angel of the resurrection, San Quirico d'Orcia, a commune in the Province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy

an easter sunday special...

sculpture: 'born' by Jaume Plensa part of the 'urban configurations' series, Barcelona, Spain

crucifix in Grignan, a commune in the Drôme department in the Rhône-Alpes, France

a good friday special...

railway viaduct, Borough market, Southwark, London, UK

note the surveillance camera on the tower of Southwark cathedral

probably to help the police apprehend the stallholders who are committing daylight robbery with the prices they charge for their produce

or perhaps to spot if Richard Dawkins is approaching

chair, dredged from the river Thames and placed on the embankment near Vauxhall bridge, London, UK

boat moored on the river Lee, near Enfield, London UK

sculpture: 'fulcrum' by Richard Serra, Broadgate, nr. Liverpool street station, London, UK









Richard Serra (born 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor

more information available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Serra

'fulcrum' is approximately 16.8m high, it is made of 80mm cor-tel steel (weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel, is part of a group of steel alloys which were developed to obviate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years)

because the light conditions have been so bad in London this year i have had great difficulty in getting a satisfactory photograph so to give you a better idea here is a collage of some of the photographs i have taken  (double-click to enlarge)

 

normal service of one photograph and no chat will be resumed tomorrow

 

bridge over the railway at Kensal Green, London UK

one of the so-called ‘dolphin lamps’, beside the river Thames near Vauxhall Bridge, London UK

 



the original lamps were designed by George John Vulliamy, the superintending architect of the metropolitan board of works, in 1870

structure with no apparant purpose, near Nelson dock, looking across to Canary Wharf, from the Thames national path , Rotherhithe, London, UK

boat chain, Wheal Dream, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

 

last photograph from a week in St Ives and one of my personal favourites

 

 

railings, the old Stennack school, the Stennack, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

concrete post and barbed-wire fence, south west coastal path, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

garage door, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

tools and radiator, the Leach pottery, Higher Stennack St Ives, Cornwall, UK

door knocker, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

shutter on a closed-down shop, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

door of uninhabited cottage, Lamorna, Cornwall, UK

milk churn, clover dairies, Crayford, Kent UK

horseshoe hung as a talisman for good luck outside a cottage in St. Georges sur Cher, France

 

why are horseshoes considered to be 'lucky' ? see:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_in_mythology#For_luck

http://www.csicop.org/superstition/library/horseshoes/

animal shelters, near the turnip house, Craven Arms, Shropshire, UK

bollard, Artillery Lane, London E1, UK

abandoned machinery, Haytor quarry, Dartmoor, Devon, UK

part of the granite way walk/cycle way on Dartmoor see http://www.devon.gov.uk/cycling-leismaps-graniteway.pdf 

debris, east cliff beach, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

roof struts, temperate house, Kew gardens, London, UK

sculpture: 'three iron humps' by David Nash, cast iron, princess of Wales conservatory, Kew gardens, London UK

 

David Nash sculptures and work in progress at Kew gardens until 14 April 2013

 

see:http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm

window frame and orchid, princess of Wales conservatory, Kew gardens, London, UK

Orchids at Kew: 9 February - 10 March 2013

see http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids-2013/index.htm

door in the palm house, Kew gardens, London, UK

metal pillars, temperate house, Kew gardens, London UK

window frame, palm house, Kew gardens, London, UK

knob and lock on the Victoria gate, Kew gardens, London, UK