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February, 2009

Underwater Meadow

If you ever wondered how we came up with our name, it’s from the lush North Meadow near my house in Sudbury, Suffolk. When you look at the views below, it’s difficult to conjure up an image of grazing cows and the occasional rambler following the banks of the normally-docile River Stour.

The recent snow changed all that, especially when it was joined by a huge downpour that lasted for most of Monday. The river banks have burst, and the North Meadow is more suitable for yachting than walking. Luckily — unlike in some other parts of the country — we can keep a safe distance and take bucket loads of snaps whilst chatting to the cheated walkers, who have taken to the roadside paths instead. The ducks and swans are having a field day too, dropping down out of the skies like boat-planes swooping in to land.

And after the deluge? Well, I’m on firm ground with a new website I’m building. Look out for more details on North Meadow very soon.

Posted by: Barry Lowenhoff, MCSD
Published: 13th February, 2009 at 10:49 am in Blog.
Tags: sudbury, suffolk, the north meadow
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Tracing Paper

I was really thrilled to be one of the lucky 1,000 people who received a copy of Things Our Friends Have Written on the Internet 2008. As its name suggests, it’s a collection of stuff that has been written for the web, but collected together in a beautifully designed newspaper. I’ve got copy number 512.

Now, in a lovely twist that gets the format back on the Internet, there’s a Flickr group dedidated to photos of the newspapers. I’ve just added mine. Better still, you can see where else in the world the copies have landed up — so far, three continents and counting. (Photo below pinched from here and hat-tip for the story to I like).

Posted by: Ben Locker
Published: 8th February, 2009 at 12:53 pm in Blog.
Tags: newspaper, things our friends have written on the internet, web
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Snowy Half Nelson

England expects every man to do his duty: i.e. get out in the snow and start fooling about like a nipper. And full credit to the members of the National Maritime Museum’s Historic Photographs & Ship Plans department, based at the Brass Foundry, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for creating this spectacular half Nelson. It’s quite the most unexpected snowman I’ve seen this year — save for the snowy Chassidic Jew on Portland Avenue, N16 — and certainly the best sculpted. (Hat tip: Doug M).

Posted by: Ben Locker
Published: 6th February, 2009 at 12:38 pm in Blog.
Tags: national maritime museum, nelson, nmm, snowman
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