The weather in Budapest has made an abrupt change to autumnal - rain, cold, morning fog. My beloved local hardware shop has updated its windows to greet the new season:
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It saddens me that the reflection in the glass of the building opposite means that it is hard to make out the shower curtain featuring a portrait of a tiger that the windowdresser has teamed with a tigerprint-handled broom in picture No. 4.
The creativity that is poured into these displays reminds me of that which finds its annual outlet via the entries in novelty cake competition sections at Australian country shows. Here, for example are cakes inspired by Australia's participation in World War One from the Canberra Show a few years back:
The one depicting soldiers in a trench is definitely my favourite, as its maker, more than any of the other entrants, refused to allow any thoughts about whether or not what was being made might be appetising enter into play.
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