a church at godstone

stuff

In Tenebris by Thomas Hardy

Wintertime nighs;

But my bereavement-pain

It cannot bring again:

Twice no one dies.

Flower-petals flee;

But since it once hath been,

No more that severing scene

Can harrow me.

Birds faint in dread:

I shall not lose old strength

In the lone frost's black length:

Strength long since fled!

Leaves freeze to dun;

But friends cannot turn cold

This season as of old

For him with none.

Tempests may scath;

But love cannot make smart

Again this year his heart

Who no heart hath.

Black is night's cope;

But death will not appal

One, who past doubtings all,

Waits in unhope.

an illustration from a favourite author, her birth certificate, & herself with relatives

fire station in lambeth

the magic bus

"i'm on the bus!" ... in the fulham road

in the V&A courtyard

delia derbyshire ... one of a kind

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,518008,00.html

delia appears one minute and three seconds in to this piece ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMVhNztuiEI&feature=related

blimey ! she would easily win a prize in a michelle vater look-alike competition

to the v&a ... this charming domestic vignette will almost certainly arouse empathetic emotions amongst members of the coterie

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/40965-popup.html

relics from the temperance movement at the v&a

a glass & oak font by colin reid at the v&a

thou shalt not go shopping ...

it all seems rarther crowded ... do they know there is plenty of space over at st pancras ?

how many times do we have to tell you, mr. forward ? these items are not for sale

three marble ladies at the v&a whose faces are better known than their hairdressers'

is this some kind of warning ?

i'm stockpiling the glittery stuff for christmas but waiting for an idea ...

fortnum and mason windows on a less windy night than last time (i)

it seemed worth going back, with a less shaky tripod, to try to get those textures, but you really need studio lights and no plate glass

fortnum and mason windows on a less windy night than last time (ii)

it seemed worth going back, with a less shaky tripod to try to get those textures, but you really need studio lights and no plate glass

crikey ! they've cleaned up saint pancras !

sir john betjeman at saint pancras

obsessive compulsive photographers' disorder

i got up early again on my day off and took some more night pictures in the courtyard of the royal academy

there was less wind and i remembered to tighten up the tripod parts as well, so these pictures may have gained a little clarity

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/sculpture-in-the-annenberg-courtyard/

http://www.zhanghuan.com/ShowWork.asp?id=63&iParentID=2