There is so much detail in this week's prompt that it's difficult to know where to start, especially when you have no photos of your own that are appropriate. Let's look at the prompt again,
We know that it's Liverpool - a city where I have only been to Anfield, the football ground. Forced to look at the picture my eyes alighted on the sign showing the direction to a tunnel. I have been through many rail and road tunnels in my time but never one on a canal like the one protected by this sign in Leicestershire.
Sign approaching Saddington Tunnel 31 July 2006 - by Kate Jewell - CC By-SA 2.0 - Geograph Project collection
Saddington Tunnel, also known as Fleckney Tunnel. on the Grand Union Canal was opened for traffic in April 1797.
Some tunnel signs may be confusing like this one you will find on a waterway under the Pennines.
Inside Hyde Bank Tunnel 8 August 2009 - by David Jones on Flickr - CC BY 2.0
Hyde Bank Tunnel is only 924 feet (300m) long and despite being unusually wide it has no towpath. If you are still confused by the sign - it means you are halfway through.
A much longer tunnel is to be found on the Settle & Carlisle Railway in Cumbria as you can see from this sign at its northern end.
Blea Moor Tunnel near Stonehouse, Cumbria 21 February 2002 - CC BY-SA 2.0
At 2629 yds (2404m) Blea Moor is the longest tunnel on the line and is located between The Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway station.
For a road tunnel I just have to come back to Liverpool for the Queensway (Birkenhead) Tunnel though it's not a particularly inviting picture. There are a few lamp posts and even a van, not one for furniture unfortunately.
Queensway Tunnel 3 August 2007 - by Quackdave - PD
If there are any Harry Potter fans reading this, you might like to know that the scene from Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows - Part 1 where Harry skips on a bus while on Hagrid's enchanted motor bike was filmed in the tunnel in September 2009.
If you wondered what the 'column' was towards the left of the Liverpool photo was, I've solved the mystery - it was one of these.
Light pylon near Queensway Tunnel exit at Birkenhead
26 March 2003 - by Rept0n1x - CC BY-SA 3.0
This was on of the original tunnel pylons.
If by now you have tunnel vision and suffer from claustrophobia, on your way across to Sepia-Saturday-207., you might like to take a -
It's often difficult to get the weather and the skies to give you shots you want when Carmi sets us a theme like 'dawn and dusk'. I used existing photos earlier in the year in Sun-up-sundown-thematic-photography. which included sunsets in the village where I live. Last November (and again in recent weeks) we have had some beautiful dawn skies.
Kirklevington dawn - November 2012
That same November day
And again
Today the skies had a similar look, but within two hours when the sun was up the conditions had changed somewhat.
The sun over Kirklevington today
Even in 'close-up' the fog took the shine off the day and the temperature had dropped 5C.
There is one set of Christmas stamps that I have always liked. Published in 1977 they have stood the test of time and show up the poor issues of recent years.
Great Britain
The set takes us through the rest of the carol.
Should anyone wish to refresh their memory you may sing along with this -
The first cartoons I remember when I was a boy during the war were in the Daily Mirror - the world famous Jane, who struggled to keep her clothes on, and the strong man Garth. And then there was Rupert the Bear and his Nutwood pals - in the Daily Express, I think. After the age of 11 I learnt Latin and French and started on Mathematics, This was perhaps a good thing before I came across this man.
Réné Descartes (1596-1650)
So I had no problem understanding what this French philosopher said - "cognito ergo sum" or in French "Je pense donc je suis." I also could handle the Cartesian coordinates which had been named after him.
By now you must be wondering what on earth this has to do with this week's SS prompt.
Well it reminded me that another of my favourite cartoons was The Perishers, which included Boot, an Old English Sheepdog.
Boot went on holiday to the seaside each year where he always had an encounter with a crab in a rock pool. Imagine the crab, looking upwards to see 'eyeballs in the sky' as Boot looked down on him.
Many years ago someone gave my wife and apron. It now resides in the USA. I'm pleased to say that it has been modelled for me and some photos sent across the Atlantic to grace this post.
Boot in a dilemma
The model wishes to remain anonymous as she will not admit to ever wearing an apron.
As for Boot he really is in tizz.
As the background to the apron is blue perhaps while you think about this post you should listen to:
before crossing over to Sepia-Saturday-206. to see whether you can find some more apron strings to pull.
