Well there you go. I’ve made it to the end. It doesn’t matter what I write really. It’s like a scuffed goal in football, they all count and if they get you across the line then all the better. Zucchini, we call them courgettes. I have no idea why the same fruit has different names. … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Zucchini #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Yellow #AtoZchallenge
I was watching the television the other day. It was a programme called ‘Antiques Uncovered’ on BBC4 which takes a light hearted look at how some objects have affected our lives. It is presented by Historian Dr Lucy Worsley and antiques expert Mark Hill. I enjoyed it. During the show Mark Hill told us about … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Yellow #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Xanthic #AtoZchallenge
There now follows two days of yellow, xanthic and well, yellow. Xanthic is a more greenish yellow, a bit like bile or even Chartreuse. It is acidic looking. I wish I had stuck in with my chemistry at school. In fact, I wish I had stuck in with most of my subjects at school. You … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Xanthic #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Wheat #AtoZchallenge
Wheat or Wisteria, that is what I have to go with today, grain or peas. I suppose I could have gone with white but is that a colour? White is the presence of all colours just as black is the absence of light. Sometimes it doesn’t help to be so pedantic. At our Christmas quiz … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Wheat #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Viridian #AtoZchallenge
Why say parents when you can say antecedents? Why have a desk when you can invest in a Bonheur de jour? Why say green when you can say viridian? Ok, so it’s more of blueish green, somewhere between the two but that shouldn’t stop you. It sounds more intelligent, you sound more knowledgeable and better … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Viridian #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Ultramarine #AtoZchallenge
We’re at the business end of the A-Z Blogging challenge. The alphabet is thinning out with only six days left. There are not many words that start with the letters at the end of this syllabary. My colour palette is thinning out as well. There are only twelve colours covering the run in and on … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Ultramarine #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Tyrian purple #AtoZchallenge
I need a purple, not just any purple, something imperial, something noble. I need a purple that reflects our past, a purple that projects power, that sends a signal to the wayward hordes up here on the very fringes of the Empire. I need Tyrian purple. I am beyond the wall, in untamed territory. I … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Tyrian purple #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Sky blue and sea green #AtoZchallenge
I have always loved maps. Ever since I was a boy I have enjoyed pouring over them. I would imagine all the places I could visit and all the wondrous things there would be there to see. Maps are like stories. You read them and they talk to you. They tell the tales of our … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Sky blue and sea green #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Raw umber #AtoZchallenge
We try to move our management meetings around. It makes it fairer for those who have to travel in that everyone gets a turn at having to move around, it helps visibility in that the managers get to visit all of the sites we are based in and it keeps the meetings a little fresher … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Raw umber #AtoZchallenge
Twenty six days of colour – Quartz Gray #AtoZchallenge
For most of this month everything has been gray. An area of low pressure has wedged itself over the North East and while other areas of the country have been basking in temperatures in the high teens, up here it was been cold and wet and gray. The weather has been gray, the sky has … Continue reading Twenty six days of colour – Quartz Gray #AtoZchallenge
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 