quirky

7 min read 2022-06-06 02:00:40

Holly & Sean’s Pink Themed Wedding

Pink, pink and more pink! That was the brief behind Holly & Sean’s eccentric Melbourne wedding, or in the bride’s own words, ‘if a unicorn

9 min read 2022-06-02 11:00:00

More animals this week with, of course, a nod to Her Majesty’s special weekend. More of this chap and his friends later … Researching this blog

8 min read 2022-04-06 02:00:06

A bubble tea station, a suit jacket lined with photos of their beloved pet, and a not-so-traditional guest book requiring a sketch per attendee –

5 min read 2022-03-24 12:00:00

I popped over to the Brick Lane area in order to see what was happening in the flourishing street art scene and noticed that Ukraine and its struggle

8 min read 2022-03-03 12:00:00

A lovely Sunny day last Saturday tempted me out for a walk. The national Submarine Memorial Memorial on Victoria Embankment (EC4Y 0HJ) is, I think,

7 min read 2022-01-27 12:00:00

Let’s start with the mystery. Back in August last year I spoke of a mystery connected to these two gravestones in the old parish churchyard of St

1 min read 2022-01-07 15:30:00

Last Saturday night I did something really silly – I attended the coldest NHL hockey game in league history. Our Minnesota Wild played outside at

8 min read 2022-01-06 12:00:00

Regular readers will know that I can’t always think of a theme and, instead, produce a random collection of stories that may be of interest and

4 min read 2021-12-23 07:23:01

Sometimes the best Christmas gifts are eyebrow-raising, quirky items that’ll have the receiver in stitches, feeling absolutely delighted at the

6 min read 2021-12-16 12:00:00

I don’t know about you, but I’ve found it rather difficult to feel very ‘Christmassy’ this year. However, the Christmas lights are beginning

1 min read 2021-11-27 23:45:11

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Oblivious dork Chazz Dorfner continued to irk the few acquaintances willing to tolerate him with his limitless cheeriness

1 min read 2021-11-17 11:30:45

In the 20th century, we almost pushed bananas to extinction. 100 years later, history is doomed to repeat. You probably take bananas for

1 min read 2021-11-14 23:41:05

Alex Kiesling is a Brooklyn based illustrator and animation director. Toys heavily inspire his work and the escapism that our imagination gave us as

9 min read 2021-11-11 12:00:00

As regular readers will know, every now and then I like to publish some images that I have taken that don’t fit easily into any particular theme

1 min read 2021-11-05 12:00:12

Each year, Christmas arrives with the same old festive songs. But how do we love and hate them at the same time? In the run-up to Christmas,