Life Observed

Oh dear. That day again. That day when you see men doing an impossible, almost Herculean task. They are buying flowers and carrying them down the high street. Here's one, hiding in a doorway. Working up his courage.

Is we walked through the Borough Market in Halifax I heard the sound of singing, not something you normally hear there. Usually there is that quiet but determined buzz of trading. We quickly found the source: Not some canned music event, but real singers (including the Mayor..) apparently serenading the vegetable stand. I regret I didn't have my wide angle lens with me, so this will have to do. Serenading vegetables, now that's the spirit of Christmas PS. Mangos, 99p if you are interested ..

Have you noticed how shop mannequins are evolving? Darwin would be proud of them. They've clearly discovered they don't need eyes, or even faces any more. All that is required is the ability to stand perfectly still all week long. Yet no matter how abstract they become we still manage to regard them as human in some way.  We were out shopping . Sitting in the Old Man's chair in the ladies department at Debenhams I was aware of a blank faced presence nearby. I turned and there was this alarming figure  scrutinising me.

I don't understand. Are these items towels that appear at your home for a few days then make their way home again? In that case, should you put fresh towels out for them...? And..  do they come from the same place as Occasional Tables?

Also spotted in Harveys store , their new logo placed on a second floor window, together with a small display of their Celebration Ale. I rather like the inside - outside treatment of the window, and the beer is just a bonus on this occasion.

Do you ever feel you might be in the wrong job? Well, spare a thought for this poor guy, standing outside the restaurant at the Harveys store in Halifax. The have given him such a large menu board he can't even see over it, yet he stands there hour after hour politely offering mute suggestions to hungry customers.