sluice gate mechanism, Fiddleford Mill, near Sturminster Newton, Dorset, UK

electricity supply to an apartment block in Chetumal, Mexico

dolly tub in the courtyard of Yew Tree Gallery, Nr. Morvah, Pendeen, Cornwall UK

 

 

if you are ever in this part of cornwall, do try to make a visit to the yew tree gallery which has a rich array of ceramics, jewellery, paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles & wood

around the gallery are gardens which Gilly Wyatt-Smith  has moulded into pleasing spaces for displaying sculpture – i’m fairly sure that i’m in the minority that sees the dolly tub as a work of art



'the grass is always greener', towed barge, river Lea, London UK

monument dedicated to those who have fought the mafia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

inside a garden at the international garden festival, domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France

Love is the only thing that doubles every time it is shared - Albert Schweitzer

‘i like you’ unused hoarding, near Leytonstone High Road station, London, UK

bronze doors with iron lions at the entrance to Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco, Venice, Italy

"All my blond and twilight dreams,   

All those strangled future schemes,

All those glasses drained of wine

All this crazy gift of time"
 

Kevin Ayers, born 16 August 1944, found dead 20 February 2013

 



disused gate inside the Arsenale, Venice, Italy

disused winding machinery, Arsenale, Venice

piles driven into the mud at the bottom of a canal, Venice, Italy

measuring symbol on a wall of the corderia (rope making factory) inside the Arsenale, Venice, Italy

trestles used to support the raised walkways during acqua alta, Venice, Italy

large disused crane, Arsenale, Venice, Italy

sign at New Zealand international arts festival, Wellington, NZ

a valentine day special...

saucepan lid in the kitchen of Danson House, Bexleyheath, London Borough of Bexley, UK

sculpture: L'estel Ferit' by Rebecca Horn, Barceloneta, Spain

'l'estel ferit' means 'wounded star' (Catalan)

entrance to the lady garden, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset, UK

Tenax Propositi means 'Firm of Purpose' or maybe ‘in guano we trust'

for more about Tyntesfield (now owned by the national trust) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyntesfield

this magnificent piece of rust has now been ‘restored’ by the national trust in the typical dim-witted heritage-industry way that it is ‘restoring’ Tyntesfield

agricultural machinery, near Studland, Dorset, UK

door, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, UK

Vauxhall bridge, London, UK

boat chains, Deal, Kent, UK

decorative iron work, part of horse tether, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy

beach groynes, Lyme Regis, Dorset,UK

sculpture: 'Work Number 700' by Martin Creed, (and dandelion) Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK

padlocked gate, Aubrey Road, Walthamstow, London, UK

Smeaton's pier lighthouse, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

art installation, Nao-Shima, Japan