Blue Mountains trail – Katoomba New South Wales 01-04-2013

Taken from Burrabarroo lookout


Tree Ferns and bank ferns


Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa)

Sydney NSW Australia 29-03-2013

Poppet! She is retiring gracefully,  yet still in command

Farrer Park MRT – Singapore 22-03-2013

Mass Rapid Transport system – Little India MRT station

Paving Little India MRT station

Stunning chairs on the way to Sim Lim Tower

Delectable egg custard tarts in thin short crust pastry found only at Farrer Park MRT station!

the National Orchid Garden – Singapore 20-03-2013

 








 
National Flower of Singapore – Vanda Miss Joaquim  (Vanda hookeriana) named after Agnes Joaquim in whose garden this hybrid originated

Chinese Gardens - Singapore 19-03-2013

Singapore squirrel

Singapore heron

Frangipani blooms everywhere here

This lovely building is near Speakers Corner

Hampstead walk - UK 13-03-2013

Old - black tile street signs

 
Lovely design not certain of date – possibly 1910 ?

D H Lawrence lived here


Exemplary terracotta plaque 

Dmitri Orlov 1883 -1946

 

Artist Dmitri Orlov – Poster 1919 ‘Death to World Imperialism’ could be re- titled to-day - Death to Globalisation - the new behemoth

In 1920 this artist also designed another apt poster titled ‘Capitalism devours everything’

St Leonards on Sea - East Sussex 01-03-2013

Newly painted façades 

Cinque port emblem?

Low tide

Bev

Shelters on Marina built in 1936

South Downs Hove – East Sussex 26-02-2013

Foredown Tower formerly part of Hangleton Hospital built in 1881-3  as an isolation hospital for people with Smallpox, Diphtheria, and tuberculosis. In 1909 the huge cast iron water tank supported by this tower was added to provide water for the hospital. When the council restored the tower in 1992 the old, empty, water tank became the viewing area for a Camera Obscura one of the largest still used,  in the world.



Hangleton view overlooking the South Downs

Traditional Chinese figures – Right  to left - Luck, wealth and longevity!