19" TV up for grabs

About 8 years old, not flat screen. Perfect except for volume button on remote...and a bit of dust. Can deliver within West End or city centre. Any takers?

Traditional pastime

My own little ritual for over the Xmas holiday- one or both of my Beatles jigsaws. Did Sgt Pepper last night.

Kelvin Walkway

Pigeons

The snow started and three of them took flight just as I pushed the button.

River Kelvin

Botanic Gardens

Boxing day

As seen in the Botanic Gardens

Guardian of CCTV

Spotted not in a shop window but in the Note, of all places. Stand at the bar, and look to your left.

Glasgow in the snow

... is a very pretty place

Beryl the Peril

This is more of a reality as to what I was really like!

Twinkle

This is what I like to think I looked like as a wean

Childhood nostalgia

Was delighted to recently stumble upon this wee jewellery box of bits and bobs, a variety of mementos from my late childhood/ early teen years.

Them Beatles

A Recipe for Butter

I can't believe it's not a golden churn!

All I want for xmas

Is a football loving schnauzer. Or the nearest equivalent canine.

Who is Diablo? ...

Do the shoes give it away? Fun backstage at the Candy Box.

A Remedy For Hydrophobia

... Hydrophobia meaning Rabies (symptoms of which include an aversion to drinking water). A poultice of tobacco will absorb everything poisonous. That's good to know.

Scunner

As seen at Spangled Cabaret.

Creative Martyrs

... Life isn't a Cabaret, it's a Pantomime.

A Remedy For Apparent Death from Intoxication

What to do if someone appears - appears, mind - to be dead from having had one too many sweet sherries? Cold wet cloths to the head, hot water bottles to the feet, call the doctor and be sure to loosen the neckcloth - the person will no longer appear to be dead. (They might actually just be dead.)

A Remedy For Arsenic Poisoning

Realised tonight that I'd promised some more 1883 remedies so here's what to do if you (heaven forbid) find yourself suffering from Arsenic poisoning.

Get as much diluted mustard or egg white as you can hold down swallowed before Holmes and Watson arrive. Or some tasty gruel flavoured with Epsom salts and treacle. Mmmmmmm.

Once you've recovered from the poisoning episode, enjoy some dressed Artichokes!

In His Natural Environment

Thanks to my work colleague for submitting this shot of Dennistoun's king of the jungle, looking very at home in his planter

A Remedy For Sleeplessness

Don't put yourself in passion, and keep a coarse towel handy.

Consult Me For All You Want To Know

Today I was having a gander at my bookshelf and decided to have a dip into one of my old-fashioned "How To" type books. I'm not much of a bookworm and don't read a lot at all, but I like browsing and picking up interesting curiosities, especially when they're as charming as this one.



Back in the late 19th century, when there was no internet, no TV, no magazines, no First Aid Manuals, no NHS, no telephone to phone a friend, how else were you supposed to know the solution for all your household requirements? This book does it all: cookery; confectionery and bakery; household management; diseases and their remedies; dyeing in modern style and colour; and a thousand other things. Handy!



As this tome has advice on such a wide range of subjects, most of which are still of interest in the 21st century, I thought I would photograph and blog a few of its words of wisdom over the next wee while. Well, it might make a pleasant change from stuffed toys in shop windows.

Twins of Evil

Lord protect our Giraffes

I Love a Lassie

Operation

Fortune telling head

Keekaboo

Two unnecessarily fierce looking toy dobermanns stand guard over the tat tartan

The truth about ...

... Poor wee Connor McIllegible

Carpet burns...

... A sure sign that I've been crawling over a cinema floor at Rocky Horror.

Beyond the Valley of the Unicorns

Mystery solved

Giraffe is merely whispering to the Scottish teddy.

Straining giraffe

Possibly trying to read somethi at a distance that's been printed sideways.

Monarch of the Zippos

My parents don't understand me

Giraffes

Tiggyback

Our first harvest

Two green peppers - one slightly misshapen - and two ripe tomatoes. That's our first harvest. Garnished with a sprig of coriander (serving suggestion)

Fitba

Guardians of the Chilled Snacks

Renfield St

Pouncing Tiger

Setting an Example

Erra burd

Spot the odd one out

Someone to Watch Over Me

Alternative title: lunch

As seen at a pound shop, Sauchiehall St.

Shep & Lassie

Getting cosy, surrounded by a large collection of boxed toy cars. Renfield st.

Whispering Tigers

Or are all politely covering their mouths as they cough, to prevent the spread of airborne soft-toy flu?