Adrian Giddings

@cunabula.bsky.social

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Currently between lives. Somewhat-lapsed photographer. VJ for @tirs.bsky.social and temp0rary.

The cover of Andromedary SR1, a children's book from 1970 illustrated by Heinz Edelmann who did The Yellow Submarine. Two astronauts in very trippy outfits walk on a rainbow in front of a yellow background covered in multicolour ink splotches.
Still from The Bear season 5, episode 5 "Raspberries". Richie is holding up his "Paths to Success" flow/map/overthought breakdown diagram of how they are going to make the restaurant work. It's in many layers with complex routes around the seating plan with layers of different coloured post it notes. Basically a portable murder wall without the string.
A load of seafoam plants in my greenhouse that I've grown to make scale trees for gaming terrain.
The cover of Fighting Fantasy Monsters - Out of the Pit, title in gold with a collection of some of fantasy monsters from the book looking menacing in black and white with a red tint.
Chilli plants in a greenhouse.
White ermine moth caterpillar. It's brown, very hairy and with a beige stripe on its back. Pictured here on some bark. Credit: Carl Morrow / Alamy Stock Photo via https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/06/hairy-caterpillar-identification/
Email header from The Guardian "Jobs at Football Association..."
An apple slicer and corer with a sliced and cored apple having been run through it. It's a metal implement with a handle on each side around a central ring with 12 blunt blades in a circle around another ring blade to take the core out whole.
Rhubarb from the 100 year old patch by the shed and blackberries from the brambles in the hedges.
Marwood and Withnail from the film Withnail and I - two men on a hill in the countryside who have gone on holiday by mistake. Marwood sitting wearing a leather jacket, Withnail standing looking like a very hungover dog's dinner.
A screengrab from RawTherapee showing all the spot replacements on an old black and white photograph of people drinking at a bar.
My black and cream ragdoll cat lying on my desk, and more importantly using my hand as a pillow. In the background to the right is his IKEA tumbler full of water. Because bowls are usually beneath him.
Claygate's Platform 3 pub at the station. It's the smallest in the UK (or Surrey), don't @ me if that's changed. It's the size of a garden shed with a tiled roof. Definitely not room enough to swing a cat in, I seem to remember it has one bar stool.
Commander Makara from Star Fleet / X-Bomber. A woman wearing a helmet with three horns on either side. Over her left eye the helmet has another face. She is wearing armour with gold chains round her neck and a red cape.
Christina's World, a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth, and one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century. It depicts a woman lying on the ground in a treeless, mostly tawny field, looking up at and crawling towards a gray house on the horizon; a barn and various other small outbuildings are adjacent to the house.
A stack of cardboard fruit and veg boxes.
A hexagonal grid on sheets of paper with another sheet of same sized hexagons but with a rectilinear grid on top.
Withnail saying "What fcker said that"
A patch of unmown lawn gone to seed and clover, completely trampled.
Clouds and a fairly clear sky just after sunset above a suburban UK street, beautiful shades of pink and purple in the clouds with the sky fading from blue towards white and yellow on the horizon.
A patch of small purple-pink thistles (I think) growing by the pond in our garden.
Some giant thistles, about 9ft tall, possibly Onopordum acanthium.
A youngish Alan Whicker, shot close up holding the brim of his hat. He has side burns and a moustache and appears to be made of tweed.
Two young boys one in a green beret amn grey army coat and the other in a grey vest dressed as Rambo. Will Poulter and Bill Milner in a still from Son of Rambow.
Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton in Only Lovers Left Alive. It's not, it's Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as George and Mildred Roper in terrible 1970's outfits. A man with a mustache and comb over in a shirt, tie and cardigan and a blonde woman in a green dress.
A trilogy of books by Peter F. Hamilton, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Reality Dysfunction and The Naked God. The spin widths match but the third book is two inches taller.
A black and white ragdoll cat over a bowl of melted ice cream.
A short video of my pond with assorted wildlife buzzing around.
The cover of the English language translation of The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco. The cover image is of The Tower of Babel an illustration of Genesis and language confusion by Yahve. On the right, King Nimrud discusses with the architects - engraving in The Bible illustree by Gustave Dore - Engraving from The Dore Bible
Circular Dynamics 6S+S, 1968-70 by Marina Apollonio
Close up video of two loaves of sourdough bread I just baked. Mainly for the sound of the crust crackling as it cools.
Two books by Erich Von Daniken, "Chariots of the Gods?" and "Return to the Stars".
Two narrow guage train tracks merging in a field highlighted with a pale blue tinted circle. The rest of the image is desaturated with a half tone filter applied.
The reflecting pool in Washington DC full of algae after renovation.
A screenshot of today's Parsewords crossword clue "Barb ruined lust after ignoring odd signs"
AI generated page about "Railway bridge collapse causes major train disruptions between London locations" which then says this isn't happening and maybe I have been thinking about a partial bridge collapse in Leicestershire which impacted journeys between St Pancras and the Midlands and north of England. Dear reader, I was thinking no such thing.
A partial double rainbow in front of rain clouds above suburban gardens.
A floor to ceiling bookshelf made of wine cases with shelves cut from ¾ inch plywood filled with an unsorted collection of books and three rosary vines.
A photograph of a spray of white dog rose flowers (I think) the central one surrounded by a pink tinted circle. Beyond that the background is muted and accented with a halftone pattern.
Eight sparrows and a couple of pigeons on the grass in my back garden outside the kitchen.
A poster by John Allison. In bold red and black text on a yellow background "WARNING, DON'T TIT ABOULT ON LADDERS" to the right is a graphic of a very long ladder with a symbolic person having fallen at the bottom. Below is a Union flag and the text "British Ladder Council 'What goes up must come down safely'"
Three emails in a row in my inbox: Waitrose and Partners - British tomatoes & raspberries are here - Discover what's in season Warhammer - Pre-order the New Edition of Warhammer 40,000 NOW! - Get it while stocks last. Hippo - Make space before the mess builds up.
Two seeding trays full of seafoam (Teloxys aristata) which hopefully will look like tiny trees by the autumn. Currently just 2 inch tall leafy sprouts.
A photograph of part of my back garden. On the left is fresh mown grass with a desire line path to the shed and a slightly overgrown pond. On the right is a completely overgrown patch with clover and wildflowers and tall grass gone to seed.
A black and white illustration by Walter Crane entitled The Triumph of Labour, 'Designed to commemorate International Labour Day May 1, 1891 and dedicated to the wage workers of all countries.'
Orange and yellow light from the setting sun casts rays through a dark cloud. Silhouetted in the foreground are suburban rooftops and a pigeon is perched on a TV aerial attached to a chimney.
Flyer for a gig for Beat:Cancer at Facebar in Reading on Saturday 30 May at 7pm. Deviat with support from Go Go Cult Palindrones and my band This is Radio Silence.
13 white metal brownies, small miniatures with wicked expressions and ludicrous weapons.
A set of white metal miniatures from Fenris Games that also came with four stickers, a postcard and a dangerous toffee. Also a photo of Oscar, a dog looking to the left on a beach <3
A set of red and yellow stickers that say "Stop forcing A.I. into every fucking thing! Nobody asked for it, everybody hates it." Also in the shot is the envelope they arrived in showing some of the beautiful mail art stamps it was covered in.
A cat sleeping under a folding bed.
Local weather forecast app showing current temp is 33°C but feels like 35, hot again tomorrow but 25°C on Wednesday.
Damselflies mating on a leaf in our pond.
Chives flowering in the broken concrete patio at home. Bright purple on long green stalks.
A ragdoll cat lying on an ugly ass carpet next to his cardboard box. In the foreground is a dirty desk fan.
A golden barrel cactus that has outgrown its pot.
The cover for the hardback edition of R.F. Kuang's Babel.
The covers of two hard backed books. On the left The Great When by Alan Moore with a scratchboard style illustration, in blue tones of Tower Bridge in London in front of billowing clouds. On the right I Hear A New World also by Alan Moore with an illustration in the same style but purple and mauve tones of a central London street and two people crossing in front of an old double decker bus.
A group of four Japanese people in period costume standing in a tavern in front of a painted wooden wall. It's all about to kick off. A still from Last Samurai Standing on Netflix
A black and cream ragdoll cat sitting on a graphics tablet in front of a computer.