …

Antique brass

#coloryourworld #antique-brass #cyw At times you could mistake it for gold with it’s off yellow patina Decorating houses 🏡 with things from time gone by But it’s much more valuable than that To each wooden door 🚪 its castings and shapes Bring a smile to those who are greeted by it As younger successors buckle …

Impressions

This is a piece of Digital Art, Created by me after a visit to Manchester’s City Centre It’s one of my favourites, Created with my Samsung Camera and Corel Painter.  The subject matter being the corridor between Manchester’s Central Library and the Town Hall building.  The sun was in the right place and provided just …

The old toy shop

Radcliffes Toy shopLark Hill PlaceSalford Art Gallery A tale of Lark Hill Place, Salford by inky. As you walk into Lark Hill Place, and head over limestone and cobbled space at the end of the street, something catches young eyes in Radcliffe’s toyshop there on by Stuffed toy animals, puzzles and blocks Snakes and Ladders, …