Wednesday 20th April 2016, 9.25am (day 1,700)
“I ain’t no jackdaw. I ain’t got no stoopid hair in my beak. Want this bread? Come and get it, asshole.”
Angry bird
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
Author Archives: Drew Whitworth
The Pub Zoo
Tuesday 19th April 2016, 4.15pm (day 1,699)
An unnecessarily tautological name for a drinking establishment, perhaps. Who cares on such an utterly beautiful day as today.
Dinner preparations
Monday 18th April 2016, 5.25pm (day 1,698)
Another one of those exciting Mondays working at home, where I need to crank up the creativity not only to take the photo but also to think of a pithy commentary. Which, today, I can’t. Happy Mondays.
Wood elf, Hardcastle Crags
Sunday 17th April 2016, 11.05am (day 1,697)
Far too lovely a morning to stay in. Fortunately we have these great pieces of countryside short walks from my house. Sping has not yet fully sprung, but it’s getting there.
Playmobil Man (Silly Billy’s, reopened)
Saturday 16th April 2016, 11.35am (day 1,696)
Since being collectively taken out by the floods on 26th December, about two-thirds of Hebden Bridge town centre has reopened. There have been some subtle moves around, as well — like here, with the toy shop, Silly Billy’s, translocating to a new location on Old Gate and reopening in the last week or so. Playmobil Man serves as an advert to draw the punters in — let’s hope it does so.
The rook doesn’t quite pull it off
Friday 15th April 2016, 7.50am (day 1,695)
This rook was looking quite butch in the viewfinder but he rather spoils it with the hair poking out of his beak. No, it’s not on my camera lens, or on your computer screen — it is indeed poking out of his beak.
ERRATUM: Apparently this is a jackdaw, not a rook — my mistake….
Legless
Thursday 14th April 2016, 6.00pm (day 1,694)
OK, it’s a pretty obvious optical illusion, but what the hell, after a long day at work spent almost completely walking around from one place to another (not to mention my standard 5-mile round-trip hike there via two railway stations), it summed up my day.
Students point cameras at me
Wednesday 13th April 2016, 1.45pm (day 1,693)
Teaching has restarted after the Easter break so I guess I should put in the occasional appearance on campus. It’s also that time of year when the assignment kicks in on the video production course, and some students develop an urge to point cameras at me and others for educational ends. Shen (left, from China) and Gatya (Indonesia) here anticipate that I will be able to talk about something interesting over the next ten minutes or so.
A rare appearance on the blog for my office: the sharp-eyed may note the newspaper cutting on the wall celebrating Brighton’s League Cup victory over Manchester City in 2009. And why not.
Being 42 