In #Italy a few years ago the police called the firefighters to remove a banner hung from the windows of a private home because it had words ("You're not welcome") against the the minister of internal affairs #Salvini (both the police and the firefighters depend on the ministry of internal affairs).
A reboot of a paiting I originally did in 1997, age 16. I think at the time I considered it my first sucessful oil painting. I have added all the stuff to it that I originally intended to, but chickened-out (painting over skies in oil painting is scary,... [more]:
I've just entered the Tasmanian Open Chess Championship which will be held in Somerset in 2 weeks.
I would have liked to enter the Asian Senior Chess Championship which will be held in Mongolia as I've never been there. But, alas, that will not be happening.
Le menhir d'Ussano à Cavallino di Lecce, en Italie. On trouve une tripotée de menhirs dans la province de Lecce, tout au bout des Pouilles. De façon intéressante, beaucoup ont été resculptés par la suite en forme de colonne.
Une pierre à cerfs dans le nord de la Mongolie, près de Mörön.
Les pierres à cerfs sont des stèles mégalithiques mongoles, souvent gravées de cerfs bondissants. Datant vraisemblablement de l'âge du bronze ou du fer, leur signification est, comme toujours, méconnue.