Thursday 25 July 2013

summer break

Now on holiday from school until September

........... so here is a video of the year so far.....................


Tuesday 23 July 2013

tie one hundred and eight

Tuesday 23rd July 2013

Last day of term .... last day of the academic year ... so a sunny flowery tie for the start of the summer holidays



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Monday 22 July 2013

tie one hundred and seven

Monday 22nd July 2013

Elephant tie ... not to be confused with that of 24th June


detail


Friday 19 July 2013

tie one hundred and six

Friday 19th July 2013

Looks like an ordinary tie .... a sort of rock texture design .... 
but look closer and ....
it is a mountain adventure scene with a little man, a little bridge, a little house, a little waterfall and a little boat...





close up


Thursday 18 July 2013

tie one hundred and five

Thursday 18th July 2013

Brand new today .... blue with electric blue spots


Wednesday 17 July 2013

tie one hundred and four

Wednesday 17th July 2013

Cartoons again (with no repeat pattern)



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Tuesday 16 July 2013

Monday 15 July 2013

tie one hundred and two

Monday 15th July 2013

A snail tie .... but only if you look closely 



detail


Friday 12 July 2013

tie one hundred and one

Friday 12th July 2013

Tried to find a tie with dalmatians on it ...
...but this will have to do



close up



label


Thursday 11 July 2013

Wednesday 10 July 2013

tie ninety nine

Wednesday 10th July 2013

Always liked this tie .... especially with this shirt

A designer label tie from 1988




detail



label


Tuesday 9 July 2013

tie ninety eight

Tuesday 9th July 2013

This tie got a lot of  positive reaction today .... (not one of my particular favourites ... can't even remember who gave it to me .... didn't even look at the label at first......... but...) ..... perhaps the designer makes a difference after all



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labels




Monday 8 July 2013

tie ninety seven

Monday 8th July 2013

You always hear about the black sheep of the family .....
The black sheep gets plenty of publicity......

 ..... now let's hear it for the white sheep!



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and a new hair cut
(I've been sheared too!)

Thursday 4 July 2013

tie ninety six

Thursday 4th July 2013

A Chinese silk tie ... delicate blue tiny dot pattern



shiny shiny 


Wednesday 3 July 2013

tie ninety five

Wednesday 3rd July 2013

A different coloured version of the 14th Feb tie


Tuesday 2 July 2013

tie ninety four

Tuesday 2nd July 2013

A sort of Aztec sort or sort of design from Debenhams


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Monday 1 July 2013

tie ninety three

Monday 1st July 2013

This is the shiny tie I wore instead of my my first choice for the day ..... feel like I should be at a jazz club


tie ninety two

Monday 1st July 2013

Wanted to wear this 1960s 'Slim Jim' tie ... but then my wife spotted the stain in the middle (probably gravy) and would not let me out of the house in it.