http://www.astrofiammante.net “I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries – I like the hush.” Robin Ince Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:55:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19062011-post2306/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19062011-post2306/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:33:09 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2306 Wreath (n): An arrangement of leaves and flowers, usually circular in shape, designed to commemorate a lost loved one.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19062011-post2306/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-18062011-post2303/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-18062011-post2303/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:51:36 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2303 Decomposition (n): The process of disintegrating, rotting or decaying.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-18062011-post2303/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-5062011-post2233/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-5062011-post2233/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:53:07 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2233 Dilapidated (adj): Ruined, neglected, old, in a poor state of repair.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-5062011-post2233/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23042011-post1994/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23042011-post1994/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:20:42 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=1994 Necessarium (n): Euphemism for a public lavatory; makeshift, communal or portable toilet.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23042011-post1994/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daly-photo-15022011-post1624/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daly-photo-15022011-post1624/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:20:07 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=1624 Running bond: A method of laying bricks that presents their long, narrow faces (or stretchers) for view, each overlapping the midpoint of the bricks in the course below. ]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daly-photo-15022011-post1624/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/links-for-2008-09-30-post257/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/links-for-2008-09-30-post257/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:02:55 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/blog/links-for-2008-09-30-post257/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/links-for-2008-09-30-post257/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/why-playing-with-the-ocean-is-a-risky-game-post66/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/why-playing-with-the-ocean-is-a-risky-game-post66/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:25:41 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/blog/why-playing-with-the-ocean-is-a-risky-game-post66/ The Guardian, and attract all those surfing tourists for who Cornwall is just too inconveniently western. What a distance to travel! To that end it is building an artificial reef out of specially-designed sandbags in Poole Bay in order to take the area's natural swell and turn it into breaking waves.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/why-playing-with-the-ocean-is-a-risky-game-post66/feed/ 0