31 July 2010

Beware: pun approaching


The ladies from the woollen mill were wrapped in their work

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN. Care for another colon? Thankyou, I think I just might.

30 July 2010

Obscure post: apply within


Research staff were proving hard to attract

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.

29 July 2010

28 July 2010

Spoons versus lumps


It's a little like rock / paper / scissors. Want to play?

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE.

27 July 2010

Tipsy lampshades


Just one drink and they were all wearing people on their heads

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.

26 July 2010

25 July 2010

Puddle appreciation


At eighty, Lena could still enjoy a good puddle, even on the roof

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND NINE.

24 July 2010

Cosy domestic arrangement


All it took was a candle and a comfy chair

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT. Job done.

23 July 2010

An afternoon spent nodding


In the retirement home for garage sale balloons

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND SEVEN.

22 July 2010

Time to boil


Those psychic messages were becoming annoying

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND SIX.

21 July 2010

Hair maps


For almost two weeks it was fashionable to adorn the hair with cartography

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE.

20 July 2010

Unexpected output


She enjoyed making accidental noises in the half-light

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR.

19 July 2010

Mrs Eccles and the bain-marie


Step 4: Stand in a roasting pan half-filled with hot water

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND THREE.  In the end, it was the cat who made a very good baked egg custard.

18 July 2010

From the Mermaid Marketing Board


Handmade by mermaids, and surprisingly inexpensive

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND THREE.

17 July 2010

A question of capacity


The paper cup was leaving town, but the coach was smaller than expected

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND TWO.

16 July 2010

Headlands for all


Some of the proposed, relatively compact, headlands

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND ONE.

15 July 2010

Pictures from the mind's eye


Rainbow with a door by Daisy Morgan




Playground with two suns by May Morgan




Ocean of mixed signals

DAY TWO HUNDRED. Celebrating 200 daily images with two very talented guest bloggers, Daisy [5] and May [4].

14 July 2010

Still life recipe


Slightly animate objects in an attractive arrangement

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE.

13 July 2010

Just a button


He was only a button, but somehow he knew he was smiling

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT.

12 July 2010

Goldilocks inaccuracies


Clearly there were some distortions in the retelling

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN.

10 July 2010

Being watched


New surveillance methods had been introduced in the town

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE.

9 July 2010

Only the tops


Their world was all about knitwear, but only the tops

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR.

8 July 2010

Baby brushes


Drying out after a bath could be a bit tedious

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE.

7 July 2010

And a cow


As head man, he was entitled to certain privileges

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO. The day I found this set of extremely useful brushes at Function.

6 July 2010

He set up a booth


Somewhere to discuss the conditions of existence

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE.

5 July 2010

Steps away


Something useful may be revealed at any moment

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY.

4 July 2010

At a stop


The spaces in the timetable are the times he likes best

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE.

3 July 2010

Attention discerning travellers


Our town is a haven for under-appreciated landmarks

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT.

The footmen searched


A close examination of the floor was definitely required

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SOMETHING. OH YES, SEVEN.

1 July 2010

The water and the town


Everything busy, alluring and just a tad peculiar

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX.