A Norfolk Sunday

Sunday lunch at East Rudham, a spot of imaging (37 magic books, of which some of the better pictures feature in this blog) and finally home to check and edit the pics (left the cable here, so could not do it at Rudham). The weather although pretty unpleasant at times was not as apocalyptic as we had been led to believe.

I managed to catch the last rites of the Somerset v Sussex 50 overs a side game once I had got back. Sussex were always in command, and reached the target easily. 

Now for those pics…

Dominatricks
Dreadful puns are a common feature of magic book titles!

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Swimming gull
Rough conditions did not deter the gulls.
Four swimming gulls
To get as many as four swimming gulls in a shot is something of a rarity.

Spectacular Victory for England

Yesterday England found the best way to avoid being hampered by the possible intervention of hurricane Bertha by wrapping things up very early. Not even a freak injury to Stuart Broad could prevent England from settling the matter. For the second time in the match India’s top order failed abjectly, and although I did not witness the events of the first two days being busy working, some of the dismissals suggested a team who had lost all semblance of fight. 

Moeen Ali, who is not even a regular bowler for his county, took (or was handed) four cheap wickets. The only triumph to go India’s way on this day was the Brian Johnston Champagne Moment, which went to Pankaj Singh who ended a very long wait for his first test wicket – only two bowlers with test wickets to their name had conceded more runs before getting their first. 

Perhaps the biggest single gainer on the day was new wicket-keeper Jos Buttler who after making a swashbuckling 85 in his first test now showed that he could adapt to different circumstances by making a much more restrained 70. 

As usual I have some fine photographs from in and around King’s Lynn to share…

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Bus station changes
Long overdue changes to the bus station

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Gulls
Two gulls look on while a third takes wing

Three Gulls

While two gulls like their rooftop perch, a third flies off.
While two gulls like their rooftop perch, a third flies off.

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Rose within a pentagon
This rose within a pentagon appears just outside the main door to King’s Lynn library.

Preparing for August Auction

I am now deep into preparing for the August auction at James and Sons. I have about 140 lots already in my Stock database for this auction, and have also streamlined the input process in the Auction side of the database.

As usual I have plenty of pictures to share with you…

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Small birds
Two small birds.
Seagull on Chimney
Seagull on Chimney

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Corn Exchange Statue
This statue sits atop the Corn Exchange in King’s Lynn

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64
This postcard album forms the bulk of lot 64, but there were three other images of loose cards as well.

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This collection of coins is lot 251
This collection of coins is lot 251ds

 

King’s Lynn on a Summer Sunday

I have some fine pictures from yesterday. As well as those included here, which are all things I saw in and around King’s Lynn, I did photograph some books while in East Rudham for Sunday lunch, but as I did not edit these images due to time constraints they do not feature. 

While many of the objects featured here were very close to me, one was a quarter of a million miles away…

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A cornucopia of photos

Havnig not done a personal post since Wednesday I have many wonderful photos to share with you and am now doing so…

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WW1 being commemorated in The Forum, Norwich
WW1 being commemorated in The Forum, Norwich

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Ferries of various kinds have worked this route across the Great Ouse for over 800 years
Ferries of various kinds have worked this route across the Great Ouse for over 800 years

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Eaglet under way.
Eaglet under way.

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West Lynn Church
West Lynn Church
The ship that I saw going past from my balcony a few days ago, this time from the river bank
The ship that I saw going past from my balcony a few days ago, this time from the river bank

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The catholic church has its own war memorial
The catholic church has its own war memorial