traffic ... and joined-up thinking

i was reading the stickers in a queue of cars in bow, east london

fathers 4 justice have been in the news lately and one is tempted to sympathise distantly with anyone cut off from their offspring

however ... the other stickers are worth looking at

... what do the "bad boy club" and "bunny" stickers say ...

... about his suitability for the responsibilities of marriage & parenthood ?

chelsea power station

 

rex whistler ... do NOT miss this exhibition

 

brighton museum's buddha, carved in grey schist during the time of the gandharan civilization

the locked church at little horsted

 

horse & groom pub sign at rushlake green

 

edenbridge church, the clock face is extremely convex and the clock has only one hand, by design

 

ambitious new west window at edenbridge

 

a nice legacy at edenbridge

 

in edenbridge church, poetry ...

 

putney goes green

 

atypical nourishment

 

jes window shoppin

 

uk body count in Iraq rises to 104

I used to think this picture was a disgracefully trashy & gratuitous bit of ad-man's hyperbole, but now it seems rarther apposite

 

R.I.P Dave Kane

Anyone who remembers his infectious laughter will be sad to learn that Dave Kane has just died.
I'll post a picture of him when I can unpack the right box.

I owe Dave and his wife Jan much gratitude for many kindnesses so my thoughts are with her & their daughters, Hannah and Alice.

what goes around, comes around

i pasted this les gibbard cartoon from the guardian in to my scrapbook during the viet nam war

it still seems appropriate

nice old pub tiles in wandsworth road

 

spring cleaning

i only just stopped myself from whistling roy rogers' "four-legged friend" whilst giving the bike a rare power wash before leaving work this afternoon

 

works' issue steel toecaps ... well ! do i look like a fashion victim ?

 

hoogstraten's folly

compare & contrast ...

hoogstraten's follies at framfield

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jack fuller's at brightling

an early worm's eye-view of wandsworth

 

clayton church, sussex

a funny feeling came over me as i took a quick walk amongst the gravestones

i read a few epitaphs and felt a great sadness that i'd never know these people

i consoled myself with the thought of dylan thomas' "under milk wood"

which you can hear, if you have time, through this link

http://www.undermilkwood.net/prose_umw1.html

clayton church, medieval paintings