Sunday, March 05, 2006

popped along the river bank ...

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... in case the oxford crew needed some advice on ...

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... how to handle their oars !

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three beautiful sounds

the cacophony of an espresso machine
in a tiled & smoke-filled bar
with twenty five spaniards
all shouting at the television

the hiss of the breaking wave
rushing back down the pebbles
on brighton beach

the ear-splitting merriment of
a feasting flock of sparrows

... and a fourth

the turbo-charged,
window-rattling,
organ-loft storm
of George Collinson's voice
in the middle of a joyous rant !

Thursday, March 02, 2006

lewis, a mature adult, has discovered the joys of fart putty

he says it helps him to annoy a lot of people & the only difficulty is getting it back in the pot

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friendly ! ... then you'll never walk alone !

microanthropomorphism

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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

this red boat was just swinging around it's buoy as the tide turned to ebb

that's the same cloud as in the picture of hurlingham below, moving on, as they do

at one time, back in 1928, the land over there was flooded to a depth of six feet

i suppose there'll be a next time

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the hurlingham club, a rare glimpse from wandsworth park

their website includes an interesting history

after WWII, some of their land was nationalised ... today they only hold forty-two acres

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st thomas a becket church at brightling

with squire jack fuller's tomb

last time i was there, the day was freezing and grey, this morning was just as cold but brilliant

i wanted to go in to photograph some of the fixtures and fittings but a communion service had just begun when i arrived

if it is sunny, i'll try again next week

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

nice fat numerals, formed in 1905

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nationalised heraldry

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no ornamentation here ...

every little piece had a reason and some purpose

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aaaaah ! a lovely long P !

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sheffield park station sign

notice how close together the letters have been set

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here be dragons ... sheffield park station

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she used to work along the docks in southampton

this little tank engine, Normandy, was built in 1893, and she's still working !

i love her long shadow

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ouch !

i burnt my fingers on this tiny piece of bread baked by nurielle, the french perfectionist at ockenden manor

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