Photo of the Week: Celebrations

I celebrated The Boyfriend's 30th birthday with a visit up North to see him, and we together went into the tea room Betty's in York for lunch, which was a lovely occasion. He had the afternoon tea, and I had the below, a lovely Christmas-themed rosti of bacon, chicken, and cranberry sauce. It was very …

Quick Takes Friday about Etiquette, Chilli Chicken, and Alex Being Promotional

Is it really already Friday? Phew. Time to catch up with our weeks in 7 Quick Takes. ~1~ This week, at least for me, has been one of promotional work for Reading Uni. Wednesday and Thursday were photo and film promotional shoots which will end up on the website and possibly the prospectus; whereas today …

Photo of the Week: Chickeny

I'm very proud of this photo as it came out. I just caught this lovely lady as she looked up, and even the cage-bars don't get in the way of that penetrating glance she gives.

Photo of the Week: Mascot

It's a chicken! Haha! Actually, it's the Reading Rocs Quidditch Team's mascot. It's not a Roc, but the idea of 'shooing the chicken' came about from our warm-up exercises from the British Quidditch Cup, which involve the usual movements named after various chicken activities (eg. a lunge is 'reach for the chicken'). Shooing the chicken …