Zondas and heroes and hips, oh my.

We drove the other way along the coast today to one place filled with tourists and then on to another that wasn't.

At the first, Exmouth, a local centre for the kite boarding fraternity (i.e. veeeery windy!), we visited a mini-flea market. I bought a book written by Tony Hart, a childhood hero of mine who made art exciting and accessible for children with his many TV programmes from 1967 to 1994. The book shows how children develop as artists from about 1 year to 7 years and several projects Tony Hart took to schools around Britain. One day I hope to use the book as inspiration for my forays into art with our little one to be... one day. Ray bought some old toy cars, memories of his own childhood.

The only photos we took of Exmouth were of the car that we followed into town. A Pagani Zonda, which was about £700 000 new and only half that second hand. Yes, there are people with that sort of money! When I think of that sort of money, I think of a house, a safe car (with a top-of-the range car seat of course), a few nice holidays and money in the bank for a rainy day.
It looks like this when you're not following it and it's in it's natural element i.e. a race track.

I'm not much of a car person but this was quite quite impressive. Much more impressive than a town full of people.

A cup of tea and a sandwich later we drove on a little further to Budleigh Salterton, a town that moves at a much more sedate place. It was quiet. The few people there were strolling along the pebbled beach.

The place was serene.

Calm and calming.

Quiet,And colourful.

Stepping into the surreal for a moment, we found this gentleman throwing some interesting shapes for a photographer.

Time to go.

With one more photo for the family album. Oh my, just look at those child bearing hips. Those hips really need the chance to prove that they were worth the trouble of being the big girl of the gang. Yes indeed they do.

Not all photographs work out the way you want them to... bit like life really.