there's been lots of rain in spain ... a lot of the ripe olives are falling before the pickers arrive

 

the forest floor on the mountainside

 

an old wooden cheese mould from la vera

 

clouds dancing over northern spain early today

 

what used to be the old bar opposite the station at talavera

 

this building in talavera used to be a little bar, but when it closed the building was rescued and is now an office for social services

 

vernacular architecture in lagartera

 

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