THE FIRST FROST OF 2012 – DORSET, OCTOBER 14th
Here are close-ups of the car roof & windscreen – an amazing variety of ice textures & patterns
Category: GENERAL
SAND PATTERNS – WEYMOUTH, DORSET
SAND PATTERNS – WEYMOUTH, DORSET
OLYMPIC GOLD PILLAR BOX, SHERBORNE DORSET
OLYMPIC GOLD PILLAR BOX TO HONOUR PETER WILSON’S GOLD MEDAL IN SHOOTING (DOUBLE TRAP) – OUTSIDE THE POST OFFICE, CHEAP STREET, SHERBORNE, DORSET 
STOP PRESS to see Magic Mo’s Golden Post Box in Isleworth, London, click the always excellent bee-centric blog http://missapismellifera.com Then look at all the bee posts to see the joy – and occasional sadness – of beekeeping
THE MO-BOX
Oli Scarff / Getty / Guardian
‘WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE…’ 4th JULY 2012 – WEYMOUTH 25 DAYS BEFORE THE OLYMPICS
4th JULY 2012 WEYMOUTH – 25 DAYS BEFORE THE OLYMPIC SAILING
Weymouth beach – a huge curve of sand. In July it should be filled with happy holiday makers and the renowned sand sculptures. Olympic sailing events will be taking place right here in less than 4 weeks. But this year the dull wetness of the summer has had a dramatic effect on Weymouth’s seaside charm, as this slideshow reveals. An almost empty beach and attractions mostly closed. There’s still some enjoyable colour, but overall my half-hour wandering the beach was fairly bleak. Total of sandcastles: 2. Total people relaxing behind windbreaks: 1 brave woman. Total actually in the water: 2 0r 3 paddlers, not one swimmer… Great British Summer? Bring it on… and quick!
LES CADRANS SOLAIRES: THE AMAZING CERAMIC TILE SUNDIALS OF COARAZE, PROVENCE
The sundials shown below are in Coaraze, a small medieval ‘village perché’ (650m) in the Alpes-Maritimes, Provence, north of Nice. They include sundials by artistic polymath Jean Cocteau, novelist, poet, dramatist, designer, artist and filmmaker; Ponce de Leon; and Henri Goetz, among others. They are located in two places in the village (1) on the front and side walls of the Marie (2) at the top of the village on a south-facing walls in the square in front of the church
MONA CRISTIE – LA CHEVAUCHÉE DU TEMPS
GEORGES DOUKING – LES ANIMAUX FABULEUX
JEAN COCTEAU – LES LÉZARDS (lizards are the historic symbol of the village)
GILBERT VALENTIN – LES TOURNESOLS 
FABIENNE BARRE (2008) – on the side wall of the Marie, with a view of the village
ANGEL PONCE DE LÉON – BLUE TIME (1961) 
HENRI GOETZ – LE PYTHON ET SA COURONNE EN VERT ET OR (1961) 
SACHA SOSNO (2007) 
“BEN” – BENJAMIN VAUTIER (2008)
rollingharbourlife – THE SPIN-OFF BLOG
WELCOME to rollingharbourlife, the only-slightly-odd-looking-when-written side-project that will contain a variety of photographs and other stuff having nothing whatsoever to do with the Delphi Club, Abaco, bonefishing or indeed anywhere very exotic. Sorry about that. But now you are here, why not have a little rootle around and see if there’s anything you might enjoy. If there is, good. If not, no harm done. Probably.
The other ethereal entity to keep an eye on is rollingharbour.wordpress.com [and also http://www.delphi-bahamas.com if you might be interested in an upscale fishing trip]
I am hoping there won’t be an emergence of irreconcilable ‘artistic differences’ between the two blogs, of the sort that will lead to an acrimonious split, drink ‘n’ drugs hell, and a spell in the Priory for one or other blog (or both).
I’ll put up a few images to get started, then add other details – including contacts and so forth – in due course. Being a spin-off, this blog will be less attentively nurtured than the main event, but it will grow in its own good time…
© IMAGE RIGHTS The blog images are mine all mine, unless otherwise stated. Please assume they are all © rollingharbour and let me know if you wish to use one, because I have used some myself elsewhere (one of them has even won a modest prize, for Heaven’s sake) and… the legal part of my brain is already kicking in at the prospects.
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