As a side note, I took these photos sat on the bed near the window of the guest bedroom.
I had a very cold bed that night… oops? :D
Well! Monday, Jun 16 2008
Chelmsford and Sunsets 9:37 pm
I think I neglected to mention previously that my picture-taking goes through phases. And there might be loooong quiet periods.
Oh well.
I do have some nice photos – one from when the canal lock was being repaired and maintained, flowers from my grandmother’s garden when I was house sitting for three weeks, a few from the lake… today will start off a four-picture series of a sunset there, and after that… well, lets see.
Snow Monday, Mar 24 2008
Chelmsford and Sky 9:59 pm
We had it today! :D
This is the very nice cloud I saw afterwards.
A view… Sunday, Mar 16 2008
Chelmsford and Sky 3:00 am
… into eternity.
This is from one side of the “lake” in the park in town. What you can see at the bottom is trees, a few houses from across the river directly in front, and to the rght is the aquaduct that the trains run on. Above that is an awful lot of pretty blue sky.
The lake is not exactly a lake. It’s not big enough, and it’s manmade. It doesn’t even have a name – it’s just the lake in central park. It’s stocked with fish, I know, since people fish there, but I don’t know when or how it was made. Mother said, once, that she heard german bombers were trying to hit the viaduct, missed barely, and the bombs made a big hole that filled with water (and since the park already has a river running through it and is in actuality a flood plain, it would fill very quickly).
The shape of it befits that story, although I doubt its truth. It’s an odd triangular tear shape that would vaguely corroborate with a few dropped bombs.
And it is extremely close to the viaduct. Se’rous’leh.
After a factfinding mission that brings me close to annoyance, the only fact I can find is that Central Park itself was opened in 1894. I must find out more! … hm…
:D Sunday, Mar 9 2008
Boats and Goose Park 3:00 am
“Shall we go for a walk, chaps?”
“I say, there’s water. Who’s for a swim?”
“Let’s all swim, chaps!”
To finish off a fifteen day run Tuesday, Feb 26 2008
of photos of a single day at Maldon – on the 6th of February no less! – a picture of a steam boat whilst the tide was still in.
It is a gifts. Yes.
… it’s not like I talk much in these posts.
Boat? Monday, Feb 25 2008
The tide will come in and set it afloat again, of course. But it looks rather pathetic, held up by a pitiful little rope.
Waaaattteeerrr… Thursday, Feb 14 2008
At Maldon there was once a pool we swam in. Now it is a giant duck pond. With fountains. They kept a sand pit for kids to play in, though. :D
Numero Uno Tuesday, Feb 12 2008
From a day at Maldon, Maeldune, also known as Maldon-on-Blackwater (or Maldon-on-the-mud). It’s a very muddy on the water sort of place. Even has a mud race..
Here is the mast of one of their lovely old cargo ships. (They’re all converted for people not cargo.)
*grin* Thursday, Feb 7 2008
British Museum and London and Mosaic 3:00 am
So, I went to the British Museum in December, right? And to be completely honest I screwed up quite a lot of my photographs, and it is all damn near gorgeous, but then I came across this stairwell stuffed FULL of mosaics. Seriously. Every bit of wall that could take mosaic had mosiac, right up to the ceiling.
I was in heaven.
