Travelling Camel

We overtook this grumpy camel on the freeway this morning - he didn't look too impressed! 
He had two friends with him and I think they are the official Wise man camels we've been spotting in the Christmas pageants! I hope they were off home for a well-earned Christmas break.

Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas - see you in the New Year!

The Tanks

Also whilst in London we popped into Tate Modern to escape a sudden downpour and discovered The Tanks, their new exhibition space.
The oil tanks of the former power station have been developed into a very atmospheric underground network of concrete rooms - very dark and strange down there!

The boys loved drawing on acetate and projecting their pictures onto the concrete walls - such a cool idea!

Playing the Moldovans ...

I went to see 'Playing the Moldovans at Tennis' at the Evesham Regal this afternoon - it's the true story of Tony Hawks' mission to beat each member of the Moldovan football team at tennis.

It sounds a bit odd.. but it's actually quite a funny and touching film - and all the proceeds go towards Tony Hawks' Moldovan children's charity - see all about the project here

More 4

I do love the new More 4 ident -

MvsM / More4 On-screen GFX from ManvsMachine on Vimeo.

Read all about it here

More amazing willow!

Hannah's comment on my last post reminded me of this - how amazing are these playhouses by Judith Needham?? Where can I get some willow?

Amazing willow

These intricate willow sculptures by Laura Ellen Bacon are amazing - she's the artist in residence at Compton Verney gallery in Warwickshire this summer - you can drop in and lend a hand!

Cloud Bird

A little doodle whilst listening to Chris Moyles.

Sunday Madness

Typical Sunday morning madness here, so this fab playroom on the Ikea Family Live website looks pretty appealing to everyone - have a look here to see where they sleep - it's really cool!

Please send more chocolate....

Loving these prints from Swedish designer Therese Sennerholt

Wallace and Gromit Christmas

In celebration of these fab Wallace and Gromit Christmas stamps, you can win some amazing prizes over here at the Royal Mail website.

You can also create your own Wallace and Gromit style character -hours of fun...



This is me (sort of..!)

Made in the UK

Hop on over to the Made in the UK Blog for a little peek into my world - thanks to Gina for featuring me :)

Rolf..

Well, of course that got me thinking about Rolf Harris - this is all I could find though..

Ah, happy days!

A new pier

The Grand Pier at Weston Super Mare is re-opening tomorrow, after burning down in the summer of 2008.
These are some photos I took of the old pier in February 2008...

Ace of Cakes

Ughhh, I hate mornings - especially after having a very long dream about covering a bus in blue fondant icing - that's what happens if you stay up until midnight to watch Ace of Cakes... I love Duff!

(Good Food Channel 11.30pm and 12!)

Ice cream?

I thought this ice cream van from yesterday deserved a post all of it's own :)

Bristol Graffiti

There's some amazing graffiti in Bristol - click on the pics or type Bristol Graffiti into your search engine for loads more images. (recognise the top one Mim? :)

Tim Minchin...

I love Tim Minchin, and not just because he's from Perth.

He's written the music for the stage production of Matilda at the RSC in Stratford upon Avon, which I really need to book our tickets for!

(And this one will make you cry...)

Super Shoes!

I love these Superhero shoes from Smallfly on Etsy. What a super idea!(...)

Buzzzzzz

I went to visit my parents' bees today - there are a lot of them and they're REALLY LOUD.

Some interesting bee facts:

1 Bees travel up to three miles from their hive to collect pollen

2 The queen bee lives for up to four years laying eggs constantly (poor queen..)

2 To keep the hive cool in the summer some bees have the job of fanning their wings really fast to create a breeze

(Thanks for the bee facts dad:)

Gnarly..

Gnarly Grom Marley is one of our current favourite books - we bought it in Australia for the boys and they love the story of Marley who wants to surf, but first has to learn to swim.
The website's pretty cool with lots of activities which I might be resorting to during these long summer weeks.....