Diana Was Already At Work,

as she was on another early shift today,

for myself once I had completed my usual start to the day,

I was out to Kingfisheries, a few things I had ordered had arrived and I had to drop them off, then back to town, 

I popped into Marks & Spencer's on the way back and then crossed the road to the churchyard, the cyclamen looking nice,

also there a squirrel,

and as I had some peanuts on me, I gave a few to him,

AKA a long haired tree rat with good PR,

past the green,

and into the park,

and this is what I popped into M & S for, a advent calendar for featuring coffee instead of chocolates for Diana, who arrived home just before myself,

Diana had been shopping too, a Godfather steak was in the kitchen, 28 ounces, enough for more than a few meals, beef sandwiches and beef stew on the horizon for us!

time for a sherry and a read,

followed by chicken liver pate with slices of cucumber, red skinned onions and pickle,

time to tuck in,

next the steak, with sauce for Diana,

sans sauce for myself,

'Cheers!',

we rounded off the meal with strawberries and cream,

after our meal,

photograph IMDB it was time for another episode of Trawlerman, which we both enjoyed, before a couple from Midsomer Murder, next for us we were off to bed.

They May Look Like Photographs,

but these are painted, 

all photographs Diego de Mora Palazzo, above Contarini-Polignac, Venice, 2018, the artist makes these wonderful renditions of house interiors, Diego de Mora’s views of interiors are painted on commission, on paper, combining inks, watercolours, gouache and pencils, size and proportions varies, larger pictures measure around 40x30 cm, smaller ones around 30x25 cm.

House in Fribourg, Switzerland, 2010.

Chinese room in a French country house, 2011.

Apsley House, Striped Room, 2019, what a talent he truly has, to view more of his work have a look here.

If Like Myself,

you enjoy documentaries, 

this is great news, there is a website with an organized selection of awe-inspiring films and series from Netflix to YouTube to BBC & more, above is one that I enjoyed that may have slipped you by, the BBC made a very cool film about sea gypsies from the Badjao tribe, and specifically about one of the divers of this tribe Jago by name, it is a fascinating watch, you can find so many documentaries it is almost mind blowing, from the history of Helvetica to The Real Planet of the Apes, there are so many here, so grab a coffee and have a browse at Rocumentaries.

As Soon As I Had Made Yesterday's Post,

I was on my way to visit Duncan,

it seemed strange going on a Tuesday, but there is a train strike yet again on Wednesday, thankfully the staff normally strike on other days, 

on to the number 54 bus and past Peter Pan's Pool,

a change of drivers at Catford garage,

I was soon passing the Catford cat,

and Lewisham market, 

the florists still closed, 

but the fruit and vegetable shop was open, so I bought Duncan some grapes,

the 09.31 Gravesend train running and on time,

the upline nearly empty as both London bound trains had just left,

a slightly cloudy day arriving in Gravesend,

 

but the cloud had started to clear by the time I arrived at the hill before the nursing home,

the first signs of autumn on the silver birch as some of its leaves have started to turn slightly yellow, Duncan was back to his usual self, chatting away, I told him of the places we had been to over the past week, the Waverley, cinema and the museum, I made a move as his lunch arrived, and we said our goodbyes, 

only a short wait for the 13.34 to Blackheath,

any moment now,

and there it was, 

arriving in Blackheath, the florist now open,

on one side of the doorway,

a nice selection of cut flowers,

onto the number 54 bus, the hanging baskets outside of the Lewisham Tavern,

putting on a good show, 

the scaffolding for the bell tower still in place on what seems to be a never ending job, 

going past Lewisham hospital the dead and dying sunflowers had now been removed,

the only bee garden looking like it should, 

on the bus shelters, the rest had so few plants surviving it will take a year or more to grow back to as they should be,

I was wondering what the hold up was, road works, the gas company I guess had a leak,

still at least that will be cured, unlike this water leak, 

despite countless attempts thousands of gallons of water continue to escape every day, and this is just what is pushed to the surface, underground the leak must be huge,

off of the number 54, past Foxgrove lodge and home, Diana had beaten me there, I had not mentioned it, but the signal on our television has become so bad normal channels are unwatchable, when the building has been finished we will call the aerial chap around to return the aerial to where it should be, I guess one of the builders has inadvertently knocked the aerial slightly off of its normal place, 

and some good news, some of the scaffolding is starting to be taken away, this part of the newly painted building looking so nice after it's facelift, 

photograph BBC after our evening meal we watched couple of programmes from the series called Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch, in it the camera crews follow 3 UK trawlers through the seasons as they catch pollock, whiting, monkfish, dover sole, prawns, squid and whelks depending on the time of year and fishing grounds they are visiting, next a Midsomer Murder before Diana went to bed, she was on early shift this morning and will be for the rest of the week, 

I then started to watch 2 episodes from Wolf Hall, which was very enjoyable to watch again before I too was off to bed.

Today I Mentioned Yet Again The Train Strike,

it inconveniences us just slightly, but it must bring misery to thousands, 

photograph NewCarthagea, and of course all of the striking staff do not get paid, so here is an idea from Japan, everyone still keeps working, but drivers and ticket offices do not charge their customers, a financial hit is given to the company, not only the lack of revenue for the day but the cost of fuel/electricity used, the travelling public are not unconvinced and can travel for free, and the staff still get paid, what a neat idea!

Keeping To A Japanese Theme,

so many of us like pizzas, 

photograph SaekoZ2, but if YouTube is anything to go by, have them slip out of the box as they are being carried, so how about a box with a handle? apparently boxes like these are available in Japan, as I never eat pizzas it is not a problem I have to contend with, but it seems like a neat idea, one hand for a six pack and one for the pizza, what could possibly go wrong?