...not sure why it says it is 3.30 on that previous post...it's actually just after 11.30pm on the 17th December 2009...

I've been thinking...about words...being vehicles...let's say, every word is like a vehicle on the road, transporting thoughts, perceptions, emotions, etc from one person to another or to many others...

think of the little words...'at', 'the' 'to' 'it' etc...they do the same thing that mini coopers do...they rush around town all over the place flitting here and there, parking easily between two larger vehicles and closing the gaps...nippy little 'about town' words...keeping the flow going...

then there are the ones that do all the leg work, y'know the not very ellaborate but does the job kind of words...like....'work', 'read', 'hear', 'lunchbreak', 'driving', and so on...they're the 'calls a spade a spade kind of words...bit like the Corsas and Peugots of the roads...fuelled with diesel of course...

...then...the scenic words...'beauty', 'gentle', 'airy', 'elegance'....the meganes if you like that sort of shape...or the Audi perhaps....

so, what about the Jags and BMWs and mercs of our language...well strong descriptive words...'majestic', 'grand', 'influential', 'trustworthy', 'profound'.....

...and well there are many more tuypes but I wonder...what of artic lorries....what sort of words would they be?

would they be laden with emotion such as 'misery', 'intensity', or heavy with ideas and concepts such as 'philosophical' and theological' or slow and lumbering words with a hint of threat such as 'rumbling' and 'undercurrents' ...

For me, every word is visual, and has shape and colour and has a thousand links and connections to other aspects of life...more of this later...

...and it seems it's snowing everywhere else but here...

Hello everyone, I'm back and attempting to link this up to twitter and facebook...and in the process of creating soem new websites too. I'm still teaching people to drive and teaching GCSE Astronomy part time, both are great fun. As I'm typing this it's growing steadily colder and foggier outside which is a bit of an annoying thing because the next few days sees the geminids meteor shower...(shooting stars). In the early hours of Sunday morning for us over this side of the pond it's predicted 100 an hour.

I'm going to organise my black and white drawings into a websitethis next year and add more cartoons ...

back soon...

This was the view from the road between Cwm and Tremeirchion this evening. This photo doesn't quite capture the peace and tranquility of the Vale. In the distance is the coast of North Wales.

...inspired again to catch up on my blog because of chatting today about it, well it was scarecrow week recently in the village up the road from mine. This was my fave one....well, takes all sorts!!!!

Back again - well latest flight over the pond, thought this was an amazing view....any ideas on what river it is?

One more from the plane. I think these were the Rockies...I loved being able to follow the little route map on the video and then coming back we were able to listen in to air traffic control. It was entertaining to listen to all the pilots talk to one another, and rather comforting to realise that they all knew where each of the other planes were in the sky!

well I couldn't really leave out the Golden Gate Bridge could I !!!

There are two views of and from Lombard Street, which is pretty famous apparently! The views in San Francisco are splendiforous! It's a much cleaner and safer place than I expected it to be.

The 'bushes' are actually orange trees and the road you can see there is lines with them. Central Valley provides fruit and veg for most of the US it seems. These were the first orange trees I'd ever seen.

The wooden chalet is in a place called The Three Rivers. I could easily live here!!!

The view from the top of the cable car rail(oh yes, cable cars aren't things that hang from 300feet up in the air, they run along the cable car lines in SF!!!) is Alcatraz...which I now know is in San Francisco and not Italy as I thought...Geography never was one of my strong points!!!

Just liked the rays of sunlight behind the lighthouse here on the road to Santa Cruz!

Just when you thought I'd given up my blog...I'm back...now having never been on a plane before, my first flight was to San francisco from London. Inspired to go by my amazing Californian pals - whom I met over last summer when they came to Wales to help with a church holiday club - I boarded my first 777...and was enthralled...so here are a few piccies from the plane...and let me know if you recognise what that massive mountain is, cos I really don't know...but it was over half way there and that's about all I can tell you as to its wherabouts! Oh and an hour after take off we were all offered a hot towel..well I took one cos in case it was some sort of essential thing to have whilst flying and waited to see what everyone else did with theirs, because I was intrigued to find out...but none of them seemed to know either...

This was the sea at Rhyl today earlier this afternoon...As a believer(Christian) it's one more reminder that I serve an Awesome God!

This was last week, about 9.30pm looking out over the sea at Rhyl. Lots of people stopped and got out of there cars just to watch this sunset. Another Day the Lord has made!