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Photograph of a red and yellow Little Tikes Cosy Coupe plastic toy car in a river, half in half out of the water, with river plants all around it. The photograph is taken from the river bank, looking through trees, which can be seen out of focus in the foreground around the frame.

Little Tikes

Wivenhoe, UK, May 2025. Photograph a cup of coffee in a paper takeaway cup, on a wooden surface. In the crema is a wiggly line through the middle and little bubbles either side, which looks a little like two abstract faces kissing.

Coffee is art

Colchester, UK, May 2025. Photograph of a grey puzzle piece with blue dots on it, on a tarmac pavement.

A single piece

Photograph of a stuffed toy leopard rocking horse in plants next to a large black bin at the side of a pavement, with the tops of beach huts and the sea behind.

Fly tipped leopard

Photograph through a covered bench area on the seafront. The lower centre pane of glass is missing and the sea and a boat can be seen through it. The surrounding windows are dirty and have graffiti on them. The wood inbetween is painted dark blue and the white wooden bench can be seen in the lower third of the frame.

Sea view

Rosa. Photograph of a shuttered shop front with a canapy above saying 'ROSA'. To the right the canopy is torn and flapped over, showing a floral rose pattern on the reverse of the fabric.

Rosa

An intriguing cone. Photograph of three statues on white plinths, with an orange and white plastic cone to the left, where the statue behind it appears to be looking at it. On the wall is a green sign pointing left and saying 'SALIDA'.

Out of place

Siesta. Photograph of a duck sleeping in a blue ceramic pot in a Spanish garden. Behind are plants and a tree.

Siesta

Potted plants. Photograph of a wall with shadows of potted plants and a faint 'Free Palestine' below.

Potted plants

A bit creepy. Photograph of a balcony with three dolls stood up, looking a bit creepy. Below is a building underconstruction, with shutter saying 'Lambretta', grafitteed shutter underneath, sack of construction materials and motorbike on the road in front.

A bit creepy

Partial Solar Eclipse reflected in a bucket of water, Colchester, Essex, UK

Fun with the sun

Clacton-on-Sea, UK, February 2025. Photograph of a small yellow plastic toy pickup truck covered in sand, on a concrete floor with a bright yellow beach hut behind.

WELL PLACED

Clacton-on-Sea, UK, February 2025. Photograph of the bottom of a beach hut, with long bolts connecting to the concrete floor below. Under the beach hut is a collection of stones, many of them painted.

A SMALL COLLECTION

Clacton-on-Sea, UK, February 2025. Photograph of lots of cuttlefish laid out on the top of a concrete wall, with the sea visible behind and 'FRED, A' spray painted in white to the left, with lichen and mould on the wall, and a small strip of sandy path with little weeds growing along the bottom.

CUTTLEFISH FRED

Chelmsford, UK, February 2025. Photograph of a portable constuction notice with 'WORKS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE' in orange lights on black, on a pavement with wall and buildings to the left of the frame and road with lights, traffic and buildings in the distance. The sky above is dark blue as it's early in the morning.

WORKS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Colchester, UK, February 2025. Photograph of a plastic or candy brain on a cracked section of pavemets, surrounded by concrete.

BRAIN

Colchester, UK, January 2025. Photograph of household items, large stuffed animals and a barbecue left at the side of the road. Behind is a block of flats with silver ash tree and leafy green bushes, in front is a brick-paved path and to the right are slim glass panes with staircase behind.

SPRING CLEAN

The first thing I photographed when I woke up in York

In York the fairy lights stay through winter (view from a cocktail bar)

Photograph of windows in a building at night, lit from inside. To the left the silhouette of a desk fan is visible with boxes around it, through a grey window with 'CURZON' visible very faintly and to the right two orange windows with 'FILM, FOOD & DRINK' and silhouettes of boxes and shelving can be seen.

Cinema Silhouettes

Chelmsford, UK, January 2024. Photograph of a pile of snow (a melted snoman), on the platform at Chelmsford railway station, with a train visible to the left, posts and signs behind in the centre of the frame and grey metal fence to the right of the image.

The only remaining sign of the snow

London, January 2025. Photograph of a black wheelie bin with a large green Christmas wreath leaning against it. To the left is the bottom portion of a parasol, and a brick building is visible behind.

The end of festivities

Colchester, January 2025. Photograph of a the moon in a black sky, with only a tiny golden part visible.

A golden slice of moon

Photograph of a satsuma peel on the ground, which is covered in fallen leaves. In the foreground, out of focus, are branches of holly leaves.

Peeled

Stock, UK, December 2024. Photograph of a large house behind a brick wall, with a giant teddy with Christmas hat peering over the top. In front of the wall is a grassy area, with fence poles and a part of road visible in the foreground, with trees either side.

The biggest bear I’ve ever seen

Photograph looking through 3 metal bars in a fence, towards a boarded up building with rusty old filing cabinets in front, and plants in the foreground.

Dis-order

Colchester, December 2024. Photograph of an old metal box held together with rubber hands, with a handwritten label saying 'FREE STAMPS' on the top. The box is on a worn wooden bench, with foliage behind.

FREE STAMPS

Photograph of a blue plastic inflatable guitar, deflated and resting on a raised concrete area at the side of a path, with a red metal upright coming from the top and a grey metal fence to the top left. The area around is overgrown with plants, moss and dry fallen leaves.

Deflated

Colchester, UK, November 2024. Photograph of a metal entrance barrier painted yellow, with the gate open to the right. A concrete path goes from the foreground through the gate and winds to the right into the distance, with grass and trees either side, many of which have golden leaves. The sky is white with clouds.

Yellow

Photograph of red and white plastic construction fence panels along a pavement, leaning into the road toward the right of the frame, with a very frayed black tarpaulin blowing through and over the top of it. Behind buildings are visible with a sign saying 'LOUNGE' on the building to the left.

Bert

Photograph looking down at a brick floor, with a small utility cover in the centre, with an 80s style small grey, white and black tile patternon it. A brick wall with a black pipe is visible out of focus at the top of the frame.

Remnants

Photograph of a wall with two bright rectangles in the centre, the pattern of low winter sunlight shining through a window and casting the shadow of the frame on the wall. At the top of the frame a picture frame with a red push pin to the left is visible.

Winter Sun

Photograph of the sea with a pole sticking out with a triangular wooden shape on the top, upon which a bird sits. A hazy blue sky is behind.

Perch

Photograph of a white hand holding a 99 whipped ice cream in a cornet, with a chocolate flake poking out to the right and a light grey wall behind.

Possibly the best 99 I’ve ever eaten

Photograph of a paved floor with a metal and wooden pole emerging from the centre of the frame, with rusty marks around it, and a wet humbug to the right of it, in similar rusty colours.

Colour match

A test shot with last year's nigella seedheads. The print shows an ornate white fireplace with a fern pattern on it, with a dark green painted wall behind and a small black vase on the mantelpiece to the left, with dried nigella seedheads in it.

A test shot with last year’s nigella seedheads

Photograph of a carpark with 5 seagulls sitting in the spaces that are marked out with white painted lines, one of them stretching its wings out as it's just landed. In the centre is a metal pole with the letter 'C' in black on a white square mounted on it. Behind is a hedge with plants and tree protectors, and grey sky above.

Parking is for birds too

Photograph of a plate with an illustrated scene of a steam train and a canal boat on the surface, it is being held against tree by climbing plants.

Not the first decorative plate I’ve seen here

Victorian Coalbrookdale fern bench, Stockholm, Sweden. Photograph of a metal and wood bench, painted green, with an ornate fern pattern on the back and sides. Below is a tarmac path and there's a grass lawn behind.

I still think about how lovely this bench is

Colchester, UK, September 2024. Selective focus photograph of snowflakes, mostly out of focus, with a very out of focus garden behind. In the lower left corner of the frame part of a bistro table and chair set can be seen, with dappled sunlight catching yellow leaves of a cherry tree and grass to the right.

It just snowed and it’s still BST

Colchester, UK, September 2024. Photograph looking down at a wooden bench with a box of 'Gloveman' Clear Vinyl gloves on it.

Gloveman

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph of a frayed length of yellow ribbon tied to a metal railing, blowing in the wind, with another metal railing above and below. In the background is grey water of a river and concrete floor at the bottom of the frame.

Yellow

Grinda, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph of tiny leaves/petals caught on cobwebs around pine foliage, which looked to me like star glitter sprinkled on a Christmas tree.

Decoration

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph taken at night of a lit up sign saying 'HOMETOWN', on scafolding on a bridge with lots of signs and concrete blocks around as it's under construction. In the distance the moon can be seen bright orange, almost full. In the foreground a person on a bike is cycling past, blurred with the motion.

HOMETOWN

Photograph of a worn-looking feather wedged into a metal bracket attached to a metal bar to the right. Sunlight is falling on the feather so it looks like it's in a spotlight, with shadow below.

Spotlight

Stockholm, Sweden, August 2024. Photograph looking down into a river, with round orange floats connected with black poles to the left, weeds across the dark water and fallen leaves catching the light on the surface.

Float

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph looking down at a wooden floorboard floor, painted black and worn, with paint, dirt and glass across it. In the lower right of the frame is a length rope, curled so it looks a bit like an ornate J.

J

Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of a white plastic chair with circular holes evenly distributed across the surface, in the sunlight at the side of the road. Behind is a building with diagonal yellow planks across the walls, with white-framed windows and green plants along the bottom and growing up and arching over the chair.

Rest spot

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of an arrangement of sequins meant to be worn on a forehead as decoration, stuck on a mottled beige wall.

Sparkle

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of a wall, brick at the top and concrete in the lower third, with a cross of medical plasters (one beige, one pink unicorn) stuck over a cracked part of the wall.

Fixed

Broken bike chain on the floor. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph looking down at a broken bike chain lying on a cobbled road, with larger concrete slabs at the bottom of the frame.

Unchained

Face drawn on an ornate wall feature, Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of an ornate architectural element framing the top of an oval on a wall, with eyes and mouth with tongue poking out drawn in red marker within it, so the ornate part resembles hair. To the right is an ornate bar lining the length of the frame.

:P

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph of an old banana skin draped across a red-topped metal fire hydrant, which is worn from water leaks. Behind is part of a pavement and cobbled street to the right.

Not a bin

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2024. Photograph across a street to a large metal trolley that's been left in the middle. Behind are trees, parked cars and buildings.

Trollied

Photograph looking down at a wooden picnic bench splattered with juice from fallen mulberries.

Mulberry

England flag spraypainted on an empty noticeboard on the side of a Funeral Directors', Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK.

It didn’t come home

Photograph of a black wooden kitchen chair in the road outside a house, with traffic cone to the right behind. The house has a light blue wooden facade, British and US flags flying and black wheely bins. In the distance is a construction work sign, a car park and buildings including a church.

Reserved

Chelmsford, UK, August 2024. Photograph looking down at paving slabs with colourful glitter caught between the joins. To the right is a red brick wall., UK, July 2024. Photograph of a small plastic empty gum ball machine on a concrete pillar, with a bridge across to a building behind, with a sign saying 'OneBeyond' on it, and deep blue sky with whispy clouds above.

Possibly related to the previous post.

Photograph looking down at paving slabs with colourful pick 'n' mix spilt on them.

Pick ‘n’ mix

Photograph looking down at paving slabs with colourful glitter caught between the joins. To the right is a red brick wall.

Glitter

London, UK, July 2024. Photograph of writing on a door saying 'Have a heavenly piss'

Have a heavenly piss

London, UK, July 2024. Photograph of writing on the back of a door that says 'Do you fuck (with is rubbed out) Jude Bellingham' with boxes with 'yes' and 'no' underneath, the yes box ticked and ' DUHHH' added beneath.

Do you fuck with Jude Bellingham?

Photograph looking down a a tarmac pavement with pink post it notes in three sections, one in the centre with drawings on them. There is a melted icecream and sprinkles in the lower portion and wooden planks of a bench are in the top of the frame.

Pink

Photograph of a pole with a pedestrian crossing box that says 'Push button, Wait of signal' on it above a round metal button. On top of the box is highball glass with clear liquid and a slice of lemon in it. Behind is a street scene with a white car on the road to the left, people walking along the pavement in front of shops to the right.

With a slice

Photograph of a chimney breast with an open white wooden door showing a tumble drier inside at the top and empty cardboard boxes and rubbish below. The wall of the building is a salmon colour, there is a traffic cone, freestanding sign saying 'Private Car Park For' and an airconditioning unit to the left, gravel and concrete area in front and black sandbags lined up to the right.

Tumble drier in a chimney

Girl's World-style head outside a house

Looking on

Photograph of a wooden wall with a metal speaker or light in the centre, with cobwebs all around it. Shadows of trees are on the right hand and lower portions of the frame.

Webs

Photograph of a black wooden building with red paint squirted on it in a thin line up and curving back down. The line is broken across the planks of wood. There's a notice in a frame and part of a window visible at the top of the frame and to the right and behind is a concrete path, lawn, plants and the top of a house.

Disconnected

Photograph looking down at a concrete path with multiple splatted strawberries and blueberries dropped on the ground. A black grate runs along the side of it and a black brick wall fills the top half of the frame.

Fruit salad

Photograph looking down at a concrete path with muddy footprints that start a few feet into the scene. A green bin is visible to the top of the frame, white metal fence to the left and lawn to the top right of the frame.

How did this begin?

Photograph of a grey wall with a black handprint in the centre, dappled sunlight above, part of a purple sign to the top left, an A4 printed sheet taped below that saying 'WET PAINT'. Part of a white sign/window is visible to the right and a small amount of metal barrier can be seen at the bottom.

WET PAINT

Photograph looking down at a paved pavement with a piece of blue rope lying on it in a loop, coming from a pipe in the ground at the top of the frame.

Very tempting to pull

Photograph of a utility cover in a pavement with cobbles and paved areas and a yellow spray painted marking on it. At the back of the cover a wide tree is growing out of the ground, shaped around the rectangular cover. 'HONE IT' is written in a portion of cement to the left.

Coexistence

Photograph of dried dripping grey paint on a windowsill below a window with small reinforced panes with bars behind and brick wall below.

Slow drip dry

Colchester, May 2024

Colchester, May 2024

Daisy Chain

The Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, in Colchester, Essex, May 2024

An incredible sight

Photograph looking down at grass and weeds, with a bit of tarmac and dried grass at the bottom of the frame. On the grass is (from left to right) 4 souvenir shot glasses with illustrations of tourist destinations on them; a small framed painting of a lake scene with islands and birds in a yellow-ish tone, with streaks of what looks like tomato seeds on the surface; a loop of white string.

I very much want to know the story here

Photograph of a thin blue and black plastic tape in a long squiggly mess at the side of a tarmacked pavement, with dead leaves and a bank of green ivy leaves to the left.

Some sort of tape

Photograph of a red strawberry lace sweet on a pavement, in a squiggly shape. There are remnants of chewing gum across the ground, a triangle of different tarmac-like material top right and part of a metal utility cover to the top left.

Laced

Photograph of a wooden and metal bench on a paved surface with road, buildings, crossing and planting area behind it. The bench has a yellow divider making one seat to the left and two seats to the right. Under the bench a load of tortilla chips have been dropped and broken on the floor.

Smashed

Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024

Seen whilst detouring

Photograph of a lost child's shoe on a wooden bench in a country park, with soil ground below and plants and trees behind.

Lost and Found

Photograph of a pedestrian crossing box with a red chilli pepper placed on the top. The text on the box says 'PEDESTRIANS, push button and wait for signal opposite' with 'WAIT' illuminated in yellow below and 'wait, cross with care' under that. In the background roads, shops and traffic can be seen out of focus.

Red hot

Photograph of a wooden surface with two partially removed white paper stickers on it, the one at top left has 'Suck Toes' hand written in black biro and 'MEN' in smudged red print to the right of that, slightly above.

Suck toes, MEN

Photograph of a dark sky with a large, bright rainbow going from the top left and down to the right. Under the rainbow is a large shop with 'You can do it' written to the left and 'TRADE POINT' to the right. In front are cars parked in a carpark.

The best rainbow I’ve seen for ages

Photograph looking down at the ground, gutter at the side of the road running along the bottom and diagonally from the bottom right and up to the left. Four round potatoes are lying in the road, caught in the cracks.

Potatoes!

Photograph of a bench with weathered peeling dark red paint revealing yellow paint beneath, on a wooden floor with metal railings on a raised floor behind, with worn white walls behind that.

Weathered

Photograph of a paved area with a plastic pink child's cooker and a small castle toy outside a house with white painted brick low wall, a tree, hedge and fence in the background and edge of the road to the right.

Little and large

Photograph of a black board with 'EVENTS THIS WEEK' and some logos on it, with the days of the week 'MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN' and empty spaces to the right for things to be written in. The board is mounted on a wooden building with a covered window to the right and a green door to the left.

No events this week

Photograph of a paved area with a cat scratch pole, a black bin bag and a child's scooter by a black lamppost. In the distance is an area of plants, a metal security fence and another black lamppost.

Scratch and scoot

Photograph of a tarmacced pavement with blue paint spilt across it, with a section of tree trunk to the upper left and wooden fencing to the top right of the frame.

SPLAT!

Photograph of a white fridge freezer on a pavement, with a black planter to the left that has plants and yellow tulips in it. The pavement below is paved with bricks and there are houses, a bike shelter and part of a van visible behind.

Outdoor Kitchen

Photograph of a section of old wood with a piece of waffle icecream cone on the top left, with pale green melted icecream trickling down and to the right. Behind is a grassy field and a blurry section of fencing with trees and plants behind.

A sad scene

Photograph of a black pole with an equestrian crossing box halfway up, to be pressed by people riding horses who wish to cross the road. Behind is a grassy field with trees and bushes in the distance and a cloudy sky above and in the bottom left corner is a portion of dusty path.

Equestrian Crossing

Photograph of a pavement with a large tarmac section upon which are scattered 4 pots of red jelly and a paper bag behind. To the right is a tree trunk and to the left are walls lining the path - one brick and one white. In the background the continuing path is paved with large slabs and then smaller bricks.

Jelly

Photograph of an area of wild plants and trees, with green-tinged wooden fencing to the rigth and tarmace to the left. To the left of centre is a black wooden chair with a red seat and to the right of centre is a dark green plastic garden chair.

Outdoor seating

Photograph of a brick wall with a brown gate in the centre, with grafitti of a person walking and opening a handle at the bottom, hearts, a cat and 'NYc' toward the top, and 'NARNIA THIS WAY' with a downward pointing arrow in black on the wall above the gate. Below is grass and weeds and above are branches and climbing plants.

Narnia this way!

Photograph of the top of an old-fashioned upholstered armchair visible behind a hedge of nettles and long dried branches, between two parked cars (the one to the right covered), with more greenery and a wooden post visible in the background.

Parked

Photograph of a child's black robot toy face down on the top of a black metal bin, which has green and grey lichen on it.

Face down

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