My 4-year old son's modern twist on the traditional nativity scene.

Brentford boat yard

Longleat's performing parrots

Fat family, par excellence.

Driving through mountains toward Killarney. Beautiful.

Dennis Hopper death mask.

View this morning from our cottage in west Cork.

In Swansea. It's raining. Hope the bosun remembers to shit the door. Cork here we come.

Going into Wales. Just had nosebleed.

Yesterday was National Flying Ant Day. Did anyone else notice?

Stupid signs: the first in an occasional series.

Southall Water Tower. An amazing early Victorian building.

Shopping in Southall. Not an M&son sight.

Monday morning house husband duty: knock down great big towers.

My debut toad in the hole. A triumph.

Some fool with more money than sense is supergluing coins to the pavement.

My neighbour's recycling bin. I give him 5 years.

Come and ave a go of you think you bark enough.

World Cup kick off so close I can taste it.

And we're underway! Let's hope South Africa 2010 is a classic tournament, with an England triumph.