The Year In Pictures 2013

[Conforumist]

SJ, that "ant" photo is a prize winner!

eric, very cool; makes me want to see it.

Mad.. .. ..just the bear necessities eh?

[jaznbonnie]

Mad, that is so cool! Great photos everyone. Here's one I snapped Sunday afternoon on Treasure Island looking at the Bay Bridge and San Francisco:



And one of the small marina on Treasure Island:

[The Mad Collector]

Great shop Mad. I like the brown bear on wheels next to the Steiff sign the best. Is it an antique? You don't sell Discworld stuff?

The brown bear on wheels is from my own collection and is a 1910 Steiff. The bears up there are all mine and are used to draw peoples attention to the old bears on sale upstairs. The previous owners of the shop had retail stock up there but you were always getting stepladders out to get something down for people to look at and then put it back so I decided to treat it as dead space and fill it up with something not on sale but which is a sort of mini museum.

As yet there is only one Discworld teddy bear and I own that If there is ever a cuddly range available then I'm sure I'll have it in the shop.

[Tonyblack]

I don't think you can get Beathty Bears anymore. They always used to be quite popular at DW events.

[The Mad Collector]

Beathty Bears no longer exist, they were only sold at Discworld events as far as a know.

[Tonyblack]

Yeah, I think Mike closed it after Cathy died.

[Catch-up]

The girls each have Beathty Bears that a friend bought for them at a Wincanton event. They love them!

Jaz, great pictures. I love that there's actually a place named Treasure Island.

[jaznbonnie]

Jaz, great pictures. I love that there's actually a place named Treasure Island.

Me too, Catch-up. My imagination insist there must be pirates hiding there somewhere.

[chillicamper]

Another week, another burning attempt. This time a medieval farmhouse on a 6 inch sycamore plaque.

[Ghost]

[Tonyblack]

Jaz, great pictures. I love that there's actually a place named Treasure Island.

Me too, Catch-up. My imagination insist there must be pirates hiding there somewhere.

I forgot to say how lovely your pictures were.

And I love that plaque, Chilli.

Maybe you should do a series of VW themed ones to sell at rallies.

[Catch-up]

Nice Chilli! I like Tony's VW suggestion.

[chillicamper]

Thanks guys. I have plans for a VW camper or 2, but need to perfect shading techiques for paintwork yet. Also thinking or doing some steam/traction engines for something different.

At the moment, these are the only camper pics I have done - more like little cartoons than proper pics.



In the meantime, I'm beginning one of the Corfe castle ruins.

[chris.ph]

ive been stealthing up one of my russian military watches to see how it looked

[Who's Wee Dug]

Looks good in Blue Chris.