clifford sandelson ... long gone ... much missed

he gently insisted that i read his copy of turgenev's fathers and sons

they've torn down the hanging sign whilst redecorating the masons arms in battersea park road ...

 

... the mason looks dapper ... interesting hat !

 

clapham junction skyline after a rainy day

 

oh, what a grey day !

 

tango ... the professor writes beautifully

 

chiddingstone church ... lots of military streatfields memorialized here ... has anyone written a thesis on militarism and stained glass yet ?

 

posh stained glass at chiddingstone

 

posh stained glass at chiddingstone

 

posh stained glass at chiddingstone

 

the streatfield family vault at chiddingstone

 

the streatfield family vault at chiddingstone

 

sloane square nymph

 

gotternu'att!

i could have omitted the "t's" if i knowed how to write a glottal stop

battersea power station chimbleys from posh chelsea

 

souvenirs from wakehurst place

east dean in west sussex

 

penshurst church

 

lady elizabeth sidney's memorial to her husband robert, earl of leicester, c.1709

 

lady elizabeth sidney's memorial to her husband, robert, earl of leicester, c1709

 

penshurst church west window

 

penshurst church west window (ii)

well worth magnifying this image to see some good drawing

penshurst church ... another sidney tomb

the sculptor struggled to visualize a porcupine ... to the right of the empty helmet

penshurst church

it's a porcupine

the motto translates as "whither the fates call"

the view from the porch at penshurst church

 

whilst the lads donate generously to the bookmakers' pension funds at towcester races, i potter over to stoke bruerne for a nosey ...