January 2005
vote for bollards
it looks like in the UK are starting to limber up for an election later this year. if you live in london you may be able to vote for this bollard, as seen here. “we’re improving your street” it claims.
sadly i suspect the bollards might be a single issue party.
(note ‘bat boy’ on the theatre in the background)
marathon photo challenge
i did a training walk for my marathon attempt yesterday evening. i walked from Tate Modern to Paddington in an hour (i went via southbank, up past the houses of parliament, round the outside of St James’ Park, past buckingham palace and then up through Hyde Park). no idea if that’s quick or not as my pedometer seems a bit random at present.
now, i’ve realised that i never actually walk very far without stopping to take photos, so my average speed is a bit slower than i expected.
what i need to do is improve my moving photo technique. here is my first attempt of a moving flash photo:
oh dear.
still, this is what training is all about !
kezia in a big girls bed
exciting life milestones – kezia is spending her first night in a big bed.
so far, so good (ie she’s asleep!)
post box instructions
here is a post box. traditional, but still quite interesting. it’s actually a siamese box. these post boxes are caused in the factor if the post box raw material doesn’t split properly in the early stages of their development.
whoever painted this one got a little carried away with the red paint. in the days when i had long hippy hair (a few feet in length) i once dyed it pillar box red (Elton did it for me the first time). And flamingo pink. but that was a different time.
notice the sign on top of this box which points the way to the nearest post box. they’ll probably need to change a few of these arrows since they are shutting lots of post offices down.
and how’s this for good instructions. ignoring the paint job, it’s worth considering what other types of box you would put your letters in and how ineffectual they would be.
shoe boxes, sandwich boxes, theatre boxes and match boxes would all prove quite useless i imagine.
danger, heavy plant crossing
is it just me or have plants and trees recently started to climb out of the ground and move around ?
thanks to my new train timetable, i now get in to London just before 7am which means i see things that others don’t. like the trees going back to bed after their nights roaming the streets.
here are a couple of trees easing themselves back to bed:
and here is a little tree in a plant pot with some small plants still waiting to jump back in:
doorless phone box
here is a phone box without a door. except it has got a door. only it’s lying on the floor next to it rather than in the door hole.
so, for the purposes of anyone attempting to make a phone call, it may as well be doorless. which is why i called it a doorless phone box.
white lines
these parallel lines are quite nice to look at. imagine if you were a small monkey scampering round the streets of london. this is probably how it would look.
person’s view:
small monkey’s view:
the bollard stand off remains
i took a look at our friendly bollards this morning to see how they were getting on after yesterday’s argument. The tree has gone, but it seems the stand-off still remains.
but look closely at the bollard which is furthest away – there’s a little puddle there which suggests it’s been crying.
the art of glove photography
there’s different ways of taking photos of gloves. generally i go for the reportage approach and simply take them as they lie.
occasionally i like to indulge myself in a little creative photography to liven what can, occasionally, be a slightly mundane photographic subject.
so, here is a negative image of a glove on some railings:
click to expand beyond your wildest dreams
and here is the same glove taken with a long exposure with the street panning out behind it:
the bins
this bin appears to be on his way to work with his briefcase under his arm:
whilst this one was trying to sell me his telly:
“i bought this thing, but i haven’t got any eyes, and i’ve already got a radio, so i wondered if you’d be interested in buying it sir ?” were his exact words