Monday, July 11, 2011

Grandville, handiwork and shadow.

1. Our library has a small but imaginative collection of graphic novels -- to my delight, we find the second of Bryan Talbot's Grandville series, a scientific detective romance thriller about an anthropomorphic badger.

2. Alec holds a piece of new potato in his entire hand and presses into into his mouth.

3. The low sun stretches a thrush's shadow up the pavement.
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Artificial silk, phone call and aphelion.

1. To drift around in leggings and a very loose top made from polyester silk. 2. A quick catch-up on the phone adds some healthy texture to ...

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