George Seurat & Bridget Riley

 

by George Seurat

by Bridget Riley

These are two very famous paintings.

One of them is known as abstract art.

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Spurs 3-0 Werder Bremen

 

The team celebrate another victory

A really good victory for Spurs in the European Champions League, 3-0 against Werder Bremen (Germany).

The goalscorers were Kaboul (France), Modric (Croatia) and Crouch (England).

Now Spurs are sure to qualify for the last 16, and the games from now will be on a home and away knock-out basis.

It is a wonderful time for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

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Crocodile attacks an elephant

 

This is why elephants‘ noses are so long

This happened in an African river. The crocodile tried to pull the elephant into the water. But eventually the elephant pulled the crocodile onto the land and the crocodile released its bite and the elephant escaped.

Autumn leaves

From the same tree

Autumn/Fall is my favourite time of year.

The changing colours of the leaves look so good.

China map

 

Click map for larger version

For many different reasons China has been in the news a lot recently, and will probably overtake the USA as the number 1 world superpower sometime this century.

Big Bang

 

A photo of the start of the universe?

Not the big bang that started the universe, but a big bang from a firework, part of Fireworks Night held in the UK on the 5th of November to remember a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes and 12 others to kill the British king and members of Parliament in 1605.