figures in blue

a day in London and some strange figures were spotted crawling up the side of a building in the Bankside area

Chatsworth(3) around the grounds

A final meander and a few quirky things spotted around the grand estate.

A chair of  coins

Lets play skittles

Old and new sculpture on the front lawn

a chunky horse

and some blue cornflowers.

Chatsworth(2) around the grounds

It was a slightly hazy day and not much drama with light and shadows but plenty of statues lending their own drama to the scene.  Most of the figures are Italian marble and would have originally been pure white.The marble is constantly being cleaned on the classical statues and in the most basic way with a toothbrush and water ( I am no expert but some conservation work is not as glamorous as it sounds!). Each statue takes eight hours or so to clean and they are not taken back to their original whiteness.

Sugaring occurs on the surface of marble which is that crumbly sort of look.

This is half her head and her shoulder after toothbrush treatment!

one door or two

old cricket club door

old pigsty door

pretty cottage door

two doors in a walled Victorian garden

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. (Bell)

retro garage doors

Glass

Tear

all enviromental

I was in Scotland for a while and these photos are all the Scottish February, clear skies and cold crispy mornings. A beautiful environment mostly,greens,blues,reds……

Travel theme: Environment

sledge

web gate

so we are tangled

fine silk on metal

– a heavy dew and  cool breath

shadow

I think I am strong

but then I ‘m proved wrong

I get stabbed in the back

I thought I could trust

but that crumbled to dust

I was alone all along

I became a shadow

but that was wrong too

I stepped out from the shade

my shadow is me

I am not my shadow

A human being is only breath and shadow.

Sophocles

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.

Leonardo da Vinci