the eyes of the tiger

Back several decades ago, Esso had a TV ad with the most breathtaking pictures of tigers, including a fantastic final shot.

I was desperate for a copy of that pic, so actually wrote to Esso.  They were kind enough to send me a poster (I think they had many requests!), but it was the wrong picture.  It was a poster titled “The Cat’s Whiskers”, and was a lovely picture of a tiger, but wasn’t that picture.

The Cat’s Whiskers

Then yesterday we were watching an episode of Neil Brand’s short TV series on the music of TV; the episode was about adverts.  AND THERE IT WAS...

screen shot

That expression!  Those eyes!  “Look on my Face, ye Puny, and despair.”

I did a Google image search, which matched a few eBay sites that only led through to “The Cat’s Whiskers”.  So this fuzzy screenshot is the best I’ve got for now.  But still better than I had. 

Covid-19 diary: puns galore

We should all remember the name of the first person to get a Covid vaccination (except those in clinical trials): it was 90-year old Margaret Keenan.

We all will remember the name of the second person: it was 81-year old William Shakespeare.

And this, of course, led to so many puns.  My favourite has to be:

So, if Ms Keenan was patient 1A, was Mr Shakespeare “Patient 2B or not 2B”?

 

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 The latest batch:

snowy morning

 We woke to wintry scenes this morning:

leaf skeleton

Moving some bricks that had been standing outside for a while, we found this old leaf that had decayed away, leaving just its skeleton behind:

cloud shadow

 A glorious sunset tonight:

sunset, looking west, 16:25 GMT

Towards the lower left edge of the coud, there’s a diagonal dark band: it’s a shadow of part of the cloud cast by the setting sun on the cloud!  Here it is in an expanded view:

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 The latest batch: