Monday, June 13, 2005


on the way to work ... battersea peace pagoda Posted by Hello

Friday, June 10, 2005


charcoal ovens near warnham in surry Posted by Hello

looking out from a little church in kent Posted by Hello

on the way to work, wandsworth park Posted by Hello

Wednesday, June 08, 2005


makers of excellent medals, cast, patinated, and polished Posted by Hello

v at the foundry with the "blonde" medal Posted by Hello

v with the olive-coloured medal Posted by Hello

the medal is finished

my sister v came to london and we went to the foundry to collect the medals she designed in memory of colin and sylvia forward

above you'll find several pictures of the designer and one of the sign outside the foundry

joe bialik's tree is still living Posted by Hello

adam and eve at hardham church, west sussex Posted by Hello

hardham church in west sussex Posted by Hello

a busy day

first of all two pictures from hardham church which is a little gem near pulborough in west sussex

then a picture of joe bialik's tree, because it still lives, and because i miss him

Tuesday, June 07, 2005


the plane tree pushing out new leaves Posted by Hello

Friday, June 03, 2005


it fell out of a little tree in burwash high street Posted by Hello

traction engine at piltdown Posted by Hello

Thursday, June 02, 2005


you know its summer when the elderflower pollen gets right up yer nose Posted by Hello

how do i know its summer ?

i know its summer when i step outside after a cool damp night and my nostrils are scoured by the smell of elderflower

when there is a traffic jam of people wanting to buy plants outside every d.i.y

when i see hooray henry types in pressed shirts and creased trousers drenching other with ice buckets after a champagne binge in the kings' road

Wednesday, June 01, 2005


the distinguished artisans, sam and damon Posted by Hello

v's medal Posted by Hello

v's medal Posted by Hello

the medallists

the large medal my sister v modelled in wax to commemorate our parents has now been cast in bronze

the two halves were welded together ... with some difficulty i should imagine

all that remains is for the guys to polish and patinate or vice versa !

more pictures when the job is done, hopefully in about a week

the captive white boy, santiago mckinn, by camillus sidney buck fly Posted by Hello

anonymous ? Posted by Hello

black history mystery

if you go to

http://www.indianwars.org/images/AI/cwb001.jpg

and study the picture ...

you'll find a little boy who was surrendered after five months in the company of injuns

BUT who was the little BLACK boy at the left of the picture ?

was he captive too ?

this picture was taken in a desert canyon, twenty five miles south of the arizona-mexico border, fully twenty years after the American Civil war had ended

Tuesday, May 31, 2005


a great bit of skyline from the approach to tower bridge Posted by Hello

i'm a government child-beater and i'm here to help ! said the ice-queen Posted by Hello

hans christian andersen

did you hear those lurid but compelling radio plays ... golly, it set my mind racing and i tried to visualize my time at school through the filter of anguished fantasy ... see above

Saturday, May 28, 2005


tower bridge at five thirty in the morning with the mayors office and the gherkin Posted by Hello

tower bridge

i never normally get an opportunity to stop and photograph this scene when i'm on my way out to essex, so i nipped back to tower bridge after i'd dropped her at waterloo in the early quiet of saturday morning.

i haven't done the scene justice this time as it needs a bit of sun, but you have to catch these sorts of skylines before someone builds in the space in front

everything the loved one needs is here Posted by Hello

on her holidays ...

the loved one has gone away for a week to practise yoga for five hours a day in the south of france

she's very organized and this is ALL of her luggage

Thursday, May 26, 2005


kentish tiles at lenham ... you can buy killer chocolate brownies in the local bakery Posted by Hello

here's a feller i often nod to as i cycle to work ... Posted by Hello