Bluebells, poems & fire

Brief entry today: The utter blue of bluebell woods is upon us, a magical fairy world of sunlight and improbable colour. Seduced by the light, I am draw into the depths of the wood, where the carpet is both continuous under the tree dapple, and fragmented into a thousand individual flowers.

 Bluebell blue, up close

Beyond the woods, on Sunday evening, a vacant building burnt into the sky. 2am shouting, water, a mist of rain, and smoke billowing out over the far houses.

And to finish the up & down poem from Caught by the River: Caught by the River on Amazon  

Loving London

This week a slightly unusual way to spend the election day afternoon - strolling through the streets of London. Unfortunately aside from the reporters outside 10 Downing Street, little was seen to prove the significance of the day.

 

10 Downing Street, election day 2010

 

Our walk started at the Photographers Gallery which has moved to Ramillies Street. Here's the link: Photographers Gallery in London. Most exciting of all was the new polaroid film which is available from the Gallery - "First Flush" is allegedly very temperamental sepia-toned film. Can't wait to start trying it out! Very expensive though :o( There are some experiments already available to view on flickr: Impossible Project Polarid Results on Flickr. 

In Carnaby Street the music festival offered bands in shops, bands in the street and some union jack fashion.

 

From there we ambled down through Golden Square and Piccadilly to St James's Park, where the squirrels were having a field day:

 

before continuing down Westminster, and round to Charing Cross.  Finally I headed home to cast my own vote!

Rainy Bank Holiday Weekend

True to form it has rained most of the weekend! However, fun was still to be had amongst the showers. First up a trip to Sarah Raven's Perch Hill. Everything is a bit slow here due to the extra cold winter and cool spring, but that hasn't stopped the tulips coming up for air. There'll be more from Perch Hill later in the year, as Sarah Raven has a real eye for colour combinations! Here's the link: Sarah Raven's Perch Hill

After that we moved on to Pashley Manor, where between downpours there were some more gorgeous tulips! Pashley Manor

View from the greenhouse, sheltering from the rain!

Anyway, signing off. More soon!