thousand year old yew tree at west kingsdown in kent 

railway bridge at battersea, they don't make 'em like they used to 

old battersea skyscape 

new battersea skyscape 

first light in battersea park 

if ....

i said to her, if you really loved me then you'd have written a list of things for me to complain about when i've run out of ideas for things to complain about ....

on putney bridge at dawn 

on the way to work at dawn in putney 

on the way home from work ... battersea bridge 

on the way to work ... battersea peace pagoda 

charcoal ovens near warnham in surry 

looking out from a little church in kent 

on the way to work, wandsworth park 

makers of excellent medals, cast, patinated, and polished 

v at the foundry with the "blonde" medal 

v with the olive-coloured medal 

the medal is finished

my sister v came to london and we went to the foundry to collect the medals she designed in memory of colin and sylvia forward

above you'll find several pictures of the designer and one of the sign outside the foundry

joe bialik's tree is still living 

adam and eve at hardham church, west sussex 

hardham church in west sussex 

a busy day

first of all two pictures from hardham church which is a little gem near pulborough in west sussex

then a picture of joe bialik's tree, because it still lives, and because i miss him

the plane tree pushing out new leaves 

it fell out of a little tree in burwash high street 

traction engine at piltdown 

you know its summer when the elderflower pollen gets right up yer nose 

how do i know its summer ?

i know its summer when i step outside after a cool damp night and my nostrils are scoured by the smell of elderflower

when there is a traffic jam of people wanting to buy plants outside every d.i.y

when i see hooray henry types in pressed shirts and creased trousers drenching other with ice buckets after a champagne binge in the kings' road

the distinguished artisans, sam and damon 

v's medal 

v's medal 

the medallists

the large medal my sister v modelled in wax to commemorate our parents has now been cast in bronze

the two halves were welded together ... with some difficulty i should imagine

all that remains is for the guys to polish and patinate or vice versa !

more pictures when the job is done, hopefully in about a week