How Mean Are You,

to friends who You know suffer from Coulrophobia?

that is a fear of clowns, well if You are mean in a sweet sort of way, this service for the upcoming Halloween could be just for You, for just $5 extra the Hurts Donut shop has decided to implement a new, Halloween-themed delivery option for their delicious treats, you can have your donuts delivered by a person dressed as a menacing real-life Pennywise and subsequently scare the pants off of your unsuspecting friends and family members, not only will this clown deliver a fantastic fright, but he will immediately make amends for your prank by handing the recipient a dozen of Hurts’ delicious treats! Who can stay mad while chowing down on homemade donuts, glazed to perfection? and what a great delivery van,

in an interview with Guidelive, Hurts co-owner Kas Clegg said “We always try to keep up with the trends, and clowns are trending right now. It’s fall and it’s getting close to Halloween, so we just wanted to spice it up a little bit and do a super fun delivery. We just love scary clowns.” as of right now, the clown delivery service is only available in the Frisco area of Dallas, and for a limited time only, however, since their ingenious idea recently went viral online, there’s a chance they may keep it available for a while longer, and even expand to other areas, “If we have enough interest in surrounding communities, let us know in the comments below, we may pick a day for out of town clown deliveries as well!” Hurts Donut announced in a Facebook post, so in the dark of night, an unexpected ring at the door, a very scary clown, an armed and jittery householder, what could possibly go wrong?

At First,

I thought these were not really photographs,

 I imagined that with some trickery they were computer generated,

 but I was so wrong,

they are 'earth pyramids' 

the structures are created by erosion, rising from clay soil left behind by glaciers from the last Ice Age, each features a large boulder resting on top which protects the soil below, eventually the tall columns lose the strength to hold the large rock overhead, shifting balance and sending it tumbling down the mountain,

photographer Kilian Schönberger climbed the Alps late at night to capture one of the mountain range’s strangest segments, alien-like columns found in South Tyrol, an autonomous province in Northern Italy, His series Otherworld showcases the so-called 'earth pyramids' in a hazy dawn light, these strange creations look like they are impossible to make, but here they are, You can see more of German landscape photographer’s work on his Instagram, and what strange, stunning, almost out of this world His photographs really are.

We Had A Quiet Morning,

but We were going out in the afternoon,

so glad rags on,

 and We were in a Grab taxi,

 and off to Central festival, We were dropped off at the entrance, 

 to the Hilton,

and upstairs to the cinema, and this is what We we going to watch, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, We have been looking forward to this as We both thought the first Kingsman: The Secret Service was so good, as always one has a nagging doubt that the squeal will disappoint, but not in this case, it seemed like just 15 seconds into the movie the action started and continued to the end, for both of us it was none stop enjoyment, We really hope a Kingsman 3 is in the pipeline, as an aside The Golden Circle will make a lot more sense if You watch The Secret Service first, what a great film,

 We had a little time to kill before our next port of call, 

so I took a trip outside to take a few photographs,

 the sail looking golden as the sun goes down, 

 sunset through the palms, whilst I was taking pictures,

  Diana was enjoying Her favourite pastime, 

 window shopping, trying some cold weather clothes on,

 and looking like an Eskimo,

 outside, 

 we had a quick look around,

 ice cream,

 maybe later, 

 all of the forecourt in front of the Central Festival,

 has been taken over,

 by street traders with their stalls, 

 we made our way through them,

 and here is where We are going, 

 to the Rajputana Indian restaurant,

 our starters arrived,

 a huge prawn puri, which We shared,

 and a chicken samosa each,

 eyes down and tuck in,

 then after a long break, our main course arrived,

I lost which is which, but We ordered a chicken dish,

onion bhajis, 

  a prawn Madras,

 chicken murgh,

 a lamb dish and aloo gobi, 

peas pilau rice,

 and finally some butter nan,

 then it was time to tuck in,

 'Cheers!',

 from both of us, we had deliberately ordered extra food, so We could have an Indian meal later in the week, the bill including 4 or so large glasses of wine came to 2,600 baht, and We have one Indian meal in the pot! We were full to bursting, the food here is just so good and full of flavour, 

the restaurants contact details, 

and map, after our meal We crossed the road and hired a Grab taxi to take Us home, where it was feet up for a nightcap, then We were off to bed.

I Enjoy Looking At Old Books,

especially the illustrations,

books like this one, delivered in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, “On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata”,

 by the botanist and geologist George Maw to the Geological Society on April 22nd 1868, the illustrations a stark reminder that in those days many illustrations were hand drawn,

 photography, although coming of age was still not used in many books,

 back to the book, delivered by the botanist and geologist George Maw to the Geological Society on April 22nd 1868, Maw begins: “Of those secondary changes which have modified the original chemical and physical constitution of rocks none seem to have more largely affected their aspect than the recombinations and rearrangements of iron”,

 the illustrations could almost be works of abstract art in their own right,

if like Me You want to see more from this fascinating book, it is at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, at this link.