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Oct 09 2023
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Art and architecture, Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Sophia’s portrait

Saturday 7th October 2023, 4.20pm (day 4,426)

Sophia's portrait, 7/10/23

Another person’s art — and this time, with the artist. Sophia is depicted at the Friends of St Helena annual meeting, telling us about her inspirations, as a person born in Britain of St Helenian descent, and never having visited the island until earlier this year (in fact she was there in January and February when I was, but I don’t remember meeting her). The guy pictured is her grandfather, born on the island but left 78 years ago. Her art is really good, I don’t do it justice here, but I like the picture anyway.

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Oct 07 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Unbothered, as usual

Friday 6th October 2023, 10.30am (day 4,425)

Bold robin, 6/10/23

There is a reason why robins have been depicted on here so often, and certainly more than any other species of small bird (ducks and pigeons will rival them in the overall rankings). This is their complete lack of fear of humanity. Basically, they have established that they can make us work on their behalf. Dig or (as I did today) strim the garden and one is almost certain to appear to check the work is done and then pick out the insects left behind. There’s a bit of zoom used on this shot, but not much.

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Oct 06 2023
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Daily Post, Transport

Waiting at Dewsbury

Thursday 5th October 2023, 2.35pm (day 4,424)

Dewsbury station, 5/10/23

Dewsbury is not my favourite place for various reasons but it has one saving grace — the railway station, and the excellent pub which is attached. I didn’t have time to visit that establishment today but no matter. The little girl stepped out from between the pillars at the right moment. And she’s being good, not going over the yellow line and all that.

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Oct 04 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Cat debutante

Wednesday 4th October 2023, 3.45pm (day 4,423)

Cat and old door, 4/10/23

This little cutie was clearly taking its first steps into the world of modelling. “Should I run and hide? Should I move in for the purr and rub? Or should I just pose?” Do the latter, that’s just fine.

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Oct 03 2023
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

A fragrant Mood (not an advert)

Tuesday 3rd October 2023, 12.35pm (day 4,422)

Perfume stall, 3/10/23

Apparently “Mood” is the gender-neutral fragrance of the season, if the large stall in the Arndale Centre, exclusively devoted to tempting us to buy it, is anything to go by. But one might advise them to be a little more subtle when it comes to pumping out the scent. By the time I had walked past I was already sick of it.

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Oct 03 2023
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Political statement

Monday 2nd October 2023, 10.10am (day 4,421)

Political statement, 2/10/23

The Conservative Party can’t even do incompetence competently — and by now, they have had lots of chances to practice it. Brilliantly, some idiot lets slip that the proposed high-speed rail link to Manchester is likely to be cancelled, in the very week that the party are holding its annual conference…. in Manchester. Frankly, I am so disillusioned about there being any prospect of genuine change in the trajectory not only of this country, but the human race, that I have largely stopped caring, but let’s at least document the existence of a political opposition to these clowns: unfortunately, sticking posters to lamp-posts seems to be the extent of it.

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Oct 01 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

The Central, Liverpool

Sunday 1st October 2023, 4.10pm (day 4,420)

The Central, Liverpool, 1/10/23

Some pubs are just superb inside, and I discovered today that The Central in Liverpool, just round the corner from Lime Street station, is certainly among them. Keeping those mirrors free of grime must be a full-time job (although probably easier than it was when smoking was still allowed in pubs) and this is just a small part of the whole. But what I really like about this picture is the way that the reflection of the woman on the screen looks like she has turned into the bride at some major Indian wedding.

Have we only just made it to October? Blimey.

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Oct 01 2023
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Daily Post, Sport

Denholme United

Saturday 30th September 2023, 2.25pm (day 4,419)

Denholme United, 30/9/23

22 men kicking a pig’s bladder (well, originally) around a muddy field, in the rain, up on a Yorkshire moor. But you know I like this kind of thing. Today, courtesy of Denholme United — the ones in yellow.

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Oct 01 2023
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Daily Post, Family Member, Portrait

Clare at the bar (Trades Club)

Friday 29th September 2023, 9.10pm (day 4,418)

Trades Club bar, 29/9/23

A Friday night out, in the kind of lighting which makes taking photos with my point-and-click gear an activity dependent mostly on luck. Great action shots of people dancing don’t really emerge. But this photo of Clare getting the first beers of the evening is at least notable for this being the point when she overtakes Joe as the most-often featured person on here — a status that, all things considered, she will almost certainly now retain.

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Sep 29 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Spider on bottles

Thursday 28th September 2023, 2.00pm (day 4,417)

I was going to post something about how the truly large cave spiders that once lived in our shed (see here, for instance) haven’t made an appearance for a while. Then this morning — the day after this picture was taken — a “spider the size of a Buick” (to quote Woody Allen) turned up in the bathtub. This one’s big enough however. And I needed those bottles to decant the plum wine….

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