Tim O’Hare
observations, thoughts and useful stuff…Archive for The Gallery
Cloud cakes
Anyone who has ever been a student on one of my courses will know that I do like to introduce the occasional gimmick or two – whether it be my use of a light sabre as a pointer in my “forces” lecture, sounding a bugle to highlight particularly important physical principles or … (further examples not disclosed so as not spoil the surprise for current students over the coming weeks!). Last week I think I surpassed myself though. At my first meteorology lecture of the year a few weeks ago one of the students came in with a plate of cakes that he was selling to raise money for a student group he is involved with. That put an idea in my head and with these particular lectures taking place late on a Friday afternoon I thought that a nice surprise for the students wouldn’t go amiss. So I spent last Thursday evening in the kitchen baking, but not just baking any old kind of cake. With last week’s lecture being all about clouds, it seemed appropriate to bake some cloud cakes. These were then taken into work and given out to the students towards the end of the lecture when I got to the section on exotic clouds.
You’re thinking I’m bluffing here don’t you? You want to see evidence don’t you?
So here you go… proof that I really am mad!
My cloud cakes, each one with a pale blue sky background and a little piece of fluffy Cumulus!
How touching…
Yesterday evening I was standing waiting for my eldest daughter to return to school after a rounders tournament. Across the road in front of me was a new block of appartments, the ground floor of which had been a surf clothing shop which had rapidly gone bust only to be replaced by a new surf clothing shop (do people ever learn?). Anyway, this new shop isn’t open yet but the owners are clearly getting everything ready because the shop window dummies on which clothes will be displayed were standing in place waiting to be dressed. When I looked carefully I noticed that whoever had positioned these dummies had a sense of humour. I don’t feel that I need to say anymore… rather I will share with you a snap I took of the scene. It’s not a particularly high resolution shot, but I reckon it’s good enough for you to get the picture 
