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large hill ski jumping
winners
just in case you didn't know where you were
sliding across the gurder on to the starting position
heading off
landing
gold
here is the big hill (click to see the big version where you can see the top)
police branding
how's this for a hideous logo ? it's criminal.
men's slalom
men's slalom was probably my favourite to watch. the sun was great and with my zoomy lens i could watch the skiier coming down the hill far away
i loved their handbreak turns at the bottom
speed skating
i'm finally back to reality after being knocked out by flu for a week, followed by a few days away with jane, then a trip to the winter olympics ! Expect plenty of photos.
speed skating is great for arm waving
the italian winner
the bloke who came last
glove sniping
spotted and captured through a coach window as we spead through the streets of turin.
tango on a railing
i'm not sure if this is this one
dodgy reflections
you'll proably have to click on this to see it a bit better, but i was amazed by how clear the reflections were
budapest street cleaner
another photo from peter on his budapest travels.
out of focus apple
the wrong thing is in focus here, which is a bit like life really. so i've posted this anyway
use this bin
we've had this dog sign before, but it was in the early days, and this is on a black bin with a yellow lid.
things to note are the shape of the person's head, their crouching position and the words 'use this bin' which are quite aggressive
speed cleaning
guess where i've been for the last couple of days ... plenty more picture to come
reflected crane
click for big
eye spy
from before i had my camera repaired (hence the blob)
bollard at low tide
it's small, but it is there
sunlight on a wall
sunlight reflected through mottled glass on the toilet walll at church. heavenly.
a collection of things
there's a story here somewhere. a music player, a toothbrush and the yellowpages. what's it all about ?
spring is coming
spring is on its way, so here's a picture from last autumn
home and away
jane and i have just been away for a couple of nights for our anniversary.
here is jane dancing at Blenheim Palace. Lots more photos of follow. but first i'm off for a few days with work.
photos from both trips should appear before the week is out !
soon to be removed
(dated june 2004). perhaps they forgot
welcome to the golden hour shop
a cheery welcome (back in July)
spiral staircase
this is probably the best of my spiral staircase pictures from here which i didn't publish at the time
bonnington hotel
look att his great sign. brilliant use of arrows and random words. it's not often you see 'tradesmen's entrance' written down these days.
no floor
you would have thought something like 'no floor' would have been worth writing in a colour you could actually see !
10 years of marriage
it's our tenth wedding anniversary today. hooplah !
it's probably a good time to thank jane for being a fantastic wife. so. er. thank you.
here's to another 10.
the danube
a picture from back in september.
viennese waltz
actual waltzing in actual vienna
dogs & cycles not allowed in the rose garden
dogs on bikes are of course welcome anywhere
cupboard in two places
the bottom bit is trying to look like a utility company's cabinet
loading doors
i was meant to be going up BT tower today for a meeting, but because of my recovering from the flu i've had to cancel it. ho hum. i had my new camera lens ready and everything
blue 'lady' buckets
these blue cleaning buckets have got the word lady drawn on them a what looks like a lady bird. how mysterious.
clothes horse
clothes horses are called clothes horse because they use to be made out of real horses. prior to that people used to put their wet clothes on a horse and let the horse dispose of them sensibly.
screeech
can you imagine the sound this would have made when it was pushed on to the spike ? screeeeech.
a different head
look closely and you'll see it's a head replacement
posh sandwich trolley
this trolley was in the middle of a street.
fun with a toy camera
joseph (seen here) had a disposable camera with a funny plastic thing which you could put over the lense to make this effect. it fitted my compact camera too, as you can see here.
flu
i've had the proper flu this week, which is why i've used so many old pictures. i simply have to change the status to publish and change the date which is easier than uploading new pictures.
hopefully normal service will be resumed soon
french diary
it's a french diary
milk from an old water source
harry potter props
for no money you can walk down Oxford Street in London and see some of your actual things as actually used in the actual harry potter film
much cheaper than going to a museum or something
but i should have told you about this ages ago as it's gone now. sorry about that. (i'm raiding some of my preuploaded but not published entries as i've been ill for the last couple of days)
de-lighted
oh dear. a big supermarket truck reversed in to this light just outside my office window
later in the day the top had been chopped off and the rest had been laid to rest
this was ages ago too.
repetition
the same but slightly different
place the waste
dog owners must place their pets waste in the bin provided
here is the dog waste bin
but you can't get to it as it's padlocked in this enclosed area
sit in silence for 350 years
after sitting silently for 350 years, i think we can safely that the reason they are so quiet is because they have passed away. but i could be wrong.
walking away
i think this works better bigger, so click to inspect. it was a lucky across the street shot, but would have been better without the chap in the white jacket.
lawn lift
it's page 89 and what a page it is.
Lawn Lift Scenic Lift. It's all happening.
fancy street balancing
look at this - it's two bollards lifting a concrete mixer lifting a wheelbarrow. brilliant stuff.
london eye fancy balancing trick
as an experiment they're balancing the london eye on top of big ben.
i took this photo out of a taxi window by farringdon station on the way back from a meeting. my colleague paul spotted it.
if you want to take your own version of this photo neither a taxi nor paul are required.
is this a jar ?
let me show you the door. here it is:
time to go
a clock outside a funeral directors. the clock itself appeared to be deceased as i took this photo at 8.30 yesterday morning.
frog in profile
last seen (head on) here
is there no right way ?
there's no right way - that's relativism isn't it ? i absolutely don't believe that.
very specific warning
this sign warns us that noise levels between 85 and 90 db(A) may be present and that ear protection is available.
if only i'd had this access to this website when i walked past. could have confirmed whether the noise level was in fact 'very annoying' .
mind the trapdoor
i love this slippery floor sign. this is a better photo than this one i took a while back
bt tower
there he is, the cheeky little fella
pair tree
photo from last august. pears were probably meant to be on the tree back then.
yeah !
he's feeling blue
4 boats
here are 4 boats. a blue one on a grey one being pushed by a tug pulling a little one.
in context
comedy walking
here are esther and kezia doing some comedy walking styles. practising for the ministry perhaps.
strictly no fishing
there's strictly no fishing on this bridge.
the two chaps on the bridge are fishing. erm.
posh list
posh list in the car park in henley on thames. note the two sorts of muesli.
the final piece of the cake
for the third and final time we sang happy fourth birthday to kezia.
we turned off all the lights and hadn't realised it was going to be quite dark once she'd blown them out. here are the final glowing moment
happy birthday kezia !
(candles on what remains of her birthday cake!)
red glove
in situ (where it was)
i like how this place is so anti-adultness. these signs were probably put up by kids.
jane looking stressed
kezia's party was at our house and kezia had a great time. here is jane, looking a bit like she's having a breakdown.
but actually, she'd leading a game of 'simon says'
party food
kezia had her 4th birthday party yesterday. here's the usual party food
cakes made by the party guests
and of course the birthday cake itself (made by jane)
red mask
here is our friend catherine in a mask she made. yikes.
here's the construction kit
buried treasure
this made me chuckle.
i won't tell you where it is though in case you go and dig it up.
street washing - nationwide
i like the idea of a lorry driving round this great nation cleaning the streets. wherever there are soiled streets, they will be there. hooorah.
london is grey
here is the colour photo i took of this typical london scene:
and here it is converted to grey:
not much difference really.
page 18
it's a while since we've had any new giant pages from the giant paddington station sign book. this is page 18.
the walk of fame goes walkabout
well, i feel we're rapidly converging on the walk of fame mystery. I popped in to St Pauls's Church in Covent Garden on the way between meetings today. It's a lovely church and well worth a look if you are down that way.
I spoke to their Concert Director who is a charming fellow. He explained that the church would love the Walk of Fame to be a permanent feature but it is currently 'on tour'.
The walk of fame as seen here was actually just a temporary floor on top of the main floor as a temporary measure due to planning rules.
I now have the contact details of the television production company (on the back of the postcard in the picture). they should be able to give us some more details, like where precisely is the walk of fame now (in storage?) and will it ever come back.
fancy bollard trick
i'm really pleased with this picture.
click on it for the big version and admire the arrow work. it's great how it's parallel with the ground, requiring the bollard to be upsway down.
and note the wonky road arrow in the distance pointing in the opposite way.
funkypancake - sometimes it's almost like art.
fosters (and napkin)
the napkin under this can of fosters is a nice touch i think. show's a bit of class. no one likes a street beer swiller to have dregs of beer stuck round their face.
this toilet is temporarily closed
this toilet with its door wide open is temporarily closed.
anger
there's anger in danger
a relation ?
this was quite near this
trolley pushing a plant
we see a lot of plants on the move, and perhaps this picture helps us understand the cause. this trolley is pushing the plant - we can see this if we look at the bottom of the plant pot (you might need to click the image to see it bigger).
4 sofas
yesterday was the day of precarious furniture so it was nice to see 3 sofas balancing out in the street.
danny baker
here's DJ of the year 2005 Danny Baker. i saw him yesterday lunchtime and he seemed a genuinely nice bubbly chap.
yesterday i also had two separate sightings of ricky gervais from two separate colleagues in two separate places. how strange is that ?
boy 56
i found this chap on Sussex Gardens, London on the way to paddington station. it was face down which is the best way to find passport photos. the joy which greets you when you turn it over and find it's a real passport photo is amazing !
more like this on davescollections of course
