Recent encounters: Wrecked shithouse! Hay spider! Hat!

There's been a bit of inactivity this week (barring the Cats post, but those have been scheduled since August) because I've been ill, knackered and busy. Still a bit under the weather but sod it, it's time to catch up with some photos, starting with this free-range shitter, which has ironically been absolutely shittered.

Heading up the 108 Steps yielded some sunflowers, noseying over the wall at the back of the church...



And a little look over Sparrow Park, just because I like this area, it's very pleasant, even on a dreary day.


A sign looking to reunite someone with their lost hat...


Now stepping things up a bit with this newly discovered cryptid - the hay spider! There's been quite a few of these about lately, one of them blew off in a strong wind before I could get a picture of it, but here's evidence. They're out there! Keep watching the... pavement, I suppose.

Also noticed this squirrel! Nearly wound up late for work because I was chillin' on a bench, reading the Fortean Times and just enjoying a rare moment of peace and quiet. Also, in my defence, there's a "TINY CROCODILE PANIC" mentioned on the cover; that's high priority knowledge!

Splish-splash, these pigeons are 'avin' a bath, outside a charity shop...

The threat of wet paint on the bollards...

Anyway, on that note, this batch of pictures is getting a bit out of hand, so the next lot can wait a bit. For now, I'll finish on this very mature and sophisticated note...

Continuing the time-honoured tradition of writing naughty words in condensation, and now, it's that time of year... arranging stocking filler gifts into filth - everyone does it! Some of us are just bold enough to own it!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

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Further rambling

Twa Thousand Corbies

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Going to start this post with an illustration, because of this blog layout, posts lacking images tend to look a bit pants. The art here is by G. Howell-Baker. A while back, I was joking about gathering together as many versions of Twa Corbies as possible, and finally, here we are. This is going to be a continually evolving list, so if you know of a version that needs to be included, or if you've recorded one of your own, then by all means, let me know. You can put a comment here or e-mail me at looksinnocuousnenoughchaps [at] gmail [dot] com. Part two, with versions 50-100 can be found here . Let's begin! 1.  Folly Bridge - My personal favourite, performed completely a capella with some beautiful, eerie harmonies. 2.  Hamish Imlach - A live version, and a very close second favourite. Hamish's distinctive voice works wonders here and we're treated to some elegant sitar as well. 3.  Ayreheart - This one features the lute and a passionate vocal performance, it's qui...
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Some doodles from last night

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I went on a bit of a spree last night, trying out some different brushes in Rebelle 7, trying to work out what approach I might want to take for reviving Facts About the World, and here are some of the resulting doodles. First, a swoonicorn investigating Blarglflorp, the tiniest comet in the cosmos. Ara, done entirely using ink brushes with varying degrees of water. It's been a bit of running joke that their markings are different every time I draw them, and this time is no exception. (They were initially based on a striped dolphin but at this point, it's anyone's guess. Cynosure was a futuristic thing with cyborgs anyway, so what kind of dolphin Ara resembled wasn't exactly a pressing logical concern.) And one from the end of the night, which didn't end up being coloured because I'd been up since 3am again and needed to go to bed.
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Fridayposting

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It is Friday, continuing the theme of the spooky video games, I'm currently revisiting Still Wakes the Deep and trying to finish up the blog post about that (it's a good job this isn't an audio effort because noone needs to hear yours truly going "Fuckin' 'ell, McLeary!!!" in an incredibly questionable Glaswegian accent whenever the mood so takes me.) Sod's law, I completely forgot to actually get the pictures off of Mariner... it was late at night. For now, it's time to return to the comfy slippers of The Callisto Protocol, not in chronological order and not really with a theme in mind either, just a bit of fun for today. Starting with these artfully arranged Crunchy Creatures, with a bit of an HR Giger kind of vibe. I also appreciate the elegantly flowing mist around here. Hmmm . (This one's off the PS4 version, I redid it on the PS5 but a big cloud of mist was obscuring one of the monsters and we can't have that.) This hexagonal effort...
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