'We go to the gallery' Dung Beetle reading scheme 1a.

Pages of Miriam Elia's Ladybird reader spoof have been floating around the interwebs for a few months. I first saw them on Tumblr, where I seem to see lots of things that Linda draws my attention to 6 months later when the same thing turns up on FaceCloth.
I was more interested than is usually the case with things I see on Tumblr because, in it's original print run, the book was a complete mock-up of a Ladybird reader right down to the logo. Humour + Nostalgia opens wallets. (I'm working myself up into posting a rant about how nostalgia is probably a bad thing for society in general and another about my unrestrained loathing of stand-up comedians.)
The saga of Miriam Elia's 'journey' (I've come to loathe that word) in producing this wonderful book is chronicled here:
Artist's spoof Ladybird book provokes wrath of Penguin
My post-wallet opening journey begins here:

I've never really struggled with 'conceptual' art since a person, now long gone, told me 'Airfix kits are what you make them'. I realised this concept could be applied to most aspects of my daily life and have applied it ruthlessly ever since. I now disregard the artist's intention or interpretation and construct my own, however misguided that may be.
Anyway, basically (I loathe that word as well) the plot is Mummy takes Susan and John to a gallery and attempts to explain the concepts behind the works.
Buy the book because it's a hoot.

"Authentic"

 

 

Philosophy 101: Fan Mail.

A reader writes...

;-)) Perfect!

 

Philosophy 101: Regret.

When at first I saw it, I thought it the ugliest yet I'd seen.

Now it is gone, I know it to have been one of the most beautiful...

 

The Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth.

 

Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt. 01: Felpham Prom in January.

Moments (see below) are not as rare as one might assume.

Mind you, y'have to be here at the right time, if you want to see the moon as well.

So living here helps.

I must have mentioned that during the winter months the sea throws back all the rocks young persons threw into it during the summer months.
So beach shingle has been lifted up and dumped on the prom.
Impassable by all but the most rugged of mobility scooters.
This picture, sort of, gives an idea of the temperature.

(If you don't 'get it' email me and I'll tell you it's 'cold')


I think the meds are kicking in....

OrigamiSpaceMan: Senbazuru, 1,000 Paper Cranes. Updated

Me folding the 1,000th paper crane:

Senbazuru

This is what 1,000 Paper Cranes looks like when it's split into 25 bags of 40 cranes.

More updates to follow.

Two Pictures.

Philosophy 101 with Mystic Rog & OSM: Pt.2

OSM: What did Santa bring you Rog?

Mystic Rog: The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, a book on the Gardens of the National Trust, A book on the teachings of Christ, and a book on the teachings of the Desert Fathers.

What did you get?

OSM: A false beard, two polystyrene heads, a pair of cuff-links that look like eyeballs, some origami paper and a whistle that goes: