Sunday 29 March 2009

Friday 27 March 2009

PHOTO #86: Forsythia


A well-planned garden is one where at any time of the year, there are some well placed bursts of colour. Mine is far from having reached that point, but the forsythia is looking good right now...

Wednesday 25 March 2009

PHOTO #84: Maras


A South American rodent, also called "Patagonian hare". It does look like a short-eared hare on stilts...

Monday 23 March 2009

PHOTO #82: A river runs through it


A haven of peace, not far from where I live.

Sunday 22 March 2009

PHOTO #81: After the tournament


The VI Nations finished only yesterday, and the pitch is already deserted. Luckily, there is more to come, with the European Cup quarter-finals next month!

Saturday 21 March 2009

PHOTO #80: Spring at last!


This time, it's really the first day of spring.

Friday 20 March 2009

PHOTO #79: Look at me


I'll be looking back. You know the story of Juno, Argos and the peacock, right?

Thursday 19 March 2009

PHOTO #78: To Infinity and beyond


Isn't it where churches are supposed to take us?

Wednesday 18 March 2009

PHOTO #77: Spire


A real urban country church, about 5 miles from where I live.

Tuesday 17 March 2009

PHOTO #76: White-cheeked


And this one answers to the sweet name of "white-cheeked turaco"...

Monday 16 March 2009

PHOTO #75: Superb


This one is called "superb starling". I think you can see why.

Sunday 15 March 2009

PHOTO #74: The choir


From my very own garden. I love daffodils.

Thursday 12 March 2009

PHOTO #71: And the Word was made flesh


The Christ child, a sculpture by Mike Chapman.
And the flesh was made stone...

Monday 9 March 2009

PHOTO #68: Fountain of light


In front of the National Gallery.

Sunday 8 March 2009

PHOTO #67: Where are they now?


Remember that mouse in my entry of the 6th? Ever wonder what became of it?

Saturday 7 March 2009

PHOTO #66: The arts


One of the allegoric sculptures over the entrance of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Wednesday 4 March 2009

PHOTO #63: A blue starling


...from a very long way away. This one comes from South Africa.

Tuesday 3 March 2009

PHOTO #62: Spring is coming


Why does spring start on the first of March here, and on the twenty-first in France?

Monday 2 March 2009

PHOTO #61: Crocuses


Is it the first sign of spring?

Sunday 1 March 2009

PHOTO #60: The tree


"L'arbre, c'est cette puissance qui lentement épouse le ciel" (Antoine de Saint-Expery, Citadelle) - "The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky"