Thursday, 16 June 2011

Van Gogh in oils

While out walking I saw this bit of pollution in a puddle that reminded me of Van Gogh's Starry Night.


Sunday, 12 June 2011

Great sentences from Wikipedia

From the page "History of Naples"

"The greatly popular patron of the city, San Gennaro (St. Januarius), was decapitated in nearby Pozzuoli in 305 AD"

Makes you wonder what they'd have done to him if they hadn't liked him!

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Everything underwater becomes interesting



When the very small approximates the very big

When out walking in a park, I found a couple of fairy rings on the ground doing a passable impersonation of the Hourglass nebula.