Sloe Gin

Sir Stig of Crystal Palace

The last six months in pictures (landscape)

I have been very remiss about uploading stuff and putting it on-line. PS How do I make portrait size pictures display bigger in my posts?

It's Official

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Sometimes even the bears have to stick their buts in the air I should be writing. I'm not writing. This is bad

Word count

20060 words. Am a day and 56 words ahead of schedule. It's not enough but I'm pooped and going to bed anyway. The half way mark is in sight. Exciting. My characters are currently inflating a life raft in the pacific between Russia and Japan. After a brief interlude I'm sending them to the only tropical island I know Morro de Sao Paulo, Bahia, Brazil. Which, last time I was there, looked like ...

You've probably noticed that google are celebrating the 40th anniversary of sesame street by having characters guest star in their logo. Today it's the turn of my favourite character - elmo. The g and the e are tickling elmo. I *heart* elmo.

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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise So this is what Brazil seemed like to me in a nutshell. The perfect beach. The beautiful blue sky. The stall selling ReFri (chilled drinks). The beach stretches off to the right of the picture for miles. The sea is warm as bath water and gentle as a dove. The sad thing is that the kid manning the stall is between 8 & 10 years old. ...

My Bikini Re-education continues

An average UK Bikini A big Brazillian Bikini Side By Side Having summoned all my courage to buy the UK bikini shown. On a particularly positive days I bought home some free brazillian bikini's given to me by a friend with the thought - oh well, I'll try them on, and if they don't fit, I'll give them back. Nothing ventured nothing gained. So I got home and tried said ...