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Natural History Museum, London

Roy in Nature

Roy in Nature Museum London

Natural History Museum, London

London in the 1980s

Roy in the bus

Roy with Mr T. made of wax

When the national debt was about 150 billion pounds, not 2.4 trillion pounds (an increase no less than 16 times in just over 32 years)

1994: A Year Before They Bought My First Modem

The “offline” days…

with-parents

Nineteen Eighty-Four

As a last one for today’s nostalgic journey, that’s me in the buggy, maybe in 1984 (data stamp missing).

Roy in buggy

40 Years Ago

My grandfathers (no longer alive)

Birth in 1981

Looking or peeking or browsing through old physical albums, in the celebration of my birth I found this rare photo of my grandfathers (there’s a warm embrace but they were not close, except in this photograph)

“Color-corrected grandpas,” someone has sent me. “They looked way too orange.”

Roy_Grandpas

Right Before Nineteen Eighty-Four

Before 1984

Greetings From Manchester

Nice to meet you, I'm not meat
He’s no meat, he has feelings

A year ago Rianne became fully vegetarian (we had both been gradually stepping in that direction for about 3 years already) and last month we got to meet some adorable highland cows and sheep at the outskirts of Manchester.

Highland cows and sheep
Rianne feeding the sheep

Highland cows and sheep
That calf is truly adorable and he was bullied by the sheep

On Wednesday we went for a long walk in nature (about a mile from home) and passed by the construction site (less than half a mile from us) where there would soon be a new facility for sports and entertainment, right alongside the famous Manchester City Stadium. Mock-ups below.

Massive new music and sports arena next to the Etihad Stadium
Looking from our home’s direction

Massive new music and sports arena next to the Etihad Stadium
Looking towards our home

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