old timey grafitti style, saying old timey thing. on my way to the gym i spotted this and suddenly realised london actually has a tory mayor. it's all a bit 1980's. welcome to britain.

Deflated

author: elaine : London, UK

slightly soft balloons caught my attention as i walked home. east london has a softness about it. or is that me? as seen in bethnal green E2

Hanging Around

author: elaine : London, UK

telephone box crows as seen in forest gate E7

i am not as mobile as i once was, and i have been spending time away from london, but last week ian phoned me and asked me out on a spin with the dog. charlie was as pleased as ever to see me - it's been a while but dogs have long memories. walking along the canal towpath towards viccy park we spotted this frankly beautiful artwork, which we both snagged with our camphones. cmphones rawk.

Police State Coming to a Country Near You Soon

author: elaine : London, UK

dontcha just love governments? liberal democracy is such a hoot. anyway, the latest thing our overlords want to do is ban taking photographs in public places. did i say how much i loved democracy? here is the link to the petition, for what it's worth. see you in clink. for breathing, or something. petitions.pm.gov.uk/Photography/ ::sighs::

Tyres in Snow

author: elaine : Cambridgeshire, UK

looking down out of the window i saw the perfect abstract expressionist drawing...

Gherkin Sneaks Up on You

author: elaine : London, UK

what you might not realise about london is that the City is different from london as a whole - it's the bit that was inside the roman wall, well, still is, though the wall is a bit crumbled away now, being as it is 2000 years old. in 1666 the 'great fire of london' burned down pretty much everything except st paul's. this gave london the opportunity to impose a grid plan instead of the tiny wriggly streets that had grown up since the middle ages. but no, people didn't want it, they wanted their own old plots back, and to...

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