Wednesday, July 8, 2015

New College Gargoyles

At the top of the Radcliffe Camera (a remarkable circular library) in Oxford there are these encouraging fellows who spur scholars on to higher pursuits and perhaps plant the seeds for, a few centuries later, 3-D animation.

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Steps and stairs

Stracciatella (chocolate chip gelato) is easily burned off one step at a time.

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