Knit Yourself An Exorcism

Who needs tea cosies when you can get really creative.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Photo Time!

St. Michael's cemetery

I got some new gear to take photos with this past Christmas, so of course I thought it'd be a grand idea to torture the rest of the blogosphere with my efforts. All graveyard and church shots of course. It wouldn't be fittin' to showcase anything else now, would it. Click on the photos to open them in a new window and get a better view of the detail.

St. Michael's in Tettenhall, West Midlands, UK. The church was established in
Norman times. The present church is supposed to be a part of the original foundation,
and was enlarged in 1825.

Small crypt built right into a slope in the St. Michael's graveyard

Another nice shot of the cemetery

This is my favourite statuary in the cemetery.
The white one in the background is great too.

Groundhog Day!

It's February and tomorrow is Groundhog Day. German in origin, though I doubt the Germans ever did it with the comic bent of Punxsutawney Phil.  Who'd of thought you could make a commercial success of anything but a cartoon rodent eh?

My condolences to those of you who will be digging out from under the latest Winter storm, and therefore will think Phil and his pals can go jump.

It's also Chinese New Year on the 3rd with 2011 being the Year of the Rabbit. If you go in for astrology, the Rabbit isn't looking too auspicious. If you don't, well you won't care anyway and will stick to getting a take out to mark the occasion.

Chow mein anyone?