Thursday, June 23, 2005

surprised at sunrise

a garrulous extrovert stopped me as i cycled to work through her neighbourhood and quickly asked twenty questions about my reasons for cycling by the river, living in london, not doing what my talents fit me for, etc ... and she took my photograph ... then, as the conversation was ending, because i still had to get to work, an early ray of sunshine illuminated her for this impromptu portrait

take it away brick by brick and install it on the strip in vegas Posted by Hello

never say never

surely its time that a new use was found for the tower of london ... i know, what about a casino ?

Wednesday, June 22, 2005


another dawn in battersea Posted by Hello

a thousand years Posted by Hello

obsessions

i'll have to keep visiting the peace pagoda in battersea park and the ancient yew in kent until i can get one picture of each that says exactly what they are, & in the meantime you'll have to forgive me for today's notquitegoodenoughs

Tuesday, June 21, 2005


linseed trespassing in the spectrum ... it just shouldn't be that colour ! Posted by Hello

readers, i swam ! Posted by Hello

two kinds of blue

a field of linseed in the early light zapped my visual cortex into quivering hysterics !

and then in brighton the sea was blue, and readers, i swam !

Monday, June 20, 2005


a steamy day begins Posted by Hello

dawn at the peace pagoda Posted by Hello

the singing monks Posted by Hello

soul music

unusually, there were other humans in battersea park this morning before five

two monks were chanting a mantra and beating a drum just as the sun had risen

as they circled the great "?stupa?", their song faded and then returned with a resonance that cleaved my heart like a burning spear and i wept for a few moments

partly for the beauty of their harmony, and partly from a sense that they existed in a oneness with beauty that i might not achieve

Saturday, June 18, 2005

a good day and a bad day

i went for a wonderful bike ride in the hush of a perfect summer morning, crossing putney bridge to fulham and exploring the thames path up to the next wonderful bridge at hammersmith, and back through the quiet meadows of barnes common ... then, back in putney someone nicked my bike ... i've bought another, with a bigger lock ... and its safe to say i was traumatised ... for five minutes ... and my credit card will traumatised for months

barnes common oak leaves early one mid-summer morning Posted by Hello

hammersmith bridge south portal Posted by Hello

hammersmith bridge chains Posted by Hello

hammersmith bridge giant coat of arms Posted by Hello

hammersmith bridge's giant acanthus and my bike, stolen later this day at putney high street Posted by Hello

the prettiest bridge in london Posted by Hello