Friday, March 17, 2006

madrid, la vera, segovia. the alcarria

i'll be flying to madrid tomorrow morning with the loved one

and i'll be neglecting this blog until late sunday march 26th

miss you lots

magpies are very adaptable ...

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... and magpies like our drinking water

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Thursday, March 16, 2006

saint luke's at chiddingstone causeway

a nice looking church built in 1897, next to penshurst station

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instant mapping

just realized i can photograph my road atlas while i'm en route for wherever ... went through foul mile yesterday, on my way from the curlew near bodiam to the merrie harriers at cowbeech

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

the early bird

driving into sussex at about six fifteen this morning i couldn't immediately identify the pale bird sitting on a roadsign with it's back to me, until it suddenly turned it's head through 180 degrees revealing the huge slanting dark and expressionless eyes and lovely heart-shaped face, and was then airborne in less than a second ... a barn owl