There’s that moment in an Autumn day when the sun is low but intensely bright. For a brief few minutes it lights everything with a lovely orange glow and as you stumble headlong towards it you are reminded, a little, of summer. Then it drops behind the tree … Continue reading Sunlit Tree
Hold on to your hats, it’s another Autumn picture in Regent’s Park! That means more greens, browns, and yellows, on a muddy day. It’s been so wet recently that even the trees are green.
Another photo from the Dragon Boat festival earlier this year. The dragon has seen better days
Tucked away in Regents Park is this secret garden. I say secret, but really I just didn’t realise it existed and somebody should have told me sooner. That kind of secret. It’s a quiet place with lots of private places to sit and contemplate about how you … Continue reading St. John’s Lodge
It’s autumn and that means pictures of leaves. Here’s a lot of them at Primrose Hill. They look just like nature’s cornflakes, if cornflakes were in anyway natural.
Sunny autumn days are amongst my favourite. They’ve not yet reached the stage where you can include the word ‘crisp’, but it’s getting there. Sunny crisp autumn days are the best. These reeds are both soft and spiky, and almost dream-like. If I were to dream of reeds then these are … Continue reading Blue Reeds
The Tower Of London is currently awash with porcelain poppies as part of a World War I memorial. Each poppy represents a soldier who died during the war.
It’s an impressive sight, with the poppies spilling out of a window and pooling fully around the Tower walls.
The Pudding Bar. What could sound better? This is a popup dessert shop on Greek Street in Soho, and this is their tasting menu. My favourite was all of them.
This little guy was very friendly.
Despite the rain the London Hong Kong Dragon Boat race took place somewhere over in East End Land. There were pork buns on offer, balloons, and a bizarre dance. It was sometimes hard to concentrate on the race for the planes taking off at London … Continue reading Dragon Boat
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