Conus Papuensis

A species of sea snail and really rather attractive.

Foston On The Wolds

Finally, I drew an English village. Looks delightful too.

Romina Johnson

An R&B, soul singer. Have to say, I wasn't familiar with her work but she has a great sound.

Romina Johnson

Raurimu Spiral

I went on a spiral in Canada this year. Brilliant pieces of engineering.

Here is a neatly made model that shows off this particular spiral.

Raurimu Spiral

Killorgin

A pretty looking town in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.

Shoin

A type of audience hall in Japanese architecture developed during the Muromachi period.

Some of these are really quite beautiful.

Jim Hickey

Retired New Zealand weather presenter.

I never saw the man present, but the montage below suggests that he was a real character.

Jim Hickey

Eilean na Cille

Never heard of this island in the Outer Hebrides but with my sister in law having bought a place in these islands, it may not be too long........

OTT

Kind of nice when this came up, a group that my daughter loved when she was young.

Here's a song that I heard oh so many times.

Story of love

TappCar

A transportation network company based in Edmonton, Alberta. Great idea, hate the logo!

Finfolk

In Orkney folklore, Finfolk are sorcerous shapeshifters.

Well who knew.....?

Kelsey Nixon

Ah, celebrity chefs! You get some good ones and others who you turn the channel over to avoid.

I hadn't heard of this young lady but she comes across as quite endearing.

With Autumn knocking loudly on the door, here is a clip of her knocking up a tasty looking vegetable soup.

Vegetable soup

Florence Cathedral

I once saw a documentary about how a cathedral was built. Fascinating and also shocking at how many people lost their life.
Still, always a thing of beauty and Florence Cathedral is no exception.

Musicfest Canada

I love Canada and had a fantastic holiday there this year.

I never knew that this competition festival even existed, it seems as good a reason as any to return.

Here is a You Tube clip of a jolly entry by 'The Sir William Mulock Secondary School Concert Band'

Legend of the Nighthawk by Swearingen 

Enjoy!

Mindaugas

A Latvian masculine name.

Most famous, The Lithuanian medieval Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Lithuania.

Fine looking fella he is to!

From the soul of man

A 1998 album by Kenny Lattimore. I duly looked him up and now have the track below on my ipod.

Enjoy

All my tomorrows

1979 Little League World Series

I love baseball, it would probably be the sport I chose if I was told I could only ever watch one sport.

So tactical, so theatrical and this Little League game was a good standard.

Enjoy this Youtube clip  Little league

Tanjungpura University

A Public university in the city of Pontianak, Indonesia.

Has to be said, my high school never looked like this.

Fabulous!

Rakousy

A village and municipality in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

Looks really pretty.

Trinidad Sanchez Jr.

Nice to get a poet, seems he's most famous for a piece called 'Why am I so brown?'

Here's a clip of the poem Why am I so brown?

Arthur Thrall

Seems to be my week for artists.

A lot more modern this time, Arthur Thrall died last year and there is an exhibition of his work in America later this year.

I had a look at some of his work, this one amused me.

Redhills GFC

I love just about all sports, when I watch them on TV, I seem to 'get' them fairly on and can have a knowledgeable discussion on the sport.
Gaelic football is an exception, I just can't get a handle on it.
On drawing this as my random Wikipedia article of the day, I looked up the Redhills GFC website and didn't even understand the score of recent matches.
So my mission to to watch an entire game and see if I can crack this tough nut of a sport.
Couldn't find a video for Redhills GFC in action so here is a general video of some great plays.
Gaelic football

Whitney Biennial

A biennale exhibition of contemporary American art.

I'd never heard of this so checked out their website.

Pretty much what you'd expect, some stunning work, some colourful, some modern, some most unusual, some, plain bizarre. Very interesting to view.

Here's  a picture of one of my favourites.

As Monty Python once said, "I may not know much about art, but I know what I like."

Check out the website, tweet your favourite @YT40

Throne of blood

The first movie that's come up. I love old movies and watch a couple each week. Never seen this Japanese movie based on Macbeth.
Brilliant production and well acted. Worth seeing for the ending alone.
I found it available online. Give it a try.

Stella Matutina

This was a Jesuit school that operated from 1651 although it shut for some lengthy periods.

Now houses over 400 students of music and great to see such a fabulous building still regularly used.

Interesting Wikepedia article that is worth a read.

Alphonso Sgroia

Apparently, a New York gang member who testified against his gang and got released from prison early. He then lived happily with his family in Italy.
Well that's alright then!!!!!!!

Here's a picture of Alphonso and a couple of other gangsters.

Nocloa

Nocloa is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

How can things that look so pretty be such an irritation?

WHMC-FM

I've always had a bit of a soft spot for local radio as I used to do a live sports report for one near where I lived.
When holidaying in Canada once, I discovered The Bear on the car radio and caarried on listening to it on my return home for many months.
This is a radio stationed based in Conway, South Carolina.

It seems to do current affairs rather than music, I tuned in online and listened to a debate on the proposed alcohol policy at Stanford University.
Interesting but I'm more of a music station man.
What's your favourite local radio station?  Tweet me @YT40

Now that's what I call music 28

I have to say, this one made me smile. In the UK, who under the age of about 55, hasn't owned a Now album/CD.

The format is simple, a double album, side/disc 1 has many of the latest hits including a few number ones, the second side/disc has a load of songs that you've never heard of, however closely you follow the charts.
After careful consideration, my favourite track on Now28 is 'Don't turn around by Ace of Base.

The video is a bit dull, but great tune. Enjoy it here Don't turn around

So google Now28 and decide your favourite, I'd love to hear what it is. Tweet me @YT40

Evelyne Elien

A French 400 metres runner who I confess to not being familiar with. I found a Youtube video of her in a 4 * 400 metres relay from the 1990 Eurupean championships.
Fascinating to see how tactics have changed, runners went so hard from the baton change and found themselves running on empty.
Also interesting to see East & West Germany as different nations.
A link to the race is below and it's a good contest.
Evelyne Elien ran a solid leg without being spectacular.
Enjoy!

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