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Good intentions. Photograph of a telephone with plastic wrap over the main body and keypad, but a layer of dust over the top.

Good intentions

A hotel room discovery. Photograph of a vase of artificial orange flowers in a wooden cupboard - right door open to show the flowers and left door closed, with an ornate handle.

A hotel room discovery

Hotel plant. Photograph of a corridor in a hotel with a plant in a pot in front of a window.

Hotel plant

Precautions. Photograph of a basket with an air conditioning and TV remote control, wrapped in celophane.

Precautions

An alley I came back to photograph

The garden breathed a sigh of relief. Photograph of raindrops caught with a fast shutter speed, falling in front of an acer tree which is out of focus behind. A line towards the centre left is part of the window through which the photograph was taken.

The garden breathed a sigh of relief

Some time staring at the sky, looking for meteors without a tripod. Photograph of the night sky with stars visible on a clear night. A tiny light trail towards the centre could possibly be a meteor?

Some time staring at the sky, looking for meteors without a tripod

Beachside residence. Photograph of a cobweb that has sand caught in it, highlighting the shape, suspended on a blue plastic bin.

Beachside residence

Retired arcade games overlooking the sea at Walton-on-the-Naze Pier, Essex. One of the machines resembles a face looking out.

Arcade machine retirement complex

Glimpse of the Gherkin. Photograph of a pavement with a piece of paper that is folded but appears to show a pen drawing of the Gherkin. Dried leaves are to the top of the frame.

Glimpse of the Gherkin

Tea break. Photograph of a dented metal ketlle on a brick wall with foliage around and behind it.

Tea break

White sliced. Photograph of a loaf of white sliced bread that has been left without any packaging on a concrete wall with plants behinnd (towards the top of the frame)

White sliced

A view I enjoyed for a some time. Photograph looking up at the sky, which is blue with clouds, top of the frame black guttering can be seen, with grape vines with green leaves and small grapes.

A view I enjoyed for some time

Hope they had a spare. Photograph of a metal fence with park behind, with a navy pair of trousers hanging on the top.

Hope they had a spare

Change of plans. Photograph of a supermarket display of Nestle Pure Life water with potted plants and a roll of black tape that appear to have been put there.

Change of plans

Comfort Food. Photograph of a grassey area with a fence and large weed to the left, and a recipe book titled 'COMFORT FOOD' on the floor towards the centre.

Comfort Food

Restricted view. Photograph of a brick wall with cables along the top, an air vent to the left and a window with coloured glass that has been bricked up behind.

Restricted view

Something mysterious - inside. Macro photograph of a colourful bubble on a window outside, viewed through textured glass inside. An out of focus fern leaf is to the left of the frame.

Something mysterious

Some time spent looking at the sky. Photograph of a deep blue sky with clouds around the edges.

Some time spent looking at the sky

Another ten happy minutes. Macro photograph of water droplets on the ends of red acer leaves.

Another ten happy minutes

A nice site on a solo walk. Photograph of a butterfly on a path with plants to the left and grass to the right.

A nice sight on a solo walk

A single red poppy at the edge of a field of wheat, Cymbeline Meadows, Colchester, UK.

Alone

By Royal appointment. Photograph of a traffic cone with a child's handmade paper crown halfway down. Behind is a wire fence and bins at a construction site.

By Royal appointment

A flash of orange amongst the green. Photograph of trees in a woodland, some of which have a bright orange lichen on them.

A flash of orange amongst the green

Not what I had planned for the afternoon. Photograph of a fireplace with a pigeon sitting on a ledge, having fallen down the chimney

Not what I had planned for the afternoon

Curiosities. Photograph of a brick wall with a glass dome holding drived flowers, a statuette of a person and a decorative bowl with dirty water in it. Ivy is growing on the wall and lawn is visible behind and in front of the wall.

Curiosities

Uncomfortable. Photograph of a broken plastic school chair with only one leg, wedged into a wire fence, with trees behind.

Uncomfortable

A footpath decoration. Photograph of a piece of ceraic decorated with a painted birds and flowers wedged in between tree trunck, with foliage growing around.

A footpath decoration

I'm glad I didn't walk into this. Photograph of lots of catapillers hanging from a thin thread, against a blurred green background.

I’m glad I didn’t walk into this

An unexpected sight. Photograph looking down at a plastic head on a path, with weeds growing around and a wooden fence visible to the left of the frame.

An unexpected sight

Hen/Stag/Halloween? Photograph looking down at traintracks with a plastic devil's pitchfork in the gravel by the tracks, with the edge of the platform visible at the bottom of the frame.

Hen/Stag/Halloween?

Hi! Photograph of a concrete bollard with holes that make it look like a face with a mouth wide open, with old buildings behind and grass around it.

Hi!

Near Colchester. Photograph of a sign in Italian on an old iron fence, in an area filled with trees and plants. 'Divieto di Caccia' is visible'

Near Colchester

Left behind. Photograph of a plastic toy cow in a dark blue pained ledge, with a light blue wall above and cream wall below.

Left behind

Tea break. Photograph looking down at a blue mug on a concrete path, with metal railings at the top of the frame.

Tea break

First barbecue of the year. Photograph of smoke emerging from a barbecue.

First barbecue of the year

Future history. Photograph of an empty WKD Blue bottle partially buried in the ground, with leaves out of focus on the floor in the background.

Future history

The introduction of a fee in a community tennis court. Photograph of a green metal gate with a lock and key pad to the right, a section of the gate has been cut away so people can still access the tennis court behind.

The introduction of a fee

We escaped to the sea and it was wonderful. Photograph of a jetty covered in seaweed leading out into the sea, with two posts with triangles at the top to the left and right, and a pale blue sky above

We escaped to the sea and it was wonderful.

Three days ago I sat in the sun in a T-shirt. Photograph of a forsythia plant with yellow flowers, surrounded by trees and plants, with snow falling all around.

Three days ago I sat in the sun in a T-shirt

Something noticed while I was supposed to be resting. Macro photograph of a curled, dried bambook leaf.

Something noticed while I was supposed to be resting

Eating suggestion. Photograph showing 4 stages of eating a Ferrero Rocher, left to right: the outer chocolate and hazelnut shell, second shows part of the shell removed to show the wafer below, third all the shell has been removed to just show wafer, fourth the wafer is part removed to show soft chocolate and a hazelnut within.

Eating suggestion

In the woods. Photograph of a fallen tree in the woods, upon which someone has placed a pair of googly eyes, so it looks like a face with teeth where the split in the trunk is.

In the woods

A different view on a walk I've donn many times before. Photograph of an Instax Square print showing a river with wintry trees either side, a field in the distance and pale blue sky above.

A quiet walk on a crisp day

Blossom and blue sky in the garden. Photograph of blossom on a branch, with just one flower in focus, blue sky and more plants out of focus behind.

The first signs of spring

Someone else's bookmark. Was this where they stopped reading? Were they visiting someone? Did they have a nice time? Photograph of a train ticket balanced on the pages of an open book, blurred words on the page visible behind. It's a young person's superadvance return from Letchworth to Gloucester dated 26 October 02, £23.10

Someone else’s bookmark

I was about to go to the shops when I remembered I had some zines to make and post, which meant I missed being in a sudden mini-blizzard. Photograph of snowflakes falling, with the window frame visible to to the left and right, plants behind and a wooden fence running from the centre to right of the frame.

We’ve had some strange weather lately

An unexpected bit of colour. Photograph looking down from the side of a small dishwasher, with the door open showing a streak of rainbow, and the drawers visible to the right.

An unexpected bit of colour

Still life with grey and yellow. Photograph of an iron, small glass vase of emerging daffodils, glass bowl with three lemons and black candles on a wooden table, with a dark grey wall behind.

Still life with grey and yellow

Photograph of a stone floor in Canterbury Cathedral with a small piece of pager with a handwritten shopping list that says '29/12/21:- SQUASH X 1. BISCUITS X 1. APPLE JUICE X 1. SALAMI/BEEF. DUO-CRUNCH X 2. ... PIES X 2 '

Canterbury Cathedral shopping list

01/02/22 A brilliant sky. Instax square instant photograph of a purpley sky with a line of trees silhouetted at the bottom and '01/02/22 A brilliant sky' handwritten below.

01/02/22 A brilliant sky

A cup of tea on a Sunday. Photograph of a mug with a picture of Miffy and an orange handle, on a window frame

A cup of tea on a Sunday

Photograph looking down at a gutter at the side of the road - an open portion of a paperback book is in the centre of the frame, with double yellow lines above and pavement curb below.

Chelmsford

A pink and blue evening. Bright pink clouds against a blue sky, taken at sunset

A pink and blue evening

Puddings over flowers. Photograph of shelves in a supermarket selling ice pops, custaartd and trifle sponges, with three pots and one bunch of daffodils that appear to have been left there randomly.

A change of mind

Spaghetti on the cycle path. Photograph looking down at a cycle path with a painted white line towards the right of the frame and dray spaghetti lying across the path

Spaghetti on the cycle path

X. Photograph of a canvas artwork of flowers with a cross cut in the middle to make a big whole, leaning against a brick wall at the side of a pavement

X

I hope they are okay. Photograph showing what looks like a passport photograph of a person, with the face burnt out to leave a circular hole, lying on a tarmace pavement.

I hope they are okay

While I was watching TV. Photograph of a foggy street scene with a silhouette of a black pant in the centre, telegraph pole to the right and red brake lights of a car lower right

Whilst I was watching TV

26/12/21

15:28-15:32: Everything went bright golden yellow, the rain came down and then it was night. Photograph of rainfall as the sun sets, close up, selective focus and dark so you can just see droplets, bokeh and blur.

15:28-15:32

Haven't yet been able to identify the book. Photograph looking down at a book that's been dropped/blown at the side of a pavement, along with some dried leaves. A white wall is visible at the top of the frame, a broken green lighter to the left and the surface of the pavement below.

Haven’t yet been able to identify the book

29/12/21 Seagulls at Clacton. An Instax square instant photograph of a cloudy sky with four seagulls, and '29/12/21 Seagulls at Clacton' handwritten on the stip at the bottom.

29/12/21 Seagulls at Clacton

A soothing Saturday scene. A steamed up window in a hairdresser’s salon, with pink leaves against the glass outside, a hood dryer to the left and a pink wall below

A soothing Saturday scene

A leaf I doubled-back to look more closely at. Photograph of a red leaf with water droplets on the surface, lying on a tarmac pavement.

A leaf I doubled-back to look more closely at

Sand from my birthday trip to the sea. Photograph of a straw hat with grains of sand stuck to the black ribbon around the edge. The wooden underside of the stairs can be seen to the top left.

Sand from my birthday trip to the sea

Puzzled. Photograph looking down at a gutter at the side of the road - a blank puzzle piece is in the top portion of the frame, with a single yellow line and pavement curb below.

Puzzled

A Saturday scene. Photograph of a glass of red wine standing on top of a bin in a street, with a brick wall and foliage behind.

A Saturday scene

Simply The Best. Photograph of a blue sky with clouds with the top of an ice cream van visible in the lower part of the frame, with a very similar sky scene painted on it, a flag saying 'New Forest Ice Cream On Sale Here' and text reading 'Lady Lyn's Ice Creams', 'Simply The Best' and 'Ice Cream Nestle' written on the van itself.

Simply The Best

Walthamstow. Photograph of a wall with the remains of a frame that used to hold a notice, with a black garage door to the right and pavement in front

Walthamstow

Another 10 happy minutes trying to catch the steam. Photograph of steam that appears orange in the setting sun, against a dark background with a brick wall and drainpipe to the right.

Another 10 happy minutes trying to catch the steam

A strange thing to see at the side of the road. Photograph taken across a road with a large exercise ball resting against a wall with double yellow lines below and a wooden fence with wildflowers behind.

A strange thing to see at the side of the road

Taking in the warmth. Photograph of blue sky with the brim of a straw hat at the top of the frame.

Taking in the warmth

PLEASE DECIDE HERE! Photograph of a plastic garden chair with with a handwritten sign saying'PLEASE DECIDE HERE!', behind it is scafolding, another cardboard sign with the same message, and adverts for hot-choc and icecreams.

PLEASE DECIDE HERE!

The end of a little red football. Photograph looking up at an old sash window in a brick wall, with air vents either side, a grey panel below which has spikes along it. A red inflatable football is stuck on one, deflating.

The end of a little red football

10 happy minutes trying to catch the steam. Photograph of white steam against a dark background.

Steam from the central heating

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