tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176456852024-03-18T19:29:31.631+00:00Inexplicable DeViceDing Dong, the witch is... Very much alive, thank you!Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-1908412270315470362024-03-17T09:33:00.001+00:002024-03-17T09:33:05.334+00:00Reasons Why... II<div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> I'm not sure how to start this post, so I'm just going to dive right in with this lightly edited response to a very kind email from <a href="https://63mago.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Mr Mago</a>:</span></div><div> <br /></div><div></div><blockquote><div><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> "There a few reasons for my blogging absence, but, sadly, bumping into Mr Adonis on the beach* is not one of them. Time (as in "lack of") and work are the main culprits I think, and the Winter darkness hasn't been conducive to making any particular effort either. Combined, these reasons have culminated in the loss of my blogging "mojo". I've sat down with Blogger open now and again, but can't muster up the enthusiasm to write anything - even posting images seems like a big effort. I've visited other blogs now and again - including yours, of course - in the hopes of getting the wind back in my sails, but I can't even think of anything to say in the comments. Plus, I've missed so much that catching up with everything seems like a chore - and it shouldn't be! (That's work's influence. Work has been relentless for the past year or so, and sitting in front of my PC doing something other than reading feels like work, so I end up aimlessly following links until I get fed up then go and watch something fun on telly to get over it all - such as Bluey, those Australian animated dogs from my previous post.)</span></div>
<div><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> "However, I have nearly two weeks off work from the middle of next week with no plans except for gardening & sorting out the allotment, so I'm hoping the extra time and the brighter days will help in getting that blogging mojo back! I do miss it and you and the rest of our little community - and I even have some Star Trek art I can post until something else catches my attention that's worth blogging about."</span></div></blockquote><div></div><div> </div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> So, I sat down to finish this post which entailed opening up YouTube to get the code for a new song I like (see below), but that meant I had to listen to it all as well (and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai64s2tC9II" target="_blank">"Wicked Game"</a> by Girls Aloud). Then I remembered that Ms Scarlet had emailed me with some questions of a highly personal nature that I'm not going to share here, so I opened up my emails to reply before I published this post, but clocked a notification from <a href="https://wonky-words.com/" target="_blank">Wonky Words</a> about the <a href="https://wonky-words.com/2024/03/17/a-message-from-the-chimney-and-a-tale-from-the-cupboard/" target="_blank">NEW POST</a> Ms Scarlet had threatened to publish in her email so I had to read that</span> (I didn't send the rook, by the way. I can manage a jackdaw and occasionally a crow, but rooks are out of my comfort zone). <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">And then the washing machine beeped its shrill annoying beeps to let me know it had finished turning my bed linen inside out (how does it do that?!?) and that I had to empty it RIGHT THAT MOMENT! So, down the stairs I went to decant the pillowcases and duvet cover and the like from the washing machine to the tumble dryer - turning everything the right way around as I did so. But as I type this, I'm thinking I should have left it all inside out because the tumble dryer also turns everything inside out - if it doesn't twist it all up into a hot, tight, damp little ball first (why does it do that?!?).</span></div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Oh, and my coffee is going cold and is almost finished so I'm wondering if I should go and make another one or finish this post first? While I'm dithering, here's that new music I mentioned:</span><br /></div><br />
<div>Bright Light Bright Light & Ultra Naté - Every Emotion</div>
<div><iframe frameborder="0" height="90" src="https://youtube.com/embed/4T9RET71ZaU?si=eHh2t05ibLwy3ILr" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">* There is a Mr Adonis at the pool, though: The handsome, surly, golden-brown fox of a lifeguard who sits in his lifeguard observation chair looking bored and/or slightly angry and, therefore, very sexy.** There hasn't been any bumping, though.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">** Description taken from <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2022/05/reasons-why.html" target="_blank">a previous post in which I made excuses for not posting</a>, funnily enough. Oh, and his name's Ryan.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">P.S. While I was searching for that description of Ryan-the-Foxy-Lifeguard, the tumble dryer insistently beeped at me, so I had to go down and untangle the hot, damp, tight little ball of bed linen and set it going again!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">P.P.S. I didn't reply to Ms Scarlet's email! Must do that next.</span><br /></div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-777098430685084892024-02-25T18:00:00.001+00:002024-02-25T18:00:25.739+00:00"I Slipped On Mah Beans"<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPzFmhVi4PhmJnHG0vb5TMvSkprylC1kCEKv24v0aH3Nrdij1ixfsIEsI00XE3DnoR83DaR75oLweVjxLqFRtek4EjYcDSwzI98p2-dGVwGGz-u7Syy90bNspWjWXRoQ0MaXy9T6SAbaiPlTDVsCtoANyikoMjNnCf11OVhFMOks5ITxGq_YG6A/s1620/Rita%20(Bingo)%20-%20I%20slipped%20on%20mah%20beans%20(Bluey%20-%20Grannies).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPzFmhVi4PhmJnHG0vb5TMvSkprylC1kCEKv24v0aH3Nrdij1ixfsIEsI00XE3DnoR83DaR75oLweVjxLqFRtek4EjYcDSwzI98p2-dGVwGGz-u7Syy90bNspWjWXRoQ0MaXy9T6SAbaiPlTDVsCtoANyikoMjNnCf11OVhFMOks5ITxGq_YG6A/s320/Rita%20(Bingo)%20-%20I%20slipped%20on%20mah%20beans%20(Bluey%20-%20Grannies).jpg" width="320"></a></div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> I think I've been in the Winter Doldrums - although, if I have, I seem to be coming out of it now thanks to two things: Janet & Rita, and new growth in the garden & up the allotment.</span></div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> First, old ladies Janet and Rita - AKA Bluey and Bingo Heeler from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(2018_TV_series)" target="_blank"><i>Bluey</i></a>, a cartoon my youngest niece, vom Smallh</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">ä</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">usen, introduced me to while I was babysitting a week or two ago. They are hilarious! The costumes, the voices, the shoplifting, the driving, the absolute glee with which Bluey and Bingo portray Rita and Janet - and the reactions of their parents Chilli and Bandit - all combine to form a delightful two or three minutes of fun that had me almost crying with laughter.<br></span></div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> There's a snippet of first appearance of Rita & Janet in the first minute of the video at the end of this post, but the video below is of the whole Heeler family having some fun:</span><br></div><br>
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<div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(It didn't take many episodes for me to want a smoochy kiss with Bandit Heeler, either!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Anyway, enough of adorable Australian cartoon dogs, let's have a look inside my allotment compost heap, shall we?<span></span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2024/02/i-slipped-on-mah-beans.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-69393421765022246862024-02-08T14:00:00.002+00:002024-02-08T14:00:00.133+00:00For The Very Mistress, Ms Scarlet, Mitzi...<div style="text-align: right;">...and anyone else who's a fan of Noel Fielding:</div><br />
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<div><span><i><a href="https://reactormag.com/the-completely-made-up-adventures-of-dick-turpin-trailer-gives-us-comedy-in-a-historical-milieu/" target="_blank">The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin - as discovered at Reactor</a></i></span> <br /></div>
<div> </div>And, as <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2022/12/julian-fingering-fannys-lip.html?showComment=1671211235747#c8625001683577745587" target="_blank">brought to my attention</a> by <a href="https://theinfomaniac.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Very Mistress</a>, here's a bonus video of Noel as Kate Bush dancing to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g" target="_blank">Wuthering Heights</a>:<br />
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<div>That's all for now.</div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-63577611762240190202024-01-28T11:33:00.001+00:002024-01-28T11:33:53.904+00:00Cold<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtkwQdKT1uf8U1iCjolkx9ObzoaZ2Auqw2_irF0_w6__JEiECItEdRHvGtLGmT7UFbkoRmyTUk-YXQmizbcpmaWub5roF5EzeAigwDp0OLlXVxDLqia2rH3Ko1ndgUCO1-cGWHF0YSnEeVmWDRz9ki7yw_xrosVf-nov05vyljbcTDr-fIbxK4w/s3843/148%20promenade.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3843" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtkwQdKT1uf8U1iCjolkx9ObzoaZ2Auqw2_irF0_w6__JEiECItEdRHvGtLGmT7UFbkoRmyTUk-YXQmizbcpmaWub5roF5EzeAigwDp0OLlXVxDLqia2rH3Ko1ndgUCO1-cGWHF0YSnEeVmWDRz9ki7yw_xrosVf-nov05vyljbcTDr-fIbxK4w/w640-h360/148%20promenade.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOz0S6QIJvCGXhoLBuv_DNxmjbuTG0YKAtBbM5UeXyp7AbZmTy6pUFCLBNoHWphkcncvFAbDXcDXMLzo_u9Q_jOUgf2SLjprQcMgueMOgfOmDa1InYfivnan2dbADxJpdZpdVsvwFWLuLYZdCP3QBQ_ndYzLLd_ABjXtbCjKIwhUtrui6NcaezA/s1620/084%20Mahonia.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOz0S6QIJvCGXhoLBuv_DNxmjbuTG0YKAtBbM5UeXyp7AbZmTy6pUFCLBNoHWphkcncvFAbDXcDXMLzo_u9Q_jOUgf2SLjprQcMgueMOgfOmDa1InYfivnan2dbADxJpdZpdVsvwFWLuLYZdCP3QBQ_ndYzLLd_ABjXtbCjKIwhUtrui6NcaezA/s320/084%20Mahonia.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A prickly Mahonia up my side return<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> Somehow, a cold virus or somesuch has managed to get through the Host's bodily defences and take hold. I don't know how it happened because his immune system has been trained over the last few years with dirty, germy urchin nephew & nieces jumping all over him and smearing their filth & pestilence everywhere! I am not amused.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Anyway, after the paracetemol and ibuprofen kicked in earlier this morning, I took Bitey out for a walk and we ended up wandering along the prom - from where I took the photo above.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> The rest of the photos are from the grounds of Hexenhäusli Device, and show what few flora - and fauna - can be found at this time of year.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4c5P4ZBUMC3sUhLM3ANqbn3XMHjQtdkl4Nobep_YtLNi4L4mBG0uncijw2uLaRMJ_oC47omX8b2xR8p87sHrt3xw2Z62rMg8ZWpDRaIBDR2L3nJOoapXqD6ujkUA66LSiL0jySCWyXly5mQ3Pds2r8FnKS4x47fLiu5K-qD1r3-BktT2y1lPbA/s1921/094%20muntjac.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1921" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4c5P4ZBUMC3sUhLM3ANqbn3XMHjQtdkl4Nobep_YtLNi4L4mBG0uncijw2uLaRMJ_oC47omX8b2xR8p87sHrt3xw2Z62rMg8ZWpDRaIBDR2L3nJOoapXqD6ujkUA66LSiL0jySCWyXly5mQ3Pds2r8FnKS4x47fLiu5K-qD1r3-BktT2y1lPbA/w640-h360/094%20muntjac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A male muntjac on the embankment behind the South Lawn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETJdLDK9JCI5i4DT1WhNeDYUguQ9aQmc1mFGqOktY4Ap5W1miDAyGhDbgckxQho8tPzW95-uaV6RkwJIkkVYx8bGayoykD5ORBtYpJnkC1ZbN2hPO4R3fcDtEc3PzYrY-5wIPVzoXDlaza4tNwQmZu7d3RIEfaHX0QxHnD6jf0soHilFe1nW9zw/s1922/136%20muntjac.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1922" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETJdLDK9JCI5i4DT1WhNeDYUguQ9aQmc1mFGqOktY4Ap5W1miDAyGhDbgckxQho8tPzW95-uaV6RkwJIkkVYx8bGayoykD5ORBtYpJnkC1ZbN2hPO4R3fcDtEc3PzYrY-5wIPVzoXDlaza4tNwQmZu7d3RIEfaHX0QxHnD6jf0soHilFe1nW9zw/w640-h360/136%20muntjac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A female muntjac. Sorry about the poor quality - this was taken through dirty glass</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaUSSIWk-TgFC7p01rHty2iPtf1RQlfEVBJNmukvaXu-qFAcxi0Ih78tQWLctOIUHYAyRcAybVxg61gbNaoMDns6_hFR0dxBQ1wCWV7dWKTuDP_yX75MLjHZCeQeCmTalsqil72gfqeUu11m2UK67z8b66JmZ5Pd_GZHqX5b_yyA1k7OkmYm9Uw/s2882/142%20snowdrops.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2882" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaUSSIWk-TgFC7p01rHty2iPtf1RQlfEVBJNmukvaXu-qFAcxi0Ih78tQWLctOIUHYAyRcAybVxg61gbNaoMDns6_hFR0dxBQ1wCWV7dWKTuDP_yX75MLjHZCeQeCmTalsqil72gfqeUu11m2UK67z8b66JmZ5Pd_GZHqX5b_yyA1k7OkmYm9Uw/w640-h360/142%20snowdrops.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Snowdrops (and sprouting daffodils behind them)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL3B1-5dFbotCh7jllcOtUhZEEHRenhMGj9K7xZ4cQkzhMcybRXSxbLqGW0VTbmIbkYueUn4w96U26nDWR2BVYcs8eTRSlrikAhzO3DTic3amKd0_pYtGL_JnxvUrL08VHtVh5NUOGp7X89fhz_yPjjGETFPdTG_ZITNDr6USrJCp7rVqsAahvw/s2882/144%20Hellebore.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2882" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL3B1-5dFbotCh7jllcOtUhZEEHRenhMGj9K7xZ4cQkzhMcybRXSxbLqGW0VTbmIbkYueUn4w96U26nDWR2BVYcs8eTRSlrikAhzO3DTic3amKd0_pYtGL_JnxvUrL08VHtVh5NUOGp7X89fhz_yPjjGETFPdTG_ZITNDr6USrJCp7rVqsAahvw/w640-h360/144%20Hellebore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hellebore somethingorother<br /></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> Oh, almost forgot: The point of the flowers in this post are as a little prompt to get you thinking about this year's <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/p/infomaniac-garden-photos-event.html" target="_blank">Infomaniac Garden Photos Event</a>. Is there anything Event-worthy in your garden - be it a frozen wasteland (<a href="https://theinfomaniac.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Very Mistress?</a>) a boggy mudscape (<a href="https://wonky-words.com/" target="_blank">Ms Scarlet?</a>) or tropical jungle (<a href="https://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dinah?</a>) - at this time of year that it's worth taking a few photos of now before it's too late?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Don't worry if not as I will be <strike>nagging</strike> <strike>haranguing</strike> reminding you about the GPE regularly througout the year!<br /></div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-61625956158108670122024-01-19T20:26:00.001+00:002024-01-19T20:33:24.271+00:00"I'm never gonna let you see that part again"*<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Just popping in to drop off these few bits & bobs - Hopefully you'll find something you like amongst them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> And think yourself lucky as this was almost a Star Trek fan art post!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ReReading</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Record of a Spaceborn Few</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, by Becky Chambers</span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">This must be the third of fourth re-read of this <a href="https://www.otherscribbles.com/#/spacebornfew/" target="_blank">lovely story</a> from the Wayfarer's series.</span><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Watched</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What We Do In The Shadows</i></span> <span style="font-size: medium;">(S4)</span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The BBC has finally picked up season four, so of course I watched what my favourite vampire housemates had been getting up to as quickly as I could. Now I can't wait for season 5!</span><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rewatched</span></span> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ <span style="font-family: Spectral;"><i>Ghosts</i></span></span> <span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Series 1-2 so far)</span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Because of course I'm re-watching it. Again.</span><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Sound of Music</i></span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The Winterval holiday season just isn't complete without either Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>9 to 5</i></span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I didn't remember the corpse stealing, but then it has been an absolute age since I last watched this fabulous film starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton.</span><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ghostbusters 1 & 2</i></span></span> ~ <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">More Winterval telly favourites.</span><br /></div>
<div><iframe frameborder="0" height="362" src="https://youtube.com/embed/U0nlEcKSjmY?si=iANqNiFErzQKa9MC" width="644"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Here's the Howard Huntsberry version from the clip above before we segue into the original.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Heard</span></span> <br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The original Jackie Wilson version of</span> <span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;">"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"</span></span> <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(which is also heard in Ghostbusters II) that was playing at the pool while I had my morning swim on Tuesday.</span><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The marvellous, wonderful, and really rather sexy</span> <span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Bright Light Bright Light's</i></span></span> <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">brand new release</span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "You Want My..."</span></span> <br /></div>
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<div><iframe frameborder="0" height="362" src="https://youtube.com/embed/1rnPoYOyV20?si=3hY-fra4RgFPxgSu" width="644"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">It sounds a little earlyish Pet Shop Boys to me, which is no bad thing.</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">* <span style="font-size: small;">Post title from this song</span></span> <br /></div><div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Inspired by either <a href="https://wonderlandburlesque.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mr Tonking</a> or <a href="http://mistressmaddie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mistress Maddi</a>e (although I'm pretty sure it was at Mr Tonking's that The Blue Nile was mentioned. Maybe?), I thought we'd finish with Annie Lennox's sublime cover of</span> <span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Downtown Lights"</span></span>:<br /></div><br />
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<div></div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-10960742198027098292024-01-07T16:14:00.002+00:002024-01-07T16:32:43.313+00:00Yes, You Did Win Yet!<div style="text-align: left;"> Well, with nearly three of you esteemed Blogorati taking part, I declare the <i><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2024/01/did-i-win-yet-grand-quiz-2024.html" target="_blank">"Did I Win Yet?" Grand Quiz of 2024</a></i> an unmitigated success!</div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: small;">"Success"? Is that the word we're going with?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes. It is. And just leave it at that so we can get on with this, hmm?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Fine.</span> </span><br></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"> Before we get to the winner, here's a reminder of the questions, with the answers (almost all of which were from 2023's end-of-year round-up <i><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-year-of-looking-glam-even-without.html" target="_blank">The Year of Looking Glam Even Without Nail Varnish</a></i>) provided by The Host:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6iaw9f74kSSvtBE6wJfAo_joXi1ioV7t69lKURB7e5dEUdayxkvtuB9r0TyhyjQv05UY1WyazjxjH6lxbKWDVEtkC0gT2VkskQW4_jaJu7PWOiwxUNLoguO0ohTbxR2RswCj7fpuR2ro7lDcpxchokLrxAYtoEzKSjNoEhyCNhLnFplH8RynVw/s113/LX%20profile%20photo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6iaw9f74kSSvtBE6wJfAo_joXi1ioV7t69lKURB7e5dEUdayxkvtuB9r0TyhyjQv05UY1WyazjxjH6lxbKWDVEtkC0gT2VkskQW4_jaJu7PWOiwxUNLoguO0ohTbxR2RswCj7fpuR2ro7lDcpxchokLrxAYtoEzKSjNoEhyCNhLnFplH8RynVw/s16000/LX%20profile%20photo.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">1</span>. In which month did LẌ visit The Very Mistress from beyond the grave? And for a bonus point, which two posts was he first at?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Spectral;">The answer is <b>February</b>. And if you'd clicked the link to The Very Mistress's Infomaniac blog, you will have seen that the two posts were "Keep Your Pants On" (22 March 2010) & "Filthy Friday - Holiday Photos" (18 March 2010) and would have gained a bonus point.<br></span></span></div>
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We all know that Dinah looks glam even without nail varnish, but what
couldn't she do without in order to look like movie star, Joanna
Cassidy?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Spectral;">This one may have flummoxed those of you who have not seen 1982's <i>Blade Runner</i>. Joanna Cassidy's character, replicant Zhora, is an erotic dancer and performs with a snake. And so, in April's photo of Dinah wearing nail varnish, it's the carpet <b>snake</b> that she needed.<br></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsOwOL6fTnW_bY9WoddUEK15V6rlCl6umCgD5dhipYIy0yiUZiWQYqeYHDv2XIMS9907PGWUNxNnx2Evv58Su3B3OIfznSn5NB_tZycRb_LMjvZ4poRVblSZTEzXpLCYwUxQUdYUE4NniCJ0w8Xcq8esWPNQbd4mWD6CQHbAylmzPUVMuUY4abQ/s1260/The%20Andorian%20with%20the%20Rubber%20Ducky%20Room%20Tattoo%20-%20by%20Cyfa%20(post-prod.%20FX).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1260" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsOwOL6fTnW_bY9WoddUEK15V6rlCl6umCgD5dhipYIy0yiUZiWQYqeYHDv2XIMS9907PGWUNxNnx2Evv58Su3B3OIfznSn5NB_tZycRb_LMjvZ4poRVblSZTEzXpLCYwUxQUdYUE4NniCJ0w8Xcq8esWPNQbd4mWD6CQHbAylmzPUVMuUY4abQ/w200-h143/The%20Andorian%20with%20the%20Rubber%20Ducky%20Room%20Tattoo%20-%20by%20Cyfa%20(post-prod.%20FX).jpg" width="200"></a></div>3</span>. How many freckles are there on- No, just kidding! How many men did Mistress Maddie- Ha! Kidding again. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"> Really this time: How many ducks - rubber or otherwise - feature in <i>The Year of Looking Glam</i>...?<span></span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2024/01/yes-you-did-win-yet.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-15536321144469494592024-01-01T12:00:00.005+00:002024-01-01T12:00:00.132+00:00"Did I Win Yet?" Grand Quiz 2024<div style="text-align: left;"> Happy New Year to you all! We hope you had a splendid night whatever you did - whether you went out celebrating, stayed in and slept through it, or had your head down revising for this "Did I Win Yet?" Award/Quiz/Competition/Event/Festival thingy!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> I was at my sister's - Indescribable's - with a couple of friends drinking gin & cherry vodka and playing some convoluted card game. However, I didn't drink so much that I wasn't able to drag myself out of bed and pop down to the prom this morning to make sure the New Year arrived on time. It did, as you can see in the photo below. I've got some more photos (of course) which I will share in a few days time as this post is all about the "Did I Win Yet?" Grand Quiz <a href="https://theinfomaniac.blogspot.com/2012/10/did-i-win-yet.html" target="_blank">in honour</a> of our dear, departed friend, <a href="https://xl-entropy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">LẌ</a>.<br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> The "Did I Win Yet?" Award/Quiz/Competition/Event/Festival thingy can take any form, but I have chosen to do a quiz again because it's quick & easy (easy to put together, that is - although you might find the actual quiz is easy, too), and I left it too late (as per) to come up with something else. (Ms Scarlet's <i><a href="https://wonky-words.com/2020/12/09/the-did-i-win-yet-competition-award/" target="_blank">The 'Did I Win Yet?' Competition/Award</a></i> back in January 2021 had a quiz bit <i><u>and</u></i> a creative bit, for example). </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> As with <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2020/01/have-you-won-yet.html" target="_blank">my original 2020 quiz</a>, almost* ALL ANSWERS CAN BE FOUND IN <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-year-of-looking-glam-even-without.html" target="_blank"><i>THE YEAR OF LOOKING GLAM EVEN WITHOUT NAIL VARNISH</i></a> POST WITHOUT HAVING TO CLICK ON ANY OF ITS LINKS OR WADE THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF MY POSTS FROM 2023, but you may need to embiggen one or two images.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">* <span style="font-size: small;">One answer can be found in a November post, and one bonus point answer requires clicking a link in <i>The Year of Looking Glam...</i> to find. The other bonus point has no "right" answer - the point will go to the most amusing/creative/smutty response.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-N7UFgjMTgS8yTeslQHfEyszWXVcRbrCAer9L0ncvi3acH0CpdsPghb0op9EuSiBDmj49iGyDw64atMvuilWquNq0VJH9LL41xn23oTZtfWDODUpps8NAW1ry1eVSbXy0YrCn_XuN9jklbM-LUwQFoErh91dwyzWRZNQccBPeGCvo4Hq3YbNbA/s270/I'm%20asking%20for%20a%20friend%20-%20LX,%20by%20Ms%20Scarlet.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="270" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-N7UFgjMTgS8yTeslQHfEyszWXVcRbrCAer9L0ncvi3acH0CpdsPghb0op9EuSiBDmj49iGyDw64atMvuilWquNq0VJH9LL41xn23oTZtfWDODUpps8NAW1ry1eVSbXy0YrCn_XuN9jklbM-LUwQFoErh91dwyzWRZNQccBPeGCvo4Hq3YbNbA/s1600/I'm%20asking%20for%20a%20friend%20-%20LX,%20by%20Ms%20Scarlet.png" width="270" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> There is no prize as such, but the winner will have the honour of hosting the next "Did I Win Yet?" thingy whenever they see fit. Oh, and Ms Scarlet did create this elegantly calligraphed quote by LẌ which the winner will have the exclusive right to display on their blog sideboard.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Right, I can tell you're all eager to flex your mental muscles and get on with the quiz, so here it is:<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">1</span>. In which month did LX visit The Very Mistress from beyond the grave? And for a bonus point, which two posts was he first at?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">2</span>. We all know that Dinah looks glam even without nail varnish, but what couldn't she do without in order to look like movie star, Joanna Cassidy?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">3</span>. How many freckles are there on- No, just kidding! How many men did Mistress Maddie- Ha! Kidding again. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"> Really this time: How many ducks - rubber or otherwise - feature in <i>The Year of Looking Glam</i>...?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">4</span>. Who has a sideboard even more beautiful than mine? (Bah!)</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">5</span>. In which comic strip does Suzie Derkins feature?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">6</span>. On what page can the instructions be found?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">7</span>. What did Jon go all the way to Sitges for? And for a bonus point, what do you think [the answer] was describing/measuring?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">8</span>. What is Full Moon Fan Dance Rutherford's cybernetic implant set to?</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="color: red;">9</span>. Which super powers did Ms Scarlet gain at the expense of no longer having birthdays?</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Please email your answers to me by Saturday 6th January, either to this blog's gmail address which can be found in my profile on the Sideboard, or to the Host's personal hotmail account. You can also leave your answers in the comments if you like, but then everyone will be able to see what they are...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Good luck, and Happy New Year!<br /></div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-51420136908079595492023-12-30T00:00:01.487+00:002023-12-30T00:00:00.126+00:00The Year of Looking Glam Even Without Nail Varnish<div> As you may have noticed, we haven't been around much this year. Certainly not as much as I'd've liked, and not even as much as in last year's Lazy Baggagery! So that means that our grasp on the year's happenings and your reportings thereof is weak at best. Sorry. </div>
<div style="text-align: centre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0ler3huGk-FYqV6h42c0jbYdzmaHEXrjIIlM1MI-QrLcTYowNTmSLYrSEVApN90csfhQ-Wp8alGDxXB5Khmt55mejYQa3dfq1jEKXTgMSJbE9DA0CCk0xqZYCvvPAuOItPkTfuNR5E3mgczV7Vxy0GKiifmhaFZNP8FyKY8UkZy2Uf6mz1PhSg/s428/glitter-surprise%20(Jon%20-%20Aug%2023).gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="428" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0ler3huGk-FYqV6h42c0jbYdzmaHEXrjIIlM1MI-QrLcTYowNTmSLYrSEVApN90csfhQ-Wp8alGDxXB5Khmt55mejYQa3dfq1jEKXTgMSJbE9DA0CCk0xqZYCvvPAuOItPkTfuNR5E3mgczV7Vxy0GKiifmhaFZNP8FyKY8UkZy2Uf6mz1PhSg/w200-h164/glitter-surprise%20(Jon%20-%20Aug%2023).gif" width="200"></a></div><div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> However, there was certainly enough memorable stuff (and things <i>I'd</i> thought to make a note of when they happened) to create this end-of-year extravaganza!</span></div>
<div> Extravaganza? That's pushing it, don't you think?<br></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Nah. A sprinkle of glitter (<a href="https://jon-doloresdelargo.blogspot.com/2023/08/although-i-search-myself-its-always.html" target="_blank">thanks to Jon</a>) will cover the cracks and gaping holes in this rather haphazard (as always) round up and turn it into the Event of the season!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> If you say so... Shall we get on with it, then?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Yes. Oh, hang on! I've got to add a bit at the end about the return of the "Did I Win Yet?" Award/Quiz/Competition/Event/Festival thingy!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Well, you'd better hurry because I'm launching this thing now. Be ready with your Champagne flutes all you glamorous Blogorati!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXHPkYk9r4RGau1oUL-vb4XhDSnV5wMT5AlouHjmQikypte4uwi_ydivoQJQbfZpnkmKZF-L6P7OS3yqU1uYQtHWteDFGPvx5TprKLpMdQC-ARhEJEZODVeiBijw6Snkd-YmfxpUL3Kzm24E899lFn-p6vncYbZayk-bCYCLM4HVtZ2Hv5x-sZw/s300/Enterprise-B%20Champagne%20launch.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="300" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXHPkYk9r4RGau1oUL-vb4XhDSnV5wMT5AlouHjmQikypte4uwi_ydivoQJQbfZpnkmKZF-L6P7OS3yqU1uYQtHWteDFGPvx5TprKLpMdQC-ARhEJEZODVeiBijw6Snkd-YmfxpUL3Kzm24E899lFn-p6vncYbZayk-bCYCLM4HVtZ2Hv5x-sZw/w640-h270/Enterprise-B%20Champagne%20launch.gif" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Oops! Wrong signage. Try this one:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk7i4DXZR-2HtZY4MA73QxK4QEtECH86PgneveGZUigtVizafiNeNUpp43WEt7bEJ39HccuOWarESmGFcA-9voAqvZ7UkY8PCGTsa2eRFP-quXZZD1mJDDc6ppk63mDsvJsZ7MEra-NM99dY9Iiy0Sq14V0QUAmx9l4gEeJR6EY12kYNvQy8Ojg/s1701/WOW%20YOU%20LOOK%20GLAM.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1701" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk7i4DXZR-2HtZY4MA73QxK4QEtECH86PgneveGZUigtVizafiNeNUpp43WEt7bEJ39HccuOWarESmGFcA-9voAqvZ7UkY8PCGTsa2eRFP-quXZZD1mJDDc6ppk63mDsvJsZ7MEra-NM99dY9Iiy0Sq14V0QUAmx9l4gEeJR6EY12kYNvQy8Ojg/w640-h252/WOW%20YOU%20LOOK%20GLAM.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: left;"> Strap in. <i>Here we go!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">January</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="font-size: large;">Quote : </span></span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"My smut well has almost dried up." ~ </span></i></span>What a way to start the year: <a href="https://theinfomaniac.blogspot.com/2023/01/to-2023.html?showComment=1672713074557#c7073160526539169484" target="_blank">The Very Mistress</a> answering a question nobody asked. </div><br>
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<div> </div><div><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hot Totty : </span></span>When it's cold outside, guests at the House of Borghese are <a href="http://mistressmaddie.blogspot.com/2023/01/mood-board.html" target="_blank">offered furs with something hot inside</a>. </div><span></span><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-year-of-looking-glam-even-without.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-55537502715313777492023-12-26T12:43:00.001+00:002023-12-26T12:43:13.235+00:00"She doesn't want to see Fanny on camera"<div><div style="text-align: left;"> Just popping in to drop off a few things before returning at the weekend to wrap up the year and stuff it in the Sideboard along with all the previous years.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> First up from the 21st, I had a wander down to the promenade where the North Sea waved to me rather enthusiastically:</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcj41UL7laFWH0Rh7RL49OQW0NSCapj99P-k3GdSH7IMss3eBWKmecON8iG14FO-mgQPVeMuVXAeZzTqtYguMbE-OQm3XcBhHsyTpp5PTiw4dOL91arVkytQKYigXEqpwIYdmUSXtEIZRifRm-GA3zFjmcbYW36ycuEpRhY2Ld7Bn_hzYgebefLg/s3440/Waves%20001.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="3440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcj41UL7laFWH0Rh7RL49OQW0NSCapj99P-k3GdSH7IMss3eBWKmecON8iG14FO-mgQPVeMuVXAeZzTqtYguMbE-OQm3XcBhHsyTpp5PTiw4dOL91arVkytQKYigXEqpwIYdmUSXtEIZRifRm-GA3zFjmcbYW36ycuEpRhY2Ld7Bn_hzYgebefLg/w640-h360/Waves%20001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwWqHQ0U6LbLYc99aktLbOujCqKWmP-tdt9eGXUd1z7emEkhEhKHPXANFHz-m4BGa03Qud2LGT-TciftdsE2HLCG-0SrAbj67VrImkKEERziT8zZwwvGahjnTM5SqnJm9cuWLKB-cxt_o9zvYLeoNc8j-jROSapXyhcbUeQY5cY2vYPMubJLthg/s3440/Waves%20012.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1934" data-original-width="3440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwWqHQ0U6LbLYc99aktLbOujCqKWmP-tdt9eGXUd1z7emEkhEhKHPXANFHz-m4BGa03Qud2LGT-TciftdsE2HLCG-0SrAbj67VrImkKEERziT8zZwwvGahjnTM5SqnJm9cuWLKB-cxt_o9zvYLeoNc8j-jROSapXyhcbUeQY5cY2vYPMubJLthg/w640-h360/Waves%20012.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/12/she-doesnt-want-to-see-fanny-on-camera.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-56256723132332582372023-12-12T19:16:00.007+00:002023-12-21T12:28:38.357+00:00The Freakin' Green Elf Shorts Make America Great Again!<div style="text-align: left;"> Yes, the Freakin' Green Elf Shorts are back! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> The 29th winner, <a href="http://dumpedfirstwife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Janie Junebug,</a> is holding the <a href="http://dumpedfirstwife.blogspot.com/2023/12/its-time-for-freakin-green-elf-shorts.html" target="_blank">FGES Caption Competition RIGHT NOW</a>! So, why don't you pop over to her place and leave a witty/pithy/disgusting caption to be in with a chance of winning the detestable polyestables for yourself and joining the elite few whose nether regions have been where no one has wanted to go before!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfif8h3QvLmoNNX6Fe3Zk6AvBliKQySwVcq0P9K_ZuDCkjIgdQ06BJ0xMtacVwKpIDR8SzMbXKnukzYVNZqQI0WFKIY2dirWBWLdfZHuUYmhdhhRnzY8X_JtECw7acLikNvk-uLt-GnycGrb45fxFfW3uU9Q9doQbGGDoaFIztjyZ5fxBtXrSpg/s543/Janie%20Junebug's%20FGES%20photo%20teaser.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfif8h3QvLmoNNX6Fe3Zk6AvBliKQySwVcq0P9K_ZuDCkjIgdQ06BJ0xMtacVwKpIDR8SzMbXKnukzYVNZqQI0WFKIY2dirWBWLdfZHuUYmhdhhRnzY8X_JtECw7acLikNvk-uLt-GnycGrb45fxFfW3uU9Q9doQbGGDoaFIztjyZ5fxBtXrSpg/s16000/Janie%20Junebug's%20FGES%20photo%20teaser.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little tease of Janie's FGES photo<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> And look! The current FGES Travel Map:<br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQuaNty7RkMdqfyF9eYKIt2SyKRypHpUYZltJn82cv4nT61_H1MZ2AXH__WXLc8hoUaSjvE1CMstEQE8EvFfKe9AtGYweltxRpVVk3AT722Ciy_aWHa0HwGq9FpjL-MFFcS7nOGDBxzMGelpLMOIG0WCGmCH2WsIEi4Zte13yDx7mdORy1WdEwA/s2440/FGES%20Travel%20Map%20v3.13b.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQuaNty7RkMdqfyF9eYKIt2SyKRypHpUYZltJn82cv4nT61_H1MZ2AXH__WXLc8hoUaSjvE1CMstEQE8EvFfKe9AtGYweltxRpVVk3AT722Ciy_aWHa0HwGq9FpjL-MFFcS7nOGDBxzMGelpLMOIG0WCGmCH2WsIEi4Zte13yDx7mdORy1WdEwA/w640-h360/FGES%20Travel%20Map%20v3.13b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> And, yes, I've informed <a href="https://raisethethunderbeam.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rimpy</a>, the Official FGES Historian, so we may get an updated <a href="https://raisethethunderbeam.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-continuing-history-of-freakin-green.html" target="_blank">Continuing History of the FGES</a> quite soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">EDIT 21 December 2023 :</span> <a href="http://dumpedfirstwife.blogspot.com/2023/12/and-wiener-is.html" target="_blank">Rimpy has only gone and won the FGES!!!</a> Congratulations, Rimpy!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://wonderlandburlesque.blogspot.com/">Mr Tonking</a>, you had a very lucky escape!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the updated FGES Travel Map (1st 2023 edition):</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxi8AguF3d9u6NY_G7MQSoWd3-k-Ssl7yMgDCcGFZc0LpAA2xBqE_NVqf9RHlYz9v3Y90sGBmukal94zzXEyrdXXeNFXo2lgc156Q7qRjhP0DCMz5WrIYWXYlG4uCGwbBAUt2K6WROsgg93Q5W2NLPio6H6VYAm67sqtsSsVQ1dT-IEoNl4P9vA/s2440/FGES%20Travel%20Map%20v3.13c.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxi8AguF3d9u6NY_G7MQSoWd3-k-Ssl7yMgDCcGFZc0LpAA2xBqE_NVqf9RHlYz9v3Y90sGBmukal94zzXEyrdXXeNFXo2lgc156Q7qRjhP0DCMz5WrIYWXYlG4uCGwbBAUt2K6WROsgg93Q5W2NLPio6H6VYAm67sqtsSsVQ1dT-IEoNl4P9vA/w640-h360/FGES%20Travel%20Map%20v3.13c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-40284607823455748582023-12-09T17:00:00.005+00:002023-12-09T17:00:00.125+00:00"... or shall I just whip out the Cock Soc?"<div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> It's almost the end of the year, so here are most of the things I've read, watched and listened to since my last updates back in <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/07/grandad-is-poo-face.html" target="_blank">July</a> and <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-sunday-blogger-club-and-other.html" target="_blank">August</a>. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to spend on this as I need all the time I can get to work on the end-of-year roundup - which I've barely begun - Eeeek! (The observant amongst you will notice that I copied this intro from <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2022/12/julian-fingering-fannys-lip.html" target="_blank">last year's end-of-year update</a> because it's still relevant.)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hmmm... Is anyone else having deja vu?</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Read</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>GHOSTS:
The Button House Archives</i> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Mat Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha
Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">This utterly hilarious accompaniment to the TV series is the only new book I've read since the summer. Written as it is by the creators/actors of the <i>Ghosts</i> TV series, <i>The Button House Archives</i> is absolutely true to form and packed with letters, articles, historical documents, and transcripts (by Alison, the "Living" who can see and hear the ghosts) which expand upon the lives (and deaths) of the ghosts.<br></span></div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Here, Martha Howe-Douglas who plays Lady Fanny Button, reads an excerpt in character:</span><br></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: large;">Re-read</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet</i> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Becky Chambers</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Just as delightful and warm and emotional and tense as on the first read.</span><br></div><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Galaxy and the Ground Within</i> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Becky Chambers</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Because I couldn't stop at just one of Becky Chambers' <i>Wayfarers</i> novels.</span><br></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Crushed;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Watched</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>No Activity</i> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">I found this Australian police comedy on iPlayer after having watched <i>Colin From Accounts</i> <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/05/breaking-circle.html" target="_blank">earlier in the year</a>. Amongst others, it stars Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammell who created and starred in <i>Colin From Accounts</i>, so that was the main reason for watching it. And also because Patrick Brammell is a fox!</span><br></div><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">⸰ </span><span style="font-family: Spectral;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ghosts</i>, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">series 5</span><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Perhaps not quite as funny as previous series', <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/09/ghosts.html" target="_blank">this final series</a> makes up for that with more emotional and serious themes. Plus, we finally learned how both Kitty and The Captain met their ends (The Captain's nearly broke my heart). And the Christmas Special is yet to come!</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: small;">* The post title comes from The Captain wondering "Are we still playing Food Club, ..."</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: small;">(Cock Soc is short for the N.A.A.F.I. Home Forces canteen Cocktail Society)<br></span></div><br>
<div><iframe frameborder="0" height="362" src="https://youtube.com/embed/h2K7O2BB6kk?si=nzzy_gmGcY7y6nM0" width="644"></iframe></div><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">[In lieu of the Christmas Special, here's March's Comic Relief sketch featuring Kylie]<span></span></span><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/12/or-shall-i-just-whip-out-cock-soc.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-38249825925945721382023-11-29T12:00:00.955+00:002023-11-29T12:00:00.147+00:00GPE 2023 : The Finale<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">the 2023</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">I N F O M A N I A C</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;">Garden Photos Event Finale</span></span></div>
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<div> Hello, and thank you all for -</div><br>
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<div style="text-align: right;">- coming.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> Sorry about that. The Official Hexenhäusli Device Woodsman is clearly keen to get going with my wood and couldn't wait for me to finish the introduction.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-9g1rgMa512pYarsCObmg-r9EU1TDp-mox1fTtL5ayTGuwrMZMKJT6RDXx5kU1e0pTZErCbPjN-3uVAaok3iXJfUsth4ebPiN_ByXINslDJH4hkd_1Y3I3xEjmBzLTsr-1-72fQ7Nu9OX4ZwGK3SvKTZkEmpqO6ObjPwHTtjkJvyJfr_KY8bgA/s1630/Eucomis%20-%20IDV.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="IDV's Eucomis comosa "Sparkling Burgundy"" border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1630" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-9g1rgMa512pYarsCObmg-r9EU1TDp-mox1fTtL5ayTGuwrMZMKJT6RDXx5kU1e0pTZErCbPjN-3uVAaok3iXJfUsth4ebPiN_ByXINslDJH4hkd_1Y3I3xEjmBzLTsr-1-72fQ7Nu9OX4ZwGK3SvKTZkEmpqO6ObjPwHTtjkJvyJfr_KY8bgA/w200-h150/Eucomis%20-%20IDV.JPG" title="IDV's Eucomis comosa "Sparkling Burgundy"" width="200"></a></div> Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes: Thank you all for taking part in the Garden Photos Event this year! Whether you opened your gardens for the event or just visited and made approving noises in the comments (or just to yourselves if you didn't comment), we hope you enjoyed the show and maybe took away some inspiration for your garden/courtyard/balcony/windowbox/windowsill next year.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> Oh, before I forget, two years ago <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2021/11/gpe-13-finale.html?showComment=1638156479059#c3040296318945832339" target="_blank">Mr Tonking suggested</a> a little music to accompany these GPE recaps. I don't know why I didn't make good his suggestion last year, but I've picked three tunes for this year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> First is "Since Yesterday" by Strawberry Switchblade - one of my favourite 80s songs. I picked this to go with Ms Scarlet's and Mr Tonking's strawberries (and mine!) - as well as those lurking behind Melanie's pitchers.<br></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">[Strawberry Switchblade recorded a demo track suitably called "Trees and Flowers" but it's a bit wishy-washy for my tastes]<span></span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-finale.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-75297594671289009912023-11-27T00:00:00.629+00:002024-02-25T20:27:44.454+00:00GPE 2023 : IDV's Zoological Gardens<div> This, the final array of flora & fauna from the Infomaniac Garden Photos Event 2023, is my own.</div><div> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">Take a Turn Around the Grounds with</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">M E,</span></b></span><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;"> I D V</span></b></span></span><br></div>
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<div> </div><div> I thought we'd start with the zoological specimens first as the display includes the majority of Hexenhäusli Device's grounds, so you can see the layout of the gardens and many of the plants too (not pictured: the North Lawn and Gardener's Private Retreat):</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Cormorant Unicase;">Arial view of the South Gardens</span></span><br></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_A3RDczVUnP1JEPSA57InaWqHUhH9Dn-T5DdsJx0Z4B_c3lASXkj83Yn4_vLo93imVry6PkQ_Y1yjrbsen0SbBTElwdW1RHQ2mHu07-gwwmG60Fb05jCbD4gHkUyR-OmopV5Y8lmT-3tpaYlRA3iYoyuq1nM4EOfPlBdxN1IF6GDz7QXr9fq3w/s3530/00%20South%20Garden%20-%20NW%20spider%20-%20Satellite%20moth%20-%20Red%20Admiral%20-%20Peacock%20-%20rock%20spider.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2570" data-original-width="3530" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_A3RDczVUnP1JEPSA57InaWqHUhH9Dn-T5DdsJx0Z4B_c3lASXkj83Yn4_vLo93imVry6PkQ_Y1yjrbsen0SbBTElwdW1RHQ2mHu07-gwwmG60Fb05jCbD4gHkUyR-OmopV5Y8lmT-3tpaYlRA3iYoyuq1nM4EOfPlBdxN1IF6GDz7QXr9fq3w/w640-h466/00%20South%20Garden%20-%20NW%20spider%20-%20Satellite%20moth%20-%20Red%20Admiral%20-%20Peacock%20-%20rock%20spider.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Widdershins from top left: Nursery web spider <i>(Pisaura miribilis)</i> in the red greenhouse <span style="color: #cccccc;">[April]</span>, Large yellow underwing moth <i>(Noctua pronuba)</i> x2 in the potting station (not the related Satellite as incorrectly marked on the image) <span style="color: #cccccc;">[July]</span>, Red Admiral <i>(Vanessa atalanta) </i><span style="color: #cccccc;">[August]</span>, Peacock <i>(Aglais io)</i> <span style="color: #cccccc;">[August]</span>, and some sort of spider that I can't be bothered to try and identify on a rock next to the <strike>pond</strike> lake <span style="color: #cccccc;">[June]</span>.<span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-idvs-zoological-gardens.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-33571007277649649452023-11-24T12:00:00.271+00:002023-11-24T12:00:00.143+00:00GPE 2023 : UptonKing Gets Fruity<div>Here we are at the penultimate garden of this year's Infomaniac Garden Photos Event, the red, yellow, and orange-hued grounds of <a href="https://wonderlandburlesque.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mr Tonking</a>. Welcome to:</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather Sans;">I snapped some photographs last night</span></span> <span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">[Hallowe'en, spookily enough - IDV]</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather Sans;">:</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">D I N A H M O W</span></b></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;">Beginnings and</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;">Borrowed Views</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Lato;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because my "proper" garden is not yet established, I'm going to cheat with some of the borrowed view! So there!</span></span></div><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello Mr D, I hope I'm not too late for this year's garden extravaganza. <strike>Sadly I won't be able to reply to any comments as I'm going away tomorrow</strike></span><strike> <span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">[Saturday 28th Oct - IDV]</span></strike><span style="font-family: arial;"><strike>, if you wouldn't mind letting the hoi polloi know, I would hate them to think of me as haughty</strike>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Love <a href="https://mitziclutterfromthegutter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mitzi</a>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">[Disregard the above: Mitzi's back off her hols now - IDV]</span></div>
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<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PstaV7T_vcbnF0gRAaGgg0UsxOnKSDjB0eEYNO6yrYha0_wfxitmvQAJ3t01twP3hJ_W4xi7Huj8gDmyHlPCkIx6jgUjkQm7ljMZOs0ofMuPMH3Wm5PhUI94Z63TCefGD0r6XBT7S89Fh6-7rKhSHkcz8pnThoIIZaYy314WSHeyxe5lpgEqWA/s640/fuch.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PstaV7T_vcbnF0gRAaGgg0UsxOnKSDjB0eEYNO6yrYha0_wfxitmvQAJ3t01twP3hJ_W4xi7Huj8gDmyHlPCkIx6jgUjkQm7ljMZOs0ofMuPMH3Wm5PhUI94Z63TCefGD0r6XBT7S89Fh6-7rKhSHkcz8pnThoIIZaYy314WSHeyxe5lpgEqWA/s16000/fuch.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An upright fuchsia called Jubilee something or other, Jon will know. A cutting taken from the garden centre.<span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-mitzi-couldnt-give-fig.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-481107453851803412023-11-14T12:00:00.418+00:002023-11-14T12:00:00.146+00:00GPE 2023 : Mooning About with Maddie<div>On stage at the Infomaniac Garden Photos Event tonight are:</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;">the Bootilicious Blooms<br></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">of</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">M A D D I E</span></span></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">T H E</span></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">M I S T R E S S B O R G H E S E</span></span></b><br></div>
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<div> <span style="color: #f43088; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;">This is my selection for this year. I continue to be pleasantly surprised by how nice everything did considering I still don't know what I'm doing. Some of the gardens are still things my father had done when he was alive.... but much of the garden is fairly new beds with a little bit of everything.</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f43088; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;">A few pictures from spring...</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #f43088; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFM3SkZkc3o6av_RAB81ieBZxBF7cXCY7002eJcm6lgN33dXi2isUrLvjZRQ4siBF5MRxUC9lJG-PF36I4Gc08KQvdE50L1_IllyhFZI2cgIhiWokdxVN7tOvWViC55CzcRYXAT2zUaHWVe9GkMHhZ6zQdxhj5Aa02iJcgWqUBM7MjA-6zMIGBA/s1359/Sp%20columbine%20o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFM3SkZkc3o6av_RAB81ieBZxBF7cXCY7002eJcm6lgN33dXi2isUrLvjZRQ4siBF5MRxUC9lJG-PF36I4Gc08KQvdE50L1_IllyhFZI2cgIhiWokdxVN7tOvWViC55CzcRYXAT2zUaHWVe9GkMHhZ6zQdxhj5Aa02iJcgWqUBM7MjA-6zMIGBA/w508-h640/Sp%20columbine%20o.jpg" width="508"></a></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f43088; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;">Columbines</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f43088; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Raleway;"> </span></span><br></div></div><div><span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-mooning-about-with-maddie.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-19648056450186449382023-11-12T00:00:00.246+00:002023-11-29T19:10:10.748+00:00GPE 2023 : Ms Scarlet is a Big Pink Bush Tease!<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nT5SK9OKFrhFSZimI2B2DdJVGYxi-idc-QZSU4JYHlhGkap6l0i7cx3oiJcGAlO3aaTjVmOvLBNJ-7F00Ff6-3_8D5MhHRa34cVSAJm1-zlqiVlj9gtNFu-yocp1rbwa0cOzANHPw1ieDYKoRwFxMt8ZxHSccWHXE_5Q8UT0RHxTWDlK-jQSxg/s3840/0857%20BPB%20close-up.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3840" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nT5SK9OKFrhFSZimI2B2DdJVGYxi-idc-QZSU4JYHlhGkap6l0i7cx3oiJcGAlO3aaTjVmOvLBNJ-7F00Ff6-3_8D5MhHRa34cVSAJm1-zlqiVlj9gtNFu-yocp1rbwa0cOzANHPw1ieDYKoRwFxMt8ZxHSccWHXE_5Q8UT0RHxTWDlK-jQSxg/w640-h480/0857%20BPB%20close-up.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br>
<div> Ah, how lovely to see you all again! This time on the Infomaniac Garden Photos Event we have:<br></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">M S S C A R L E T'</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">S</span></b></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;">Abundance of Blossom</span></span></div>
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<div>(as well as her infamous Big Pink Bush, of course). I will pass you over to <a href="https://wonky-words.com/" target="_blank">Ms Scarlet</a> to introduce her garden photos:</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">☙❧</span> <br></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"> You will notice that Devon had an abundance of blossom in Springtime - Cherry blossom, and soooo much Hawthorn.</span></div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br></span>
<div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"> I have included a tease of my big pink bush, along with a couple of pots of pansies. And then there are several arty photos of my hydrangeas.</span></div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br></span>
<div><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"> The hot spell in late September has given me a little crop of strawberries, which is very odd - the bonus being that I don't think there are any birds around to eat them if they ripen.<span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-ms-scarlet-is-big-pink-bush-tease.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-46421939464301736152023-11-09T12:00:00.248+00:002023-11-09T12:00:00.130+00:00GPE 2023 : Jon's & Madam A's Stars of the Seasons<div style="text-align: left;">The Infomaniac Garden Photos Event is proud to present <a href="https://jon-doloresdelargo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jon's</a> and <a href="https://anthony-dingle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Madam Arcati's</a>:</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xxx-large;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;">Garden Festival</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">at</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">D O L O R E S</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">D E L A R G O</span></b></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcz35U_HtyFbPgkBDiPoh4HcUw5lt-pO48I-iaceGUYo0pN4yUdpyzyGwfquEhqFYowWVAgPonC9Ry9dr3TaluX9VuM5JvptcQFiEYo2UVZBcsKY3SYXam0KKaANt46HoPv6NduvoTT1IzJZyIfJuwg0g_sCZivPcfm2BcCAhVkz0NHGpMbm3PGw/s3834/00%20Rosa%20Veilchenblau.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="3834" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcz35U_HtyFbPgkBDiPoh4HcUw5lt-pO48I-iaceGUYo0pN4yUdpyzyGwfquEhqFYowWVAgPonC9Ry9dr3TaluX9VuM5JvptcQFiEYo2UVZBcsKY3SYXam0KKaANt46HoPv6NduvoTT1IzJZyIfJuwg0g_sCZivPcfm2BcCAhVkz0NHGpMbm3PGw/w640-h328/00%20Rosa%20Veilchenblau.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rosa "Veilchenblau"</span><br></div><div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial;"> After the horrors of the Great Freeze in December 2022, when we had more than a week of frosts down to -8C/-17.6F (during which we lost all the Pelargoniums, both Eucomis, all the upper growth on the Cordyline, some Fuchsias, some Aquilegias, some Dahlias, some ornamental Cyclamen and an Agapanthus), one might have hoped for an improvement - but hell, no. We had mizzly, grey, chilly weather for weeks and weeks, culminating in torrential rainstorms all through March and April, which meant that time spent in the garden was intermittent, but at least the Daffodils, Tulips, Ipheion, Snowdrops, Crocus, Violas, hardy Cyclamen, Forget-me-Nots and Aubretia were all there to cheer us up!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> As were the "stars" of the season:<span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-jons-madam-as-stars-of-seasons.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-80784142825036408852023-11-07T00:00:00.191+00:002023-11-18T08:58:38.715+00:00GPE 2023 : Melanie explains the Birds and the... Bears?!?<div> Our second stop on the Garden Photos Event tour is at <a href="http://proximablue.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ProximaBlue's</a> (<span style="font-size: small;">AKA</span> Melanie Reynolds):</div><div> <br></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">Plenty of Pitchers at</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">M E L A N I E'S</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">Garden Party</span></span></div>
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<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBne1Dfu7yABkuQRjf-fuFjV2uaLrkEabiqtEa9Ha5aC8hXjoeGiuYiwANPNT4XRzwoUVNUTV933ZqGOJi9MDNZo8aoDlO8BsNt1SHP-HFv5L7smIz5dK6OZU6EUbKEZswf8TT-ERP5wNuD3_35FKKsrsBwBOK_wyJ8k5fyJGEWNtAKPp6QANHBg/s2880/P1%20First%20bloom%20on%20the%20Pitcher%20plant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="1881" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBne1Dfu7yABkuQRjf-fuFjV2uaLrkEabiqtEa9Ha5aC8hXjoeGiuYiwANPNT4XRzwoUVNUTV933ZqGOJi9MDNZo8aoDlO8BsNt1SHP-HFv5L7smIz5dK6OZU6EUbKEZswf8TT-ERP5wNuD3_35FKKsrsBwBOK_wyJ8k5fyJGEWNtAKPp6QANHBg/w418-h640/P1%20First%20bloom%20on%20the%20Pitcher%20plant.jpg" width="418"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pitcher Plant: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I was so excited to get my first pitcher plant flower. It was a bit tricky to get a good picture of it though since it stands up so far from the rest of the plant.<span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-mels-explains-birds-and-bears.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-35329927657376783652023-11-04T12:00:00.015+00:002023-11-04T12:00:00.135+00:00GPE 2023 : Shiny Peenee<div>Welcome to the first stop on 2023's Infomaniac Garden Photos Event tour:</div><div> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cormorant Unicase;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">the Green Accented Apartment of</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">M R P E E N E E</span></b></span></span><br></div>
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<div>As with previous GPEs, I'll be taking a back seat and letting the gardener talk us through the subjects of their garden photos. As long as they provided enough - or any - captions, that is. Which <a href="https://www.mrpeenee.com/" target="_blank">Peenee</a> did fortunately, so I'll pass you over to him: </div><div><br></div><div> </div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial;"> After years of having a large, meandering garden, I moved into an apartment with absolutely no exterior space. I resisted potted plants inside because it just seemed sad after all that time fighting the good garden fight. But lately, I decided to take advantage of the big windows here and have taken on a few inside plants.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyYOirFe0TQ4Q8QEEy0REmGUKELUqkEepFL8spq4Ld-Hp1x0QNW1IdyLp57l2jWghOta6yMinZ5ZWJIO8mBiwwoQQ3w24sNWo_ygLyVinFW1bWxAJDP0a1giwmqSk4HbiIgFURQWHB96BPMk49P188uFX0FQ7odCU9y50hHjfpXULVpWVluTKMQ/s2880/Asparagus%20Fern%20-%20Peenee.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyYOirFe0TQ4Q8QEEy0REmGUKELUqkEepFL8spq4Ld-Hp1x0QNW1IdyLp57l2jWghOta6yMinZ5ZWJIO8mBiwwoQQ3w24sNWo_ygLyVinFW1bWxAJDP0a1giwmqSk4HbiIgFURQWHB96BPMk49P188uFX0FQ7odCU9y50hHjfpXULVpWVluTKMQ/w640-h480/Asparagus%20Fern%20-%20Peenee.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've always liked asparagus ferns and this one has returned my feelings by thriving.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Go girl.<span></span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/gpe-2023-shiny-peenee.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-54731350594160129892023-11-01T23:59:00.586+00:002023-12-09T21:41:15.635+00:00The Infomaniac Garden Photos Event 2023<div> To those who made it through the <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/10/gpe-2023-terrifying-triffidery.html" target="_blank">Terrifying Triffidery</a> pre-show relatively unscathed* - and to those who sensibly avoided it - welcome to the 13th annual <a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/p/infomaniac-garden-photos-event.html" target="_blank">Infomaniac Garden Photos Event</a>! <br></div><br>
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<div> This year the totally non-binding and entirely voluntary theme is wildlife and we have quite a few creepy-crawlies in amongst the foliage and flora for you to cast your eyes upon - as well as one or two rather larger specimens! </div><div> But before we begin, a big thank you to everyone who has submitted photos - and to those who have yet to do so but will do in the next few days (there's bound to be at least one - maybe two?) - without you, there would be no Garden Photos Event. </div><div> And big thanks also to <a href="https://theinfomaniac.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Very Mistress</a> for allowing me to continue with the GPE in her stead.<br></div><div><br></div><div> Speaking of, the first garden photo that was submitted this year - which does include wildlife - was from The Very Mistress herself: </div><div> </div>
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<div> And here's what she had to say about it:<span></span></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-infomaniac-garden-photos-event-2023.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-89348142422722419952023-10-31T00:00:00.499+00:002023-11-02T17:18:40.605+00:00GPE 2023 : Terrifying Triffidery<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0-A2QZYVqT2Ys9KwGqUCnoSqRx-dPCxJp1KIPpKM2dr3fQ6XYvMM93DTFR1rmi8dx4auOqtdMgSBbt-2a2uXLICFdMI0umjdQ52qyQiMOIhAcJIbFH0_plJvxdEP_5o3alhyphenhyphenxxv1aSP2Vsc040ENoh66ZSxNsJPDKnJiHXi02jNNzA2r4xJ_FQ/s2899/Terrifying%20Triffidery%202023%20poster.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2899" data-original-width="1957" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0-A2QZYVqT2Ys9KwGqUCnoSqRx-dPCxJp1KIPpKM2dr3fQ6XYvMM93DTFR1rmi8dx4auOqtdMgSBbt-2a2uXLICFdMI0umjdQ52qyQiMOIhAcJIbFH0_plJvxdEP_5o3alhyphenhyphenxxv1aSP2Vsc040ENoh66ZSxNsJPDKnJiHXi02jNNzA2r4xJ_FQ/w432-h640/Terrifying%20Triffidery%202023%20poster.jpg" width="432"></a></div><br>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hello, and welcome to the Infomaniac Garden Photos Event's Hallowe'en show:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Eater; font-size: xxx-large;">Terrifying Triffidery!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> As with previous years, please make your way around the various specimens and, if the mood strikes you, try and guess what each triffid mutated from and which of the Blogorati propagated it. Not everyone who's taking part in the main event submitted a triffid, so to make things a bit easier for you, those who did are listed on the poster above-</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Which I spent the best part of yesterday making!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> You'd never have guessed he watched <i>Psycho</i> recently, would you? Anyway, as I was saying, not everyone submitted a triffid, and some of those who did sent in more than one, so you may have your work cut out for you. The Host has labelled each specimen, so you just need to mention the number in the comments when making your guess rather than trying to describe the hideous things. And don't get too close to the triffids during your inspections lest we have to cut you out of them! Speaking of:<br></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_wQ9YKWdnbau__cy7741YhQliYfBuFZkuAgY8YEYrj_F2zSxHyVLuC0jw9dcJrblW07Ju0JWuj9VgCyiY23kZS_JnyrhxnO2SjHQyfdaG0FB_t1NdPnDu8kE-VcDmtq13XrBz1ki1R8PHz3mlqSZ2bsHjSxf7u4V9lDZPG2NFaQildATMYolRQ/s960/Johnny%20D%20Casalena.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Gavin the Gardener" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_wQ9YKWdnbau__cy7741YhQliYfBuFZkuAgY8YEYrj_F2zSxHyVLuC0jw9dcJrblW07Ju0JWuj9VgCyiY23kZS_JnyrhxnO2SjHQyfdaG0FB_t1NdPnDu8kE-VcDmtq13XrBz1ki1R8PHz3mlqSZ2bsHjSxf7u4V9lDZPG2NFaQildATMYolRQ/w213-h320/Johnny%20D%20Casalena.jpg" title="Gavin the Gardener" width="213"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Due to some missing limbs - and indeed whole persons - during last year's show, Health & Safety have insisted on the employment of some sort of security guard-cum-triffid wrangler. So, I made some enquiries and garnered the services of Gavin the Gardener who, according to <a href="https://www.mrpeenee.com/2023/10/in-which-we-bake.html" target="_blank">Peenee's pictorial review</a>, has some experience with triffids. <br><div style="text-align: left;"> Don't
let his beautiful, vacant face give you pause - just look at those
monstrous arms: they are almost as terrifying as the triffids! With my own eye I have witnessed Gavin grapple a triffid of great girth to its exhaustion, whereupon it promptly covered the poor young man with some sort of thick, sticky excreta. I assure you, he is well up to the task at hand.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> Now, before you set off on the tour, here's a musical accompaniment in the form of Bright Light x2 with "Down to One" which first <a href="https://jon-doloresdelargo.blogspot.com/2023/10/euterpean-mood.html" target="_blank">caught my ear and eye at Jon's</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> If you stay behind the velvet ropes and don't dilly-dally at the exhibits, I'm sure the song's video won't be prophetic...<br></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq5_OWJHaUhQjI4-bH7fsX5TM2QbGxOH349h9jIipprx5nwkWkNFN8EfS7n0365sdqiK0dygCF1kzOzL5BX8KkzHEiUYhBz-naUJqNCFTEZrvjvy_Ii3jKUkbI5cy9dylO2NMkSWM3d19OhcsM3eqjqZ3RRB6Qwn7X73hvOhryRD8d472gVXz1A/s718/Triffid1.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="718" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq5_OWJHaUhQjI4-bH7fsX5TM2QbGxOH349h9jIipprx5nwkWkNFN8EfS7n0365sdqiK0dygCF1kzOzL5BX8KkzHEiUYhBz-naUJqNCFTEZrvjvy_Ii3jKUkbI5cy9dylO2NMkSWM3d19OhcsM3eqjqZ3RRB6Qwn7X73hvOhryRD8d472gVXz1A/w640-h600/Triffid1.jpeg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">T #1 : Overseeing the proceedings is this long-eared owl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">At least, I think that's what it is?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="https://inexplicabledevice.blogspot.com/2023/10/gpe-2023-terrifying-triffidery.html#more">Read more »</a>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17645685.post-15379739048545876472023-10-22T18:34:00.008+01:002023-10-30T09:58:19.721+00:00Garden Photos Event Final Warning<div> <br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">So, for those of you taking part, please email me your photos by Saturday 28th October* (my blog's email address is in my Blogger profile on top of the Sideboard on the right there). Everyone is welcome, from Infomaniac Bitches of yore, to newcomers, friends-of-friends, and lurkers. More information can be found in the previous post, but if you have any questions, please ask away in the comments.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6Ot05IF-zoNlD1n21zpFFVuXltf4GV2Pa7B7cLnTS6pzcEkwUVlGqfzFC81mV5pb7Q8y9uqYWui13_LfOlp5ETtJDCiwD_TQu_k95PD3ygz23pmeQLBe6v0lJwb9S-NwTHNGlXERYTnZAq7pCG6szPmVXQBq9OvUDc-p0s-5sVBtnFrLLiXYzg/s2882/593%20Cornflowers%20and%20Bertie.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2882" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6Ot05IF-zoNlD1n21zpFFVuXltf4GV2Pa7B7cLnTS6pzcEkwUVlGqfzFC81mV5pb7Q8y9uqYWui13_LfOlp5ETtJDCiwD_TQu_k95PD3ygz23pmeQLBe6v0lJwb9S-NwTHNGlXERYTnZAq7pCG6szPmVXQBq9OvUDc-p0s-5sVBtnFrLLiXYzg/w640-h360/593%20Cornflowers%20and%20Bertie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, for fu- Ignore Bitey, look at the lovely blue cornflowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">☙❧</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>* But, because I am a soft touch, as long as <i>some</i> of you send in your photos by then, the rest of you lallygaggers can have a bit longer. But not much longer, mind! I have things to do, and I don't want to be curating photos all the way through November.<br /></div><div>(I'll leave it up to you to decide who's going to be in my good books by getting their photos in on time, and who will earn under-my-breath mutterings and a spectacular eye roll come 29th October. Or later. Almost certainly later.)</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYruedTxdYsAYEYkBlVk_YtSaraAfRwYfDhWoJb4ah04X6I7VtkJ6bRa5Sim82_MLkCqHCJQCD375GjrqL-YGH1jC2i-g7wRZo3rPU3AC9PrnIyVVWZxEmGgod0l7N0ngxzLVX-SRKjcY3IHF3Bk7k7-HiC_fBtAEb6RUj6_wdI5YArCopx_61g/s500/Don't%20Trust%20the%20Bitch%20Chloe%20eye%20roll.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYruedTxdYsAYEYkBlVk_YtSaraAfRwYfDhWoJb4ah04X6I7VtkJ6bRa5Sim82_MLkCqHCJQCD375GjrqL-YGH1jC2i-g7wRZo3rPU3AC9PrnIyVVWZxEmGgod0l7N0ngxzLVX-SRKjcY3IHF3Bk7k7-HiC_fBtAEb6RUj6_wdI5YArCopx_61g/s16000/Don't%20Trust%20the%20Bitch%20Chloe%20eye%20roll.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See you all next week!</span><br /></div></div>Inexplicable DeVicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.com31