Wow, it’s Friday already! How did that happen? I guess it helps that Monday was a holiday here in Canada and then Mike and I took Tuesday off as well :). My short week has been busy though, and one of the reasons was because I had to apply for new passports for all four of us. Ours were expiring in mid-July, and for the first time ever in Canada I was able to apply for 10 year passports. Before now we could only get 5 year passports, and from what I understand we are one of the last countries to go to a longer passport term and also have the electronic chip inside. I almost passed out when paying for them though because it cost a whopping $640 for 4 passports. Yikes!! Oh well, now I can start planning our trip to England and Scotland next summer :).
This week’s mystery photo is all about specifics. I mean, let’s get this right out in the open. Obviously this is wood, so that answer is not acceptable. We’re looking for an exact answer here, and no Jim you’re not allowed to guess!! Time to get those neurons firing and solve this mystery everyone.
Ok, ready, set, go….
photos from the loonybin 
yep, it’s definitely wood, but with some concrete mixed in, I’d go with it being the corner section of a log cabin, or maybe an industrial strength bench. Really looking forward to meeting you in the summer of next year, pub, pub pub.
what pub, pub, pub?
any pub pub pub and I hope you’ll be there too @TBM that is if you haven’t made your fortune as an award winning author and abandoned us by then.
You guys crack me up every time :). Ok, we will all meet at the pub, pub, pub, and TBM will never forget her favourite blogging friends even after she’s famous LOL!
Is the meeting in London? I happen to know some pubs
I strongly suggest that we do some serious pub research before next summer TBM, there might be better ones
Yup, TBM knows almost every single pub in London. It’s a research project isn’t it TBM?
I think I’m working towards a PhD in London pubs. A lot of work, but in the end it will be useful knowledge. More useful than all that history and political science crap I filled my head with.
Of course!! And you can write a guide to London pubs and become even more famous, but you will still remember your favourite blogging friends right?
More writing! I’m not a machine you know.
LOL 🙂
So where do you live Bunny? You’re not right in London are you?
I’m in Croydon down at the bottom, it’s a bit of dump (remember the riots and the furniture store on fire) but we could afford to buy here and it’s an easy commute into central London with trains only taking 20 minutes to Victoria or London Bridge.
Oh goody, that means we can meet both of your when we are there. Yayyy!! 🙂
Wood and concrete! To be specific, two pieces of wood and concrete.
Aren’t you a smart ass today LMAO!!!
You asked for me to be specific and I was.
One of the wood piece is round. Is that better?
Nope, not good enough :).
Says who? you? good enough for me. off to a pub for a victory drink
and so she’s goes and posts about a pub on her own page while we’re here, talking about pubs
You’re definitely into your Friday mood aren’t you? LOL! I’m only getting started on my Friday here – I just got up!
Quite the multi-tasker isn’t she Bunny?
I won’t take you to today’s pub. I’ll find a special one. And Cindy, you just got up–my aren’t we lazy today.
Well, an hour ago – it’s only 7am here you know :). Now I’m supposed to be getting ready for work, but instead I’m yakking with you guys LOL!
Like I said, you’re lazy.
Speaking of lazy, where the hell is LouAnn?
well, I guess Canadians follow their own timelines and don’t care about the rest of us.
LOL! I think she must have been up early and then gone back to bed. She’s missing all the fun :).
TBM, I think we should consider something like The Admiral Hardy in Greenwich or if the weather is nice perhaps something on the river around Hammersmith or Putney
Uh, can we trust Cindy to drink near the river? I see her tumbling in.
ROTFLMAO!!!! Seeing as I hardly drink, that’s a definite possibility :).
good point, I’m happy to travel out west though if it’s easier for you guys, How about the Spotted Horse in Putney, that’s far enough off the water and a fantastic pub
I’m willing to go to any place as long as they have beer and I don’t have to jump into any body of water to pull Cindy out.
Awesome! Does this mean you guys are going to do all my London planning for me??? Good places to eat and drink – check. Ok, now I need the name of a good but not horribly expensive hotel – can you work on that one too? You can be like my London travel agents!
OK, you two keep planning. I have to go find something cool to wear – it’s going to be hot as hell here today. I’ll be back :).
Do we get a commission?
I’ll buy you beers :).
I guess I can’t say no to that. I should say I don’t know any hotels. Have you tried making a reservation at Buckingham Palace? Bring nice clothes–I hear tea time can be quite formal.
Well, that was going to be my next question. Can you set up a little meeting with Liz for Mike and I? That would be bloody delightful :).
I’m closer with Harry. He likes pubs.
Oh yes, he would be fun to party with :).
Well I was going to say tree trunk is that acceptable? I’m still trying to get over the shock of the passport price. We have to renew ours in 2 years.
I had some of it saved up but not quite enough LOL! However, with 5 years being $120 and 10 years being $160, 10 years is definitely the way to go. Renewals are really easy, but both my sons had children’s passports last time, so I had to do brand new applications for them. It took me a couple of hours to fill out everything online, print them out, and get together all the supporting documentation. Then I had to drive to a Service Canada outlet where they go over everything with a fine tooth comb, looking for mistakes. I told my kids I would pay for them this time, but the next time they need their passports done, they are on their own!
Okay guys – I have been awake since 2, up since 3, fell asleep for twenty minutes at 6:30 — go to my blog and you will see I posted early though wordpress time is weird and about four hours ahead of real time here–anyway all this talk about pubs has me awake now and is much more interesting than the mystery photo which is really irritating this week if I do say so myself–Ms. Loony, like, really? Is it the foundation of some historic mill or something…..
She probably wants to know the exact mill.
LMAO!!
The Mill on the Floss then, how is that for exact?
I had actually noticed that you posted really early today. What the heck were you doing up at 2am girl?!?! I’ll bet if you had been out to the pubs last night with TBM you would have slept much better :). Now stop pouting about the mystery photo. You’ve made a guess which is much better than TBM’s first guess today, so now you just have to be patient until tomorrow LOL!
patient, patient? me patient–you must have me mixed up with someone else–
I do not know why I was up at 2:00 – wish I had been at a pub or two…
She was up that late because she lives so close to the US border she could hear the 4th of July celebrations! Blame John Adams!
Um, may I remind you that I got it right and you’re just mad.
I could never be mad at you :). By the way, I started Cruxim last night!! I think i’m really going to enjoy it.
It’s a fun read. I liked the Sphinx aspect. If you review it on Goodreads say you found it because of me. Maybe she’ll give me a discount the next time I need editing 🙂
Sounds like a good idea to me :). Hey, check out this link http://lifewise.canoe.ca/nutrition/features/2013/07/04/20950986-relaxnews.html. You might like it!!
And you thought I was misbehaving. It’s for my health
Looks like you’ve got some sort of log cabin-y thing going on here. Definitely wood set in mortar/cement.
Whoah – that is crazy expensive!!!! I also had to renew my passport (after ten years!) – it is expiring end September (#deportationawaits)…. Obviously still waiting on it… but it cost only $55 for new one!!!
Only $55 – you’re lucky!!!
Hahaha – it seems we are!! (I never would have guessed!!) 🙂 **
Log, concrete and wood, in that order. Some people are trying to make too big a deal out of this one!
we are making a big deal out of this because she told us we had to be specific so blame Ms Loony for the big deal
Well how much more specific can we get?! Alright I’ll make a better effort – circular log with lichens or pieces of bark still attached. Concrete very sloppily filling in the spaces between the wood. And a timber-like piece of wood. Better?
btw I want to party with Harry–I look good for my age and I can drink a beer and a half before I get silly
A beer and a half or three half pints. What happens when you have two pints?
I dance and I do not necessarily need music
But can you stay standing or do you dance laying down?? LOL. Maybe you do the worm?
looks like a log cabin or something that involves wood and concrete…. lol… we just renewed last year and it was only like 85 for the five years …. just another cash grab by the government!
Yup, everything keeps going up, up, up! However, you actually save a little doing the ten year passport, so that’s why I waited until July 1st when they came out :).
hey did somebody call me lazy yesterday — it is 4:44 a.m.–where are you young lady?
At 4:44 a.m. I was sound asleep, all snuggly in my comfy bed :), but I’m awake now and have the answer to the mystery photo!!
I just visited!
Drum roll please!! It’s time to reveal the answer to the mystery photo! Although nobody knew the exact name, Bunny, LouAnn, Jeff, and Sayvan were on the right track. This is a closeup of the outside wall of my brother’s cordwood house. We visited him to see his new home while we were down in Kingston last weekend, and I had never seen this type of house construction before. Here is a definition from the internet:
“Cordwood construction, also known as stackwall, is a type of building whereby the walls of the house are built out of fire-wood type logs cut into various lengths and set into mortar or concrete. They’re known as cordwood because they resemble fire wood. The wood is set up horizontally, with the cut ends exposed. This creates a wall that’s sometimes more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) thick.”
Great job everyone and thanks for making my Friday go by super quick. You guys are so much fun, and I don’t know what I would do without you :).
Looked up some pictures and they are very unique looking homes!
Yes, it was my first time seeing this type of home, and I really liked it :).
We all expect to be invited to your brother’s house now–
Ok, I’ll tell him. He’s always up for a party :).
If you come to England you could stay with us in rural Somerset. It’s beautiful countryside here and there is lots to see and do and we are only half an hour from the south Devon coast. look us up at http://www.lodgehousebandbsomerset.co.uk
I’ve actually been on your website before, and it looks lovely there :). I really need to find some time to start planning this trip LOL!
I think this is the foundation of your deck with wood from a section of tree & planed wood because of the concrete mixed in.
Sorry, but no that’s not it :). See above for the answer.
Log cabin?
Type of, yes :). See the explanation above.
The photo at once surrealistic and dirty.Some of it looks woody, the intervening stuff more like moist sand.
Shakti
It does kind of look like sand in between, but it’s actually concrete. This is a small section of a cordwood house. Here is a definition from the internet:
“Cordwood construction, also known as stackwall, is a type of building whereby the walls of the house are built out of fire-wood type logs cut into various lengths and set into mortar or concrete. They’re known as cordwood because they resemble fire wood. The wood is set up horizontally, with the cut ends exposed. This creates a wall that’s sometimes more than a foot (30.5 centimeters) thick.”