I went out for a hop around in town on Sunday and ended up bobbing into the Royal Academy of Arts. They had a couple of interesting special exhibitions.

One was on Rodin and I saw his famous 'The Kiss', 'The Thinker' and 'The Gates of Hell' - all of which were great. There were also some bronze statues of various Hindu gods which were interesting.

I really like all the art galleries and museums which are everywhere in London - especially as I can get into them for free with my bubble land ID badge. Huzzah for art and for bubble land!

Mid-November and I'm still wearing my shorts. Is this because of

a) climate change - making the weather all weird

b) big city hotness (traffic fumes and hordes of people)

c) me being strange and not noticing that it's cold now

d) all of the above

But is it art?





I was really looking forward to whizzing down inside these giant tubes at the Tate Modern Art Gallery last week. However, the tubes had lots of ridges inside, where the sections were joined together, and even the beginners' one was too bumpy for me - oh dear!

5 years

Remember, remember the 5th of November. . .

In 1605, a man named Guy Fawkes was part of a plot to blow up the houses of parliament and the king. However, the plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes was captured and executed.

This event is commemorated every year with traditional fireworks and the lighting of a bonfire with a 'guy' on top. Here's a website with more infomation:


http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Guy.html


Here's the traditional lighting of fireworks
















Unfortunately, our bonfire didn't have a 'Guy' on top but instead had a model which looked strangely like the houses of parliament. Not quite in keeping with the usual tradition then.

I didn't manage to grow any green peppers or cherry tomatoes this year, but here are some grapes which grew all on their own.