No, silly, not THAT erection!

This is Saint Mary's Light... just down the road from Whitley Bay... and a rather lovely example of a lighthouse it is too.

Saint Mary's Light
St Mary's Light, the lighthouse on the tiny St Mary's Island, is situated just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England.

The small rocky island of Saint Mary's is tidal and linked to the mainland by a concrete causeway which is only submerged at high tide, making the island easily accessible to visitors.

The present lighthouse and keeper's cottage was built in the 1890s and occupies the site of a medieval 'monastery' dedicated to St Helen. Within the chapel was the Lady Light, also known as St Katherine's Light. The light was later, wrongly, ascribed to St Mary and, as a result, the island became known as Saint Mary's Island.

A soaring, seriously solid, smooth, superior erection... and not a little blue pill in sight!

Not too many of us can boast one of these attached to the side our house.

Every man should have plums like this...

Usky's Plums... and Appendage

I mentioned Banana Beach in my post on Usky's Perspective the other day...

Well if you ever find yourself facing this view, you'll know there's a banana or two at the end of it!

I don't know about you, but I'd quite like to wake up to this every morning...

I've always loved the sea and would quite like at some stage to move to the south west coast of Britain... though the weather in the UK can be somewhat indifferent to say the least... whereas the weather in the Aegean is somewhat... um... nicer.

I rather like this idea... and am told no starfish were hurt in the night-light's making.

Star Light

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This made me laugh... but it may not suit the easily offended:

Did you ever play with a spinning-top as a child? I know I certainly did.

Not one of those tin tops with the thrust lever to spin it... I did have one of those, but my favourite was an old fashioned wooden top with a whip... it was probably the whip that attracted me of course!

So anyway I was walking around Lower Lights Bay at North Shields, just past the Fish Quays, and found these landed marker buoys hard to resist.

How would you fancy spinning one of these things? You'd need one hell of a whip!

Walking around Wallsend early one morning last week I spotted this rather lovely piece of Victoriana close to the Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum.

How thoughtful of those nice Victorian Burghers to put up a clock so all the local workers would know whether they were late for their factory/shipyard shift...

Oh yes, the clock still works and yes I was out taking pictures before 6:00am that morning!

Come on then... own up... how many of you have ever accused someone of having a mouth like a fishwife? I know I certainly have.

Thought I might have found the odd one or two hanging around here...

Fish Quay: North Shields
...but no, not a wife, fish or otherwise, in sight!

Time was when Swan Hunter was a name to be reckoned with in the world of ship building; formerly known as "Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson", Swan Hunter was one of the best known companies in the United Kingdom.

During a 130 year existence, Swan Hunter built over 1,600 ships of various types including more than 400 naval vessels and support ships.

The Swan Hunter name is synonymous with innovative design and quality and their Tyneside shipyards have been the birth-place of many fine vessels including ships like the 'Mauritania' which was built at Swan Hunter in 1906 and held the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic. Also the RMS Carpathia which rescued the survivors from RMS Titanic.

How sad to look down from the Wallsend side of the Tyne at this once thriving business and view all that remains... idle cranes and emptiness.

I make no excuse for my attempt at producing moody images of industrial decline... I'm just saddened the collapse of the cream of British shipbuilding.

Or to be more exact, not so old blue-eyes...

Keisha

Meet Keisha, the Siberian Husky, who has afforded me several hours of light relief just recently.

Keisha is my brother-in-law's dog and as a husky is always in the mood for a good walk... a service I have been happy to provide during the trying time around my mother-in-law's death and funeral. I was more than happy to offer support to the wife and family of course, but Keisha needed a little support too.

Actually I quite enjoyed taking a pet wolf walkies... perhaps I should consider starting Usky's Bespoke Dog Walking Service for Canines of Discernment

I saw this...

...and immediately thought of my blogmate Milly!

So come on then hun... are you planning a change of role?

Gosh... who's that good looking bloke in the reflection?

Or, The Return of the Usksider!

Hello folks... hope you're all well?

Don't feel much like blogging at the moment, but just wanted to let you know we were home safe and sound.

Mean time, hope you like this

Dog Rose