Phyl's Blog

I was reading yesterday about the black day for the world's stock markets . The Dow dropped over 500 at one point yesterday and the ...

I don't think I am completely reactionary when it comes to architecture - sure I love old buildings like in Paris or the tenements in th...

Well the week isn't improving yet - Charlotte got sent home from school today with a viral something which is manifesting as a bad heada...

I guess if I try to look on the bright side of things - this morning was light, dry, sunny and warm. I was not driving alone with Marcel and...

...And I mean the real Beetles 'of the people' as opposed to the Yuppie Beetles you can buy these days if you feel like spending tw...

It seems to be the Trabant's 50th birthday today so the BBC has a pile of bizarre Trabi photos . Seeing them just reminded me of the 6...

I turned on the radio yesterday to hear that the headline news in Glasgow in February 2007 is that childcare costs a lot ! This is news???...

Charlotte has decided to write a book - as you will be able to read if you go on to her blog today. I think her wee story is great - bei...

I thought I'd come up with the perfect way to do that green-eyed Lotsie photo I mentioned the other day. I was sure I'd cracked it...

Stung by my failure to produce a stunning shot of Lotsie's green eyes, I did a quick colouring in (or colouring out as you actually have...

Tonight I had this great idea. After seeing Thomas's Blue Pudge in a grey world and yellow duck I got this idea that a simple black and...

I love sunflowers. I was out for a walk one day last summer in Southern France when a huge thunder storm hit - while everyone else ran for c...

This is a photo technique I have always wanted to try, and just like cloning it is a ten minute affair with the GIMP software. I can´t wait ...

While reading his Danish newspaper this morning, Thomas came across an article about breast sizes in Europe. He was more than surprised to s...

Charlotte decided today she needed a blog - I hadn't signed her up before because with her only being in p2 I didn't think her lit...

Flicking through the BBC's in pictures section as always I came across this collection of baby panda shots. Now you have to admit the...

I was sitting at the traffic lights in Rose street the other day with Charlotte in the car in the front passenger's seat. She spotted th...

I saw this staircase in Kelvingrove museum on Saturday and just knew it had to be the perfect setting for a clone photo! Given Charlotte had...

I am sitting here typing on my computer. Its new cable is plugged into its new DC socket :-) I wonder how long this will last :-\ It is amaz...

Marcels playing poker Originally uploaded by viralbus . After encountering the multiple Pudges this morning, Marcel was more than impre...