Jupiter 9 years ago

 

This image of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot, an anticyclone storm, which has raged from the time it was first observed from Earth with a telescope, that was captured from the Jodrell Plank Observatory located at Lowestoft, Suffolk UK in 2018.

Since then the Great Red Spot or GRS has been shrinking and becoming  a paler red, year on year. 

Jupiter is a Gas Giant Planet and all the features we can see and image are meteorological and relate to fast moving cloud and storm systems. Most of the larger features are relatively stable in overall terms but changes do occur over time. Recently, one of the two equatorial cloud zones, which can be seen on this image, disappeared for a number of months before returning to visibility in the last two years.

Huitres chaudes.

 

Gratinated oysters in a wine, cream and garlic sauce with home baked bread. 

A tremendous supper!

Moon and Sun

 

The silver Moon and the golden Sun

Before each night and day are done

Both orbit and rotate

As did Kepler dictate.

Lighting a life-long journey along serpentine way

And just like Mars "helping us, work, rest and play"

George Doggerel.

Sponge an art installation you can also eat.

 

Its art on a plate. The artist in question Tooty Roberts. 

Lobster and King Prawn Linguine

 

This is delicious with just a hint of Pasti in the very rich tomato based sauce. Reminded me of fun and good times in Venice.

Grandad George

 

'George Swinbourne' 
(Professional Boxer, Fishmonger, Greengrocer and Landlord)
George Roberts circa 1990.

I thought it would be nice to post this drawing of my granddad next to the post of his brother Fred. He was a a funny on bloke, from a time long past but I really loved him.

I don't believe I have ever posted this little drawing of mine, which has sat on a shelf in our dining room for the past thirty or more years.

As time goes by, I begin to look like him.

Great Uncle Fred Swinbourne at the Camberwell School of Art

 My Great Uncle Fred Swinbourne was an interesting and multifaceted human being. One of the four the 'Fighting Swinbourne Family' of four professional boxers, based in Kent during the early to middle part of the last century.

Fred was also an amazing card sharp and street magician. When I was a young lad, I used to be quite intrigued and a little frightened by this man, who would at the drop of a hat, demonstrate how to chew razor blades and eat light bulbs. Clearly kids, do not try either of these at home.

He fought in WW2 and was blown up and thrown from a jeep by the blast. His health was affected by this experience for the remainder of his life 

My partner, being a teacher and historian, more latterly discovered, that Fred had been a male model for the life drawing classes at Camberwell College of Art. 

The drawing of Fred above was created by the artist and college lecturer, John Minton.

John Minton_(artist)

Another male model at the College and a contemporary of Fred, was Quentin Crisp.