Day 197 – 365 / July 16th 2015 I spotted this little chap as I returned from a local job lettering a vehicle in Mirfield. I’d just spent the previous three hours applying graphics the both sides, bonnet and rear doors of a Mercedes Sprinter van for a client. The sun was high in the…

Day 196 – 365 / July 15th 2015 ***CAUTION – YUKKINESS*** The footwear on the left, my oh so comfy, trusted and claret and amber themed Doc Marten’s, have had to be put to one side for a few days in favour of the monstrosities on the right. Why? Well, this is where the yukkiness appears, I’ve…

 Day 195 – 365 / July 14th 2015 What better sight than a fridge full of beer? And cider. Cider’s good too. American beer and English cider. US and UK – kinda sums me up. I love them both (or is that all?) I rather enjoy a bottle of Budweiser and, freshly returned from The Good…

Day 194 – 365 / July 13th 2015 The news has been full of references to and stories about Pluto. The planet not the daft cartoon dog created by Disney. So, imagine my delight when, late at night and tucked in bed reading on my Kindle, I came across this reference to that very planet in…

Day 193 – 365 / July 12th 2015 Before we went on holiday the weather was atrocious. In the main it followed us to America whilst, annoyingly the UK basked in record temperatures. Then after landing back home last week, the rain and dull conditions continued. Until today. Beautiful sunny and warm weather saw us spend…

Day 192 – 365 / July 11th 2015 These words are either; A) gold dust, an early draft of what will be considered, in due course, as among the very best of modern day novels. or B) total rubbish. Either way, on the flight to America, I penned five and a half pages of what I hope will…

Day 191 – 365 / July 10th 2015 Lavender in my garden looking lovely and smelling fab. We planted these as teeny, tiny, little “plug” plants two years ago when we had the garden dug out and these gabbion baskets built as a retaining wall for the “top” garden above our nee patio and conservatory. The…

Day 190 – 365 / July 9th 2015 This is the paper used by Goorin Bros, in Nashville, to wrap one of my new hats. I think it is rather lovely in its simplicity and the way it evokes an earlier, simpler but more stylish age from the 1940s or 1950s. I was particularly drawn to…

Day 189 – 365 / July 8th 2015 Don’t let it ever be said that I’m dull and boring. I can prove this by my chosen image for today. What is it you ask? Why, it’s is my new notebook form Leuchtturm, purchased in the Chicago Institute of Architecture, and it is a very special notebook…

Day 188 – 365 / July 7th 2015 The day after we landed home from holiday. Always a low time isn’t it? That “back to work tomorrow” feeling coupled with jet lag. Never good. So, we went to the pub for their quiz night! However, due to all the questions being the wrong ones – that…

Day 187 – 365 / July 6th 2015 When taking a flight I always take a look at the “Aaaah. The plane’s about crash, what do we do? Guide”. Admittedly, it’s a cursory look as I await takeoff. I figure that, in the panic of the plane hurtling to the ground, it will be quite stressful…

Day 186 – 365 / July 5th 2015 It’s always a sad occasion when you are sat in an airport awaiting a plane to fly you away from a place that you have loved visiting. This is a shot of  Nashville International Airport and an empty stand as it awaits an American Airlines flight to take…

Day 185 – 365 / July 4th 2015 July 4th. The Fourth of July. Independence Day. Whatever way you say it, it is a cracking day on which to be Stateside and to witness the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” as they celebrate their freedom from tyranny and oppression from, disappointingly, us British. But hey ho, the…

Day 184 – 365 / July 3rd 2015 Hats. I do like hats. And boots. Many of you may be aware of my preference for wearing hats, usually a Brooklyn style eight piece flat cap. Along with several (possibly seven or eight at last count?) flat caps, I also have a lovely trilby which I occasionally…