South Park - the day after bonfire night

Today's rain and wind made yesterday's sunshine seem even more special. Can't believe that the grey and dark time of year might have started now.

Picture Post

Patti Smith - Serpentine Session, 29 June 2010

Venue in waiting (for Patti Smith)

Here she is: Patti Smith and band!

closer!

Yesterday

DEATH OF A BIKER
on the road
to Culham
was it just another one
of the cool fast gang
on two wheels,
mowed down
by two sets of four wheels?
Just another one
driving in the morning sun?
It was a teacher
on his way to school
to his class, not in any school.
In the European School
in Culham.
His class, waiting for him
to be late, as always.
Only this time, he was not late.
He was dead.
Not just another one.
He was a teacher.
Liked by many,
criticised by others.
(He was a teacher,
human after all)
Much missed by ALL of them
now and ever.
He will be remembered
for what he was.
Late, but ALWAYS THERE
for each of them and all.

Blue and Red

Encounter with Blue and Red on 29 May 2010. No idea where they were going, but their playful approach cheered me up for the rest of that day.

Enjoying the view from the top

Attics and restaurants on the top of buildings - like this one in the National Portrait Gallery - do tend to convey this feeling of being on top of it. Good.

May holiday

May. It's cold again, and windy enough to make Jasper jump. Looks like he's sitting on thin air. The wind kept the clouds floating fast enough to hold on to the rain. The White Horse is well protected by suitable guidelines:


Obligingly, we walked around it, had an ice cream, and after lots of searching found a nice dry warm place from which to look out: