January

Happy New Year all!

Here's to a fun, safe, healthy and prosperous 2008!

I have a new plan. Every month I'm going to produce an image based on the month (as above) and next year I will sell a calendar based on the results! I had the idea last year, but producing 12 quality images around other work proved too much of a daunting task so I've decided to try it this way. Chip slowly away at the block...

So, fancy some January facts?

First up the 1st of Jan is happy/sad anniversary of both the BBC's first broadcast and the first traffic policemen.

Oooh, ooh, which way did your cake fall? "A flat cake was put on one of the horns of a cow in every farmyard. The farmer and his workers would then sing a song and dance around the cow until the cake was thrown to the ground. If it fell in front of the cow that signified good luck; to fall behind indicated the opposite." I'm so doing that next year. Now where to find a cow in central London...

Also, If you're unmarried don't forget "that if you look through a silk handkerchief at the new moon, which has never been washed, the number of moons you see will be the number of years which will pass until you're married. But it is unlucky to see the new moon through a window." So all you singletons board up your windows on the night of the first January moon (22nd)...

And last but not least, raise a glass on the 9th for the anniversary of the introduction of Income tax...