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Goodbye to all that

23 11 2011

And so, goodbye to all that

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Tags: autumn, autumn mist, Chiswick Mall, cold, dew drops, gravestones, London, photo, photographic study, Photography, spiderweb, St Nicholas church Chiswick
Categories : autumn, Europe, Landscape, London, Memorial, UK

Winter evening on the Thames

7 01 2011

sunset on the Thames at low tide - seen from Hammersmith; 'red sky at night, Nature's delight'

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Categories : Cityscape, Europe, Landscape, London, UK, winter

Snow in London – part 3

2 02 2009

The following is the third installment of my ‘Russian winter in London’ series of posts, following on from my previous two posts (Snow in London, and Snow in London – part 2).

Australian War Memorial in London, coated in the snow

Commonwealth Memorial, Hyde Park Corner

New Zealand War Memorial, London

Entry gate to Buckingham Palace

Westminster snowman with tuppenny eyes, cherry tomato nose, and bunch of grapes for hair

Not-so-grouchy Churchill

Pathway in Green Park

Seated snowman in Hyde Park - that's tops

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To follow on from my previous post (Snow in London), here are some of the photos that I took today while ‘playing tourist’ in London. Well, I thought I may as well, since it seems that when more than a dusting of snow falls in the south-east of the UK and almost all public transport grinds to a standstill.

And we’ve not seen the last of it either – as I type / compose this post, I’m watching ever more big, fat snowflakes add themselves to the city’s new winter blanket.

The drama of a 4WD that never goes off-road ... it took almost 5mins for the driver to 'un-park' this car

Snow-bound bicycles

Snow-balled terrier on the way home from Kensington Gardens

William of Orange, Kensington Palace

Head of the Long Water, Kensington Gardens

Ice forming on the Serpentine

Life preserver and unneccessary warning sign on the Serpentine

Snowy boats on the Serpentine

Snow in London – part 3

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Snow in London

2 02 2009

London’s currently enjoying a ‘Russian period’, and we’re enjoying (well, some of us are) the results of a little bit of hijacked Russian winter weather. So just when I thought I’d probably seen the last of ‘my’ snow of the winter, a whole lot has come to visit me

These photos are from last night, Sunday 1 February.

Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington

RBKC bollard

Churchill Arms in the snow, with London bus

Cars in blankets

Snow in London – part 2

Snow in London – part 3

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Tags: Cityscape, cold, Kensington, London, London snow, Notting Hill, photo, Photography, RBKC, snow, snow covered cars, winter
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Draped in Snow

17 01 2009

What is the maximum snow-weight a pine needle can bear?

Snow-capped branches

William Shakespeare

Icicles

Vail's creek

(Snow) covered bridge in Vail village

Tree reflections

Vail's cheeriest resident

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Categories : Christmas, Cityscape, Landscape, Portrait, winter

Winter sunshine

4 01 2009

I took these photos to try to capture a glorious winter’s afternoon on Lac Leman

Lac Leman and the French Alps from Crans

Village church of Crans

Mossy wall, macro view

Mossy wall, wide view

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Categories : Christmas, Crans-pres-Celigny, Europe, Landscape, Switzerland, winter

A West End Christmas

17 12 2008

I have a feeling that there will be a number of future posts on a similar theme – depending on whether I manage to get to all the locales one my list with lovely Christmas lights. There’s something quite romantic about the dark afternoons and the fairylights brightening open spaces.

Well, that’s my take on it, and perhaps because I grew up knowing hot Christmases I will always feel that a cold Christmas is something akin to living in a Christmas card. So there you have it – I’ve outed myself. I am a Christmas tragic, and am proud of it