More Walking Beasts

Strandbeest Movies Follow the link to Theo Jansen's homepage.

Venyosa Walk 2 shows how well they can move. They are fascinating and also beautiful.

Would love to afford the book and DVD.

Walking Robot

I saw a link to this ages ago, thinking about something else made me look for it again.

Created by Boston Dynamics. For military purposes.

This is fascinating but I also find it rather creepy. it has a strangely insect-like look to it and an eerie buzzing sound. weird!

Tried to embed it but it is a bit too wide.

Bank Holiday Sunday

Went to Pool Market. Got there a bit late so most of the stalls had gone. Had seen this book on a previous occasion, the stall holder wanted £2. It was on the stall yesterday he wanted 50p. Bargain.

It's a Dover Publication I love their books, they are quirky. Many are reprints of earlier works. This one gives an insight into the Victorian interior designer's mindset and has reminded me of something else that I will put into my next entry. I can only put about five pictures into a post.

Truro

Truro yesterday. Lunch in the Try Dowr , love my lasagne. Followed by a world tour of the secondhand bookshops and charity shops.

Lemon Quay has really taken off as a new hub of the town. There was a Farmer's Market there yesterday and the M.I. Bar and the Hall for Cornwall have cordoned off sections as pavement cafés, there was a children's roundabout operating too. This picture shows it just after the completion of the shopping development.


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On another occasion in June these two guys were performing light operatic songs. Their version of 'Time To Say Goodbye' was excellent.



There was a book stall in front of the Museum selling secondhand books. Bought a hardback version of Lawrence & Oppenheimer by Nuel Pharr Davis.

Yesterday

Gold dust again in the charity shops. The Clic Sargeant has more old-stock CDs.

Bought Dvorak 'From the New World'and Prokofiev, Highlights from 'Romeo and Juliet'.

Then, because I recognised Samy Bishai (from Celloman, Digitonal), this:



Lost the original image from the website, this one courtesy of Amazon

Seckou Keita

Very good so far.

In another shop, bought this, with a picture of my little friend on the cover:



Got to get a handle on that furry little brain somehow!

Frivolity

It's the Bank Holiday. A slightly more serious post regarding Edward Gorey may follow. But for now...



Not a million miles away from...



"I have a looly. I am a lady. A lady's looly."

Brilliant!

Wow, books!

This is the Big Book Sale by The Friends of San Francisco Public Library.

Had to edit this as the original image became unavailable. This one is an improvement actually. Only in America do you go bookshopping with a shopping trolley!

The 2010 one is September 22nd to 26th

Bibliophile heaven!