it’s always nice to see some nature in the middle of london. here is a blue flower sticking through some railings.
this is a ‘Morning Glory’ according to my work colleague Harry. i hadn’t realised they were so temporal. if i had i would have spent longer than 5 seconds taking the photo.
here is a nice little page with a movie about them
here’s a very sad thing. it’s a red rose that’s been abandoned and walked all over in the rain outside paddington station. there’s definately a story behind this.
look. blue skies. in a forest. in england. lovely.
walking down a residential street i spotted this rather nice gnome tableau. very attractive i’m sure you’ll agree.
it’s not clear if this tree is going up or down. such is life for the city tree.
as you may know venus got in the way of the sun today for a bit.
i tried taking a photo of the sun directly (by sort of hiding behind this polling sign), but it obviously didn’t work (not that expected it would). don’t worry. i took all the usual precautions such as closing my eyes as i took the photo.
luckily across the road were some bearded old men who were constructing a ‘thing’ which displayed it on a piece of paper. they were very pleased with the results and asked me to stay for a few seconds whilst they adjusted it.
i gave them 10 seconds, took my photo then zoomed off to my meeting round the corner.
moments before there was a fox standing here. i decided not to wade in to the stingy nettles to find him. sorry about that.
half a poppy by the train station
i’m loving the weather at the moment. it’s great to have sunlight until after 9pm. today it’s been a bit colder and cloudy and i’ve spent lots of time in the underground due to work meetings all over the place.
just as i got off the train this evening it chucked it down with rain and then suddenly stopped. everywhere looked and smelt so fresh and all the leaves were covered in perfect little rain drops.
this picture doesn’t do it justice, but you get the idea.
random sheep graving in the middle of london on a tiny strip of grass.
i spotted this outside Buckingham Palace this evening whilst walking back from some meetings at the House of Commons (just thought i’d drop that in !).
it’s a stick but it looked like a beconing finger. very eeery.
plant pot smashed. plants thrown over the pavement (there was another one down the gutter). what IS going on in London these days ?
look at these two snails ‘making out’. i suspect they went for a romantic walk alongside the flowers and before you know it …
just to reasure you, i have got standards. if they’d taken their shells off i wouldn’t have taken their photo.
