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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • London,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a January selection (2023)

    February 2, 2023 / 35 Comments
    Bare tree and water with stone pier and small lighthouse

    Thankfully this January didn’t bring snow to London, but it was certainly more than cold enough to make any feet and fingers glow! Personally I can’t wait for the warmer days of spring, although we’re not hanging around here for that but are headed elsewhere in a hunt for heat!

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    Bare trees against a dramatic sky

    Gallery: a January selection

    February 6, 2022
    People sitting on a bench looking at a city view

    Gallery: welcome to my wonderful world

    June 20, 2021
    Three tiny multi-coloured paintings on ridged metal surface

    Gallery: the Chewing Gum Man

    August 13, 2021
  • London,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a December selection

    January 1, 2023 / 56 Comments
    Gold bauble on a frosted artificial tree

    December in London this year has delivered frost, a touch of snow, but also mild and damp weather; a little bit of everything. Of course it has also brought Christmas lights and decorations.

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    Back of a head wearing Union Jack hat

    When the Olympics came to London, 2012

    February 23, 2021
    Bare tree and water with stone pier and small lighthouse

    Gallery: a January selection (2023)

    February 2, 2023
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
  • History,  London,  Sunday Stills

    Ealing, the Queen of the Suburbs?

    December 10, 2022 / 35 Comments
    Large stone building with towers and arched windows

    In 1902 Charles Jones, Ealing’s borough surveyor, published a book. In it he referred to Ealing as the ‘Queen of Suburbs’. His aim of course was to promote the area as a place to live.

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    Ornate moss-covered oriental roof

    Another slice of North Korean history in Kaesong

    October 21, 2021
    Grassy mounds and statues of sheep

    Around the world in ten photos: day three

    December 19, 2020
    Grassy mounds with stone sheep

    A rare glimpse of history in North Korea

    October 14, 2021
  • London,  Nepal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a November (and October) selection

    December 1, 2022 / 39 Comments
    Purple flower against a bright green backdrop

    We often choose to go away at this time of year and this year was no exception. At the end of October and through the first part of this month we were travelling in Nepal.

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    Bronze sculpture of two young elephants

    A little bit of Nairobi in London’s Spitalfields

    January 22, 2022
    People sitting on a bench looking at a city view

    Gallery: welcome to my wonderful world

    June 20, 2021
    Large red bird with white face and beak

    Gallery: a February selection

    March 1, 2022
  • London,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a June selection

    July 3, 2022 / 38 Comments
    Robin in a bird bath

    June is often a lovely month in England. This year it has brought us a short heatwave (temperatures topping 30 degrees, very unusual so early in the year), and plenty of pleasanter sunny days. But typically for Britain, we started the month with a cool, sometimes wet weekend that coincided with a public holiday for the Platinum Jubilee.

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    Large illuminated reindeer model

    Celebrating Christmas in London and (a little way) beyond

    December 6, 2021

    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
  • London,  Portugal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022 / 28 Comments
    Deep pink blossom

    April showers bring May flowers. This is supposed to console us on wet April days with the thought of better weather to come. It reminds us that we need the rain to help things grow. But what if it doesn’t rain?

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    Purple flower against a bright green backdrop

    Gallery: a November (and October) selection

    December 1, 2022
    River view with modern city buildings

    Gallery: city living in London

    February 15, 2021
    Pink blossom

    Gallery: April in Ealing

    April 11, 2021
  • London,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a March selection

    April 1, 2022 / 26 Comments
    Lake with blue sky and distant buildings

    March has been a quiet month for photography, on the whole. It started slowly as I searched, sometimes in vain, for subjects that inspired me. Then halfway through the month spring started to arrive. Trees burst into blossom, shortly followed by my beloved magnolias.

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    Brick Lane street sign and small butterfly mural

    Gallery: some street art in London’s Brick Lane

    May 14, 2022
    Deep pink blossom

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022

    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
  • Flowers,  London,  Themed galleries,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Gallery: inspired by spring blossoms

    March 26, 2022 / 25 Comments
    Cluster of pink flowers

    Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. This quote from Virgil, who lived in the first century BCE, is a reminder that spring has inspired writers throughout the centuries. I wonder if it’s the most written-about season of all?

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    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022
    Three bright red flowers

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
  • Flowers,  London,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022 / 34 Comments
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    When I included some magnolia flower images in my recent monochrome spring flowers post it was to celebrate their sculptural forms in particular. But while black and white really emphasises those forms, draining them of colour isn’t to everyone’s taste. And to be honest the shapes are just as beautiful and distinctive in colour; while the different shades from pure white through delicate pinks to deep reds and purple are equally worth celebrating.

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    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
  • England,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: is it wild if we plant it?

    July 2, 2021 / 17 Comments
    Large red poppy

    A wildflower is usually defined as a flower that grows in the wild, that is, it was not deliberately seeded or planted. Springing up wherever there is a spot in which to grow and thrive, they brighten our walks and provide nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects. In return those insects distribute their pollen and cause more wildflowers to spring up.

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    Limestone building in garden among trees

    Special treats: The Black Swan at Oldstead

    February 2, 2021
    Ruined stone church

    A stroll around Fountains Abbey

    August 29, 2022
    White flowers in front of an old house

    Gallery: the White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle

    June 23, 2021
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

Some topics I’ve touched on

africa architecture art birds black_&_white bulgaria cambodia cffc chile churches cities colour costa_rica dprk ealing england flowers france friendlyfriday Friendly_Friday history india just_one_person_from_around_the_world landscape lens-artists Lens_Artists_Challenge london Monday_Walks mountains nepal new_mexico north_korea paris people photography photo_effects PPAC rivers ruins Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills usa village wildlife

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