ROY X CONE contest, 1.1.11 - 2.1.12

[The Clerk]

Last week my friend Kerry came to visit along with her dog Otto, a 7 month old deer hound.

Never has the word hound been more appropriate:

He sort of looks like an AT-AT walker from Empire Strikes Back:

We go way back and get on very, very well:

And wearing the Roys:

[riff]

Roys look great Robbie! Fresco - pics!!!

The Clerk - great shots! 7 months old?? What a monster! Really beautiful dog...

My Roy x Cone have been travelling... Talk about extremes...

The last few days

And today....

[beatle]

awesome, those last 2 pics are about as extreme as it gets. I seriously prefer the beach climate

[riff]

*Thanks! Yep, the beaches were great, but we love winter too!

Here are a few teaser pics from cottage country - we'll be here 'til Sunday

I was watching this little guy:

Full moon...

[cc.rider]

downy woodpecker and super moon. nice ^^

[mikecch]

Very beautiful photos riff!

[Sansome1877]

Clerk, still laughing at the AT-AT Hound! Riff stunning photos.

[dkatz]

^ seconded - I had a good chuckle at that comment.

Looks like you've been doing some great traveling, Riff! And do you really have both colors of that Cabourn shirt? Sigh...

[mikecch]

Today was lecture day.

Walking...

[DocBlue]

today i was told that my future appartment would not be available before the end of April.

well, shit happens. nothing to worry about.

nice view ....

and to keep up with you guys : 2,5 mo pics

The Clerk please keep on posting pics. Riff and Robbie i agree with everyone, .....

[DocBlue]

SWAG

winner

[Sansome1877]

[tg76]

i love your chickens

[Sansome1877]

i love your chickens

Thanks...6 hens and four roosters:( At least we are getting 4 to 5 eggs a day.

[eltopo]

Awesome birds Mike! They look unreal. I guess I never really looked at birds that much but beautiful colors and patterns. Their top wig pieces (I don't know what you call them) are nuts.

[Sansome1877]

Awesome birds Mike! They look unreal. I guess I never really looked at birds that much but beautiful colors and patterns. Their top wig pieces (I don't know what you call them) are nuts.

I think they call these feathered dinosaurs, a Polish? Ever noticed that a rooster foot and a T-Rex look almost the same.

[zissou]

Well, birds did used to be lizards after all... I'm enjoying eggs from my friend's chickens. So good.

[mikecch]

^IIRC birds came from dinos, lizards were still lizards back then?

I like this one the most

[fre-co]

You birds are fancy mike, they put mine to shame.

Here they were in the snow

I don't have a cock but I might borrow one this year............

[dkatz]

On the poultry theme, here's what I wore yesterday:

What does it have to do with poultry, you ask? Well, have a close look at the new kitenge shirt

That's right, little purple turkeys walkin' up and down my torso. Hah!

[almostnice]

The kids are always helpful with contributing:

[Joseph Hill]

Awesome chickens. When I was a kid we had ducks, and for a while some emden geese. If the sweetie and I ever get into a proper house, we're getting some ducks (she wants a goat). Katz, your shirt looks like turkey X-rays. Identify the best bits before it ever makes it to the table.

[Sansome1877]

You birds are fancy mike, they put mine to shame.

Here they were in the snow

I don't have a cock but I might borrow one this year............

Nice birds fre$co, barred rock hens? If you lived near me, you could borrow any one of my knuckle head roosters. I like the shirt dkatz.

[zissou]

Great updates lately, everyone. Dkatz- love that shirt! Beautiful apartment, Doc. Your jeans are looking amazing. Thank you for the island photos, riff. Despite spring arriving, it is still winter here...

I haven't been doing much at all lately other than working at work and working at home. My house is so damn close to going on the market! Here's a mish mash of the past week.

My daughter's last ski day was Saturday, and they had a fun carnival with games and prizes for the kids.

One of my tasks for the work week was to lead a snowshoe field trip. It's probably the last one of the season. Beautiful day, but cold!

Coming up on three months! These suckers are going to need a wash...

I went on a field trip to the art museum with my daughter's class on Tuesday. They always have the best education programs.

This installation is an electronic marimba made from wooden clogs. If you deposit a quarter, it plays a song. The kids were mesmerized.

Back to work on the house. I paid a couple painters to take care of the staircase, which saved me a ton of time. I still have to paint the treads, which is an easy job. How do you like that linoleum?

I spent all day today painting trim with high gloss oil paint, and caulking cracks in other trim so I can paint it tomorrow. So tired.

This is commando style DIY. Serious business.

[mikecch]

Nice one Zissou!

Finally got around to dyeing one of the sweatshirts I bought on sale.

I tried a little concoction of Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa) leaves and some Taiwanese highland tea-leaves.:

Boiled for 30 minutes:

Decided not to blend the ingredients up, as I didn't want a proper brown.

In it goes, 24 hour soak:

And out it comes, after two machine-washes with detergent to remove excess pigments:

I have a couple of spots of darker staining, but oh well, I'm happy with my very amateur results.

Can I call this colour "oat-meal"?

[Paul T]

I know I've not posted much recently - post-book admin, rights clearances, page proofs, updating website, running late with copy blah blah blah.

But I've also started on a new project, that's been going pretty well. It exactly parallels most of my wayjdt posts.... but with a twist.

Doing it with my photog friend julian. It's been great, up and about early lots of mornings, when things are quieter.

I don't need a reason to wander round and gaze at the textures of London. But it's great to have one all the same.

My head is hurting now cos it's lots of work. But it will be cool when it all happens. You will hear about it here first...

[zissou]

Love that Isetta!

[Paul T]

Beautiful things. My brother-in-law, rich, used to own one.

After I bought an old Volvo Amazon, he thought he'd out-cool me on the classic car front, and bought the BMW version, in red, like a large cherry on wheels. He and his wife are both over six feet. They managed about six months, folded into this bubble, bumping around on the pot-holed streets of South London crammed between articulated trucks, before buying something more sensible...

[DocBlue]

there is an MGB too, same as mine, i would say 1966.

[robbie]

I love seeing things like this, personal momentos of a bygone era. I found a stack of love letters once, a good 100-125 of them and the handwriting, the paper, the stamps... its all great. Thanks for sharing!