Dun coloured London plane tree leaves lying thick on the slope above the Boating Pond. Large and distinctive, stencilled out – three gently triangular sections meeting at the stem – each with its own main artery and branched veins. They look tired – a long hot summer – ready to crumble into mould. But look …
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The Museum of Lockdown Losses
In Highgate village we have a vet – a very nice vet. Friendly, sensible, down to earth, kindly – and with the a fine artistic/theatrical flair. Instead of filling the lovely bow window of his shop with bags of pet foods and fluffy coats or collars, each month he uses small models and puppets to …
Mushroom fest
A week or so ago, as I was walking up the path to Hampstead Lane, I passed a woman on her knees apparently taking pictures of this log. I didn’t want to seem intrusive so just walked on but the following day, on my way down, I stopped to see what she had been photographing …
A misty Saturday at Kenwood – with parakeets
Today dawned bright and winter shiny, but Saturday morning was wreathed in a chilly mist. But not for long. By mid morning the mist was lifting, the Cheese toasties and the falafel stands were up and running and the queues stretched right along the terrace in front of Kenwood House. In fact, Kenwood and its …
The tight rope walker
But first some dog walkers – all gathered in the sun waiting for their treats – the dogs that is…. Then our tight rope walker. Well, may be a bit of an exaggeration to call her a tight rope walker as she is less than two foot off the ground on a bouncy elastic ‘rope’ …
Talking the Walk
Longstanding subscribers to this blog may remember that a couple of years go I talked about my cousin Des in the west of Ireland. Des has ‘Inherited Retinal Dystrophy’….. ‘Inherited’, he says, ‘because I told them my mother was affected, and retinal dystrophy because the cells in the retina are dying off. Which, to me, …