The Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, in Colchester, Essex, May 2024
The Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, in Colchester, Essex, May 2024
I very much want to know the story here
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.
Some sort of tape
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.
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Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
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Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
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Colchester, Essex, UK, May 2024
Lost and found
Photograph of a lost child’s shoe on a wooden bench in a country park, with soil ground below and plants and trees behind.
Red hot
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.
Suck Toes MEN
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.
The best rainbow I’ve seen for ages
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.
Potatoes!
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.
Weathered bench on Walton-on-the-Naze
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.
Free
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.
No events this week
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.
Free
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.
Splat
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.
Outdoor kitchen
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.
A sad scene
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.
Equestrian Crossing
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.
Jelly on the pavement
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.
Outdoor seating
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.
Narnia this way!
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.
Parked
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.
Face down
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.
Trees belong to the planet not you
Photograph of a wire fence with a handmade sign saying ‘Trees belong to the planet not you’ with children’s paintings of a tree, the planet, a bee, a dog and a rainbow on it, and a large wooden post to the left. Behind is an area with plants and trees and there is a paved area in front.
Kitchen waste
Photograph of an area of tarmac with soil and greenery behind. On the tarmac is a piece of brocolli and some chunks of watermelon are visible in the greenery.
Litter?
Photograph of a green metal bin with a large branch of a tree poking out the top. The bin is on a grassy area, with hedges, a tree and large houses visible in the background.
Brick wall with rectangles of paint, presuambly covering up grafitti, in London.
Photograph of a brick wall with rectangles of paint over the top in pale pink, peachy pink and purple, with a band of felted roof at the top and moss and weeds along the ground at the bottom.
Reaching for sunshine
Photograph looking up at two hollyhocks with peach flowers, with blue sky with small clouds above it and a bit of wooden fence visible to the right of the frame.
Chelmsford, Essex, UK, March 2024
Chelmsford, Essex, UK, March 2024
