In a rare moment of desperately attempting to appear "on trend", I thought I'd have a go at Ms Scarlet and Jon's #adecadeago meme. You know, the one in which ancient bloggers who haven't moved on to new forms of social media (or have, but gave up because it was all so petty and overwhelming) look back at their dusty old archives, and dredge up whatever it is they were blogging about a decade - 10 years! - ago.
Well, after the successes of the aforementioned Ms Scarlet (AKA The Duchess of Devonshire) and Jon (the Official Plant Spotter of Castle Device and its extensive Witchdom), as well as LẌ and Mitzi, my foray ten years into the past was a disappointment to say the least: an excuse for not blogging, rudely interrupted by that interfering old baggage, Audrey (who has since been expunged from my consciousnesses - sub, or otherwise). I think Tim said it best when he proclaimed me a "slacker".
Although, he's a fine one to talk.
Quite.
Anyway, not wanting to let the side down, I came up with a new way to play: travelling back in time by two years to 2017, and then eight years to 2011, which brings us to a grand total of ten years. Clever, eh? And, between them, both cover the (not really a) requirement for an old meme and some art work.Quite.
So, two years ago, on the 1st February 2017, we arrive at another meme started by Ms Scarlet: the "Book on a Chair" meme, or #bookonachair as it would be known in today's modern hashtag parlance.
By this point in the proceedings, we were really reaching...
And eight years ago, on the 1st February 2011, we land slap-bang in Star Trek territory, on the second stop of a voyage that never was, replete with sketches of starships.
oOo
Because I don't think any of the images from my two #adecadeago posts linked to up there are particularly worthy of reposting here, I thought I'd share a couple of photos I took from Count Podgekinson's bedroom window on the morning of the last day in January:
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| Look! You can see the birds roosting in this close-up - wood pigeons, I think? |
Wonderfully atmospheric pix! Very witchy!
ReplyDeleteIt did look rather eldritch here on Thursday morning: freezing temperatures ensured everything was coated in a thick layer of frost, a hazy atmosphere with low-lying clouds and no wind to speak of, and a washed out sun trying to peer through the haze, really lent the environs a spookily apocalyptic look.
DeleteCheating with Maths is still cheating. Jx
ReplyDeleteWell, I can't be good all the time ;)
DeleteI think the photos make up for the existential crisis in maths. But you may have to give me the copyright.... yep, soz, but I'm going to steal the first one :-) I need something new to put on a chair, #thingsstolenfromtheinternetandputonachair - has a snappy ring to it, non?
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#thingsstolenfromtheinternetandputonachair is so snappy that I'm sure it is the herald of the new zeitgeist! Can I get on now, so as not to miss my place?
DeleteAnd, steal away - it doesn't go with my cushions, anyway...
Have you moved to Dunwich? Is the Count having to sleep in a drawer in the butler's pantry?
ReplyDeleteYour pictures do actually look like the cover of a textbook of hedge witching!
I think the Count would be most pleased to sleep in a drawer - he keeps trying to open them all!
DeleteAs for the book cover, which font goes best with twigs and wood pigeons?
If only my psychic gift would reveal lottery numbers to me rather than strange synchronicities in people's thoughts!
DeleteGet rid of the wood pigeons and bring in some rooks and you could be on the set of a Hammer Horror film, Children of the Full Moon springs to mind, with the lovely Diana Dors.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud to be one of the ancients.
Can't do rooks, unfortunately. But we do have some crows and jackdaws.
DeleteDiana Dors has never been better than in "The Worm That Turned".
Changing the subject - I just watched Sunday's Antiques Roadshow from Cromer on catch-up, and was surprised to see that they didn't feature a vintage well-polished tall boy... Jx
ReplyDeleteVintage?! Well-polished!?!? How very dare you!
DeleteI barely recognised anyone there - only the lifeboat men. Most of the crowd appeared to be "furriners" from south of Naaaridge...
I've been remiss, but I do have an excuse (which, of course, I will not share), but I do love the photos, sugar! As to Scarlet's challenge, the day I read/saw it, I thought about doing it, but again, I was remiss. Perhaps, today is the day... xoxox
ReplyDeleteAnd it looks like that was the day, after all :)
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