… a story about criminal damage to an artichoke patch –
– is not from a Wallace and Gromit film, but is actually on the BBC –
I popped home to England for a brief visit last week for the first time in a year, and revelled in the things that are so different to life in Malaysia.
My sister-in-law went off to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, looking glam and gorgeous (not that I was jealous, you understand) –
Meanwhile these two ladies were on the tube at 11 a.m. enjoying a cheeky G&T –
note to self: flamingo straws definitely add a touch of class in this scenario.
The roses in Regent’s Park were beautiful –
and my own climbing rose wasn’t too bad either, and definitely enhanced by the wonderfully sunny weather –
The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy was wacky and flamboyant, as you might expect from something put together by Grayson Perry.
The elongated Pink Panther is entitled ‘Infinity’
and this sculpture has no title –
– but covering an ironing board in papier-mâché is the best thing to do with it, in my opinion.
I was rather taken with this bear rug in reverse –
and the guardian of the gate, made of nails –
He wouldn’t look out of place outside a Wat in Thailand.