#Townscaper The green house under the end of the observation deck didn't have a mail box, or an access ladder, but it did have access to a miniature quay, with enough room for his sea boots, and chair to sit on and fish while smoking his pipe: the retired sailor was content.

#CloudGardens Nobody knew what was left in the catalytic cracker when the factory shut down, but some plants thrived on it.

#Townscaper As the sun set at the end of a long day, the Heavy Lift Facilities were put into their shutdown state.

#Townscaper Combining a lighthouse and living quarters was not unusual (the lighthouse keeper had to live somewhere), but adding a Heavy Lift Facility was rare.

#Townscaper Families were allowed to extend out from the central hub, but they had to respect the traditional right-of-way for the tall sailing ships of the Island Republic.

#Townscaper Attempts to combat global warming by building a giant sunshade over the flying village met with only limited success.

#Townscaper The flying dairy farm was able to deliver the product from the milk processing plant directly to larger customers.

#Townscaper The flying cantons loved to hover close to each other to be sociable, but synchronising the propellers was an engineering challenge

#Townscaper There’s not a lot of republican sentiment in the Townscaper-verse of my 6 year old grand-daughter. “The tower is where the queen lives”, she explains.

#Townscaper Sunrise or sunset were the only times the indentured workers in the engine room saw the sun. This was one of the causes of the Great Stokers Revolt.

#Townscaper The two Hovering Villages might share a Heavy Lift Facility, but there was no way the snobbish Upper Village would install a ladder to allow access from the sea, or the Lower Village.

#Townscaper Living in the residential towers of the Flying Canton, you became accustomed to the steep narrow stairways.

#Townscaper Although the Flying Cantons started as independent roaming states, the forces of economic integration drove them to be more closely coupled.

#Townscaper Never realised before how large the butterflies are in Townscaper!

A creation by my eight year old granddaughter

The residents of Mulberry Street wanted a party, well, I hope they are happy.

Granddaughter’s painting

#TinyGlade Sheep farm: watch tower is a relic of times when bandits were a problem

#tinyglade Norman castle in winter: only defensive weakness is that the only well is outside the inner curtain wall. In time, the Saxon serfs would fell the forest to extend the sheep pasture.

#tinyglade Greek temple at night (hope that's not a sacrificial alter)