It's hard to believe but there it is, down an alley behind some Victorian houses, less than 10 minutes walk from my house. The business is run by Daniel Harris - a hardy engineer - kitted out in a tweed boiler suit. The looms have all come from Scotland or the northern mill towns and his best one is made up from parts from 3 different machines.

Here are some beautiful toy/sculptures recently exhibited by Zoe and David in the Rossana Orlandi space in Milan. The sculptures combine re-appropriated objects and old toy parts. Some of them have articulated moving parts, allowing them to be configured in different ways.

fencing from Donald Christie on Vimeo.

I got up at 6.30 this morning to try and see the eclipse of the moon, but it was cloudy. Should have stayed in New Orleans a little longer because it was impressive.

Keep practising - one day you may be as good as this....

I've grown a mammoth tomato plant from a seed in the compost heap. It's dwarfing a little apple tree and now the squirrels have begun to eat the little fruit, so I'm going to have to pick them to keep ownership. Shame.

Feed the fish.

well hands up if you can see the fish, and if you can't get your own here

Make sure you watch to the end.

Last night the Ally Capellino girls went to the Fashionable pub quiz, and guess what - yep we won........

this was supposed to represent a fashion 'house' The pipe cleaner stilts suggested 'top' shop.

Last year we were ripped off in Australia and I found that I had no protection against it. I'm thinking about whether I agree with the view put over here. I certainly wish I hadn't bothered getting a greedy lawyer on the case.