Sunday, 1 November 2015

Number Two Hundred and Thirty Six: Interchange


Road networks are designed to help you explore new areas of a city (unintentionally).

Number Two Hundred and Thirty Five: Reset


When the electricity cuts out clocks on various appliances reset to zero.

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Number Two Hundred and Thirty Four: Fungal Interlude FI009

Flammulina velutipes

Number Two Hundred and Thirty Three: Computer Nerds

Someday computer nerds may become unimportant

Number Two Hundred and Thirty Two: Fractal F1011


Number Two Hundred and Thirty One: Off

Turn it off

Number Two Hundred and Thirty: Normal

Sometimes Mad Becomes Normal

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Nine: Occupied Seat

Some passengers fill the adjacent seat with objects so that you will not sit next to them

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Eight: Fractal F1010


Number Two Hundred and Twenty Seven: Turnbuckle

The turnbuckle is used to alter the tension in wire, rope and cables

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Six: Fungal Interlude F1008

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Five: Clothes Line

The presenter is interviewing a Clothes Line enthusiast

Thursday, 10 July 2014

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Four: Weather Elsewhere


It is hard to imagine the weather elsewhere

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Three: Advertising Beauty


There are no ugly people in advertising

Number Two Hundred and Twenty Two: Letterbox

Sometimes the letterbox is a sad deposit for bills, officialdom, leaflets and mail for previous occupants.

Number Two Hundred and Twenty One: Squeaky Wicker


Wicker chairs can get very squeaky when they dry out.

Number Two Hundred and Twenty: Unwanted Shopper


In some shops you feel you are an intruder because you want to buy something

Number Two Hundred and Nineteen: Adhesive Tape


The lost end of a roll of adhesive tape

Number Two Hundred and Eighteen: Unhelpful Help


A recent fashion on commercial websites is the swat-away pop up window that offers a chat with someone or wants me to give feedback.

Sunday, 22 June 2014

Number Two Hundred and Seventeen: Niwaki

Niwaki, topiary and Cloud Pruning are ways to sculpt trees in a garden

Number Two Hundred and Sixteen: Cotton

The cotton plant provides a vegetable alternative to wool

Number Two Hundred and Fifteen: Sheep Shearing

Thanks to sheep shearing we are able to wear wool cardigans, bobble hats and decorative knitwear.

Number Two Hundred and Fourteen: On the Tin


In product reviews one of the most popular phrases is 'it does what it says on the tin'

Number Two Hundred and Thirteen: Hands

Hands are very handy

Number Two Hundred and Twelve: Earthworms

Earthworms are hermaphrodite invertebrates who are very busy digesting and aerating soil.

Number Two Hundred and Eleven: Compatability

Is the Furax B828M compatible with the Lorenzo Balk LB992 or do I need a converter?

Number Two Hundred and Ten: Fungal Interlude F1007

Xylaria hypoxylon

Number Two Hundred and Nine: Get with it

Get with it Grandad. Some people think all change or disruption is progress.

Number Two Hundred and Eight: Sitar Player

A man was playing a sitar outside the supermarket in the rain

Number Two Hundred and Seven: technology

Technology has made life so simple and easy