olives in jarandilla de la vera, ready for picking

the storks are back ... in jarandilla de la vera

 

john mortimer has lived in spain for about fifteen years ... his "mermelade" is unbelievably good !

 

back to the royal academy courtyard for another go at rodin's marvellous gates of hell

 

rodin's gates of hell is fascinating and everyone stops to look

 

sir joshua paints the thinker

putney church

don't forget to read about the putney debates !

and isn't that just some wordsworthian moonlight ?

fortnum & mason's clock is ( dare i say it ? ) rarther posh !

 

the great fire of putney by pieter brueghel the elder

 

dante's nine elms hideaway

 

singleton church in west sussex

singleton church in west sussex

 

reredos at singleton

i was surprised to find the church open before nine in the morning

the verger, an old forester, told me he was preparing the altar for the eucharist

he kindly offered to place the cross upon the altar and light the candles for my picture

the weathercock at singleton

 

the weathercock on singleton church

 

the old verger at singleton ... too modest to face the camera

 

churchyard dew at singleton

 

??? design madness on wandsworth road, opposite the drive-in macdonalds

 

hove, marginally

 

gravity-laden self-portrait c.1984

 

trawling through some old photographs ... a sign wot i painted for a place where i used to live

 

king's road, the place you'd be most likely to find ...

 

... alien life forms

 

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 !