Tag: Surreal Reality
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Keep smilin’!
We’ve had that many showers of rain of late, I would expect Gloucester to not have any doctor shortages for the quite considerable foreseeable future, and possibly beyond. I have a feeling that the weather may be changing now, however. Today, we’ve had spitters and spatters of rain, but nothing like the recent deluges. And…
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Cute Critter Friday: The Fish with the Smiley Face!
Time for today’s real Cute Critter post! I was walking around the Lake in the Grinds earlier today when this chap ambled up to say ‘hi’: He was quite shy, and kept bobbing in and out of the water plants that you can see at the top of the above photo. However, as I was…
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Cute Critter Friday: Gull Tikka!
A slight change of plan for this week’s Cute Critter Friday. Pictured above is a poor, unfortunate, and very lucky seagull. For some reason, he fell into a vat of chicken tikka masala, where the curry turned its feathers bright orange! And a very nice shade too, I don’t mind saying. Luckily, the gull was…
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Splashdown
“Don’t worry, ma’am… everything’s under control!” Lady Salinger-Wallis screamed ~ in between fits of uproarious laughter ~ as Edward, her chauffer, tried his very best to bring the hot air balloon back under his control. Somehow they’d managed to avoid the overhead electricity cables and the pylons they were attached to, and they were now…
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The Call of the Wolf
Turbulent skies roll and growl, and howl. Clouds grow and glow as they tumble. Sunbeams streak through, Setting the sky alight, As day dramatically clashes with night In a way And clouds the colour of hay Sway As if to say Brace yourselves For the grace Of one of Nature’s finest displays As raindrops drip…