Remains
Photograph of a pile of ice around the edges of a drain, in front of a concrete step.
Fallen cherry blossom and camellia in Kanazawa
Fallen cherry blossom and camellia flowers on the surface of a river in Kanazawa, Japan.
Found
Photograph of a yellow towel tied to a wooden fence that’s painted red.
Found
Photograph of a purple patterened scarf tied to a wooden fence.
A misunderstanding?
Photograph of a tree with a ‘no littering’ sign on it, with a bag of rubbish left underneath it, which looks almost exactly like one of the symbols in the ‘no littering’ sign (which also shows a bottle and takeaway cup crossed out). The tree is in a cutout area of pavement and a road, building, cones and two people are visible behind.
Alignment
Photograph of a retainer/tooth alignment device on a concrete floor.
A face. Sort of.
Photograph looking across a street to a small pink house with window that look vaguely like a face, surrounded by white and green/grey buildings, a tree to the left and people walking past on the pavement.
Yellow and red
Photograph of two concrete planters filled with fake flowers – yellow on the left and red on the right. A paved pavement is in the foreground and metal fencing and hoarding with some grafitti is visible behind and buildings even further behind.
Misplaced
Photograph of a wooden panel with a branch of pink cherry blossom sticking out of it.
Go right
Photograph of Japanese walls with trees, including a cherry blossom in full pink bloom and buildings behind, with stone lanterns and a stone torii gate in the gap between the walls, which is fenced off with orange cones and black and yellow poles, with arrows pointing to the right.
Nature’s illustrations
Photograph of edges of buildings with remnants of ivy growing on walls in a way that looks like drawings of trees. In the centre of the image is a more traditional looking Japanese building with a protruding window and some metal pipes.
Emerging
Photograph of a pink wall with three narrow rectangular openings, through which leaves are poking out, particularly the one nearest the left.
Some time has passed
Photograph of a clear umbrella hooked onto a pole (which is brown with yellow and black stripes on it). The umbrella has filled with water that has gone mouldy. A white painted wall is visible behind and to the left.
A forest
Photograph of a wall with mildew/markings that resemble screens painted with an image of forests. There is a filled-in crack in the centre and a bit of grass to the lower left.
Carpet
Photograph of fallen red flowers on the ground with roots and grass visible too.
Carvings
Photograph showing a detail of a wooden door with areas eaten by woodworm to the left and a small portion of metal handle to the right.
Safety rabbits
Photograph of barriers with pink plastic rabbit characters at the ends of them (centre of the image). There are sandbags to their right, the ground beneath is cracked beneath and parking spaces and buildings are visible behind.
Do not park your cars here.
The sun
Photograph of buildings in Tokyo as the sun sets. The sun is shining on a sign with an image of a sun and waves and Japanese writing on it. The buildings around this are darker and blue with the fading light.
Impact
Photograph of a brick wall with a large crack and missing bricks to the left and a small plant peeking out near the top.
Egg
Photograph of a brown plastic shopping basket on a white surface with a keyring in the shape of a lifesize egg with a face of a person with glasses on it. Behind is a sign in Japanese and shelves with products on behind a reinforced window.
Photograph of paving slabs, all of which are plain except one lower centre that is etched with images of leaves.
Photograph of paving slabs, all of which are plain except one lower centre that is etched with images of leaves.
March
Photograph of snowflakes falling outside a window, with out of focus garden behind and the edge of a brick wall to the left, the dark interior around the edges.
Faux
Photograph of a wall with what look looks like a filled in window that has been painted to look like a window and now the plaster and paint is flaking off. There is a line of bricks or tiles to the left.
Magnolia tree in Cologne, Germany
Photograph of Magnolia tree just starting to blossom, in sunlight but surrounded by shadow and buildings in Cologne, Germany, with bikes around the base and a motorbike to the left.
Next to the perfume shop
Photograph of a pavement with a utility cover with steam emerging from it and a pole with blue and white stripes on it. Cologne, Germany.
Lunch
Photograph of seven pigeons eating a bread rool, on a paved area. Cologne, Germany.
I’m not sure why but I liked this scene
Photograph of a grey wall with a climbing plant with brown leaves in winter with an old fashioned lantern and two barred windows to the left, a peach wall with arched window and door to the right, wooden palettes leaning against them and a cage/trolley with red plastic sides by the door.
