Dear Joan and John McGavin, are you ready for your close-up?
Here, dear blog readers, is a portrait of the hip-pest couple in England, on their wedding day:

Dear Abigail: Are YOU ready for your close-up? Because you are the most entertaining eight-year-old in all of England:

Russell Square is a beautiful little square with a café and benches and a fountain. Self has taken many pictures of it. But this was the first time she zoomed in on the birds. Thank you, WordPress Daily Post, for providing the prompt! Here are pigeons, ready for their close-up:

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.