south bank lamp posts featuring dolphins and old father thames, himself, no less

sompting church

a favourite tree just across the river from arundel

flooded meadows of the arun valley looking towards amberley castle

i suppose we share an interest in good tea ...

good old london brick

the east grinstead turnpike trust ... thirty four miles from bow bells

the russian orthodox "cathedral" in chiswick

as i was leaving, the juke box was playing gimme shelter

i'd like to see an anthony gormley cast of lord bassam rusting in this space

the "old" london airport at croydon

a plague of frogs in knightsbridge

"challenge", the antique tug boat, being taken back to her berth at portslade

the east grinstead turnpike trust

made in the eighteenth century, there are a few of these mile markers left on the A22 but it has been difficult to park the truck safely on such a busy main road

however, i will photograph the rest in the next few weeks and tell you their story

The Nobel Prize For Medicine Beckons

A simple cure for flu .... first ask the loved one to put on a nurse's uniform and then ask her to rub something soothingly aromatic into her chest.

Dirt

When a driver comes home from a long difficult day in need of a shower, will he be washing away occupational grime, or vocational grime ?

I'll flatter myself with the latter.

a friend has bought a new toy ...

... whaddya mean, predatory ?

it is my turn to cook ...

princesse du pain ...

serendipitously, we shall be going here very soon ...

... and i just found this in a charity shop

i've had to take a day off work as i have the flu ... let's hope there are no complications

caerphilly castle

mavis used to play here eighty years ago, although it was a bit more overgrown then

that's her investigating the ruin ... she was looking for the kitchen door

here she is at last !!!

at ninety-something, mavis is avidly re-creating the scenery of her childhood around the lanes of blackwood and pontllanfraith

mavis still paints at ninety-something but you can't see the picture

oh, what a saga .... i've got back into the editor page after re-installing windows explorer .... but now blogger doesn't upload my pictures

up before three to do some serious wrapping ....

battersea park station

after we'd dined at the national gallery, i placed the little camera on a ledge by the grand staircase in the sainsbury wing ...

... that's nelson's column and a glimpse of the millennium wheel on the right

plutarch's piccadilly ponies

window decoration in gerrard street, soho

the old crane at portslade made by stothert and pitt is being dismantled

olympus uk ok !!! they have repaired my little camera free of charge ... words can't express my delight and gratitude

i had twenty minutes to wait for a bus in sloane street, so i did some pre-valentine window shopping ... i wonder if they have them in my size ?

... i'm talking about the blond wigs, you fool !

i wonder if the loved one might like a ribcage suitcase from samsonite ... to remind her of me ?

... designed by alexander mc queen

fortunately, graff doesn't do 24/7

i love the way the graff architect integrated their classical interior and shopfront

yes, it is a lovely little black dress, but she couldn't possibly wear it to work

i wouldn't want the loved one to get big ideas about longer rails and longer wardrobes