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Friday 28 February 2014

2802 Water as Life Hazard

I found this notice in Abbey Park, near to the river. So, far from being the absolute essence of life, if you go near water, make sure you dilute it with plenty of whisky!

Thursday 27 February 2014

2702 Street Plantation

One way to brighten your street is to turn a spare bit of verge into a decorative plant bed.

Tuesday 25 February 2014

2502 Classic Swan

I suppose this is a photographic cliché, but I never tire of seeing the beauty of swans. This one was pictured at Watermead Country Park, Leicester. Today was the first day when I managed to get through on the muddy paths along the river, and it was well worth it, despite the less than ideal lighting conditions.

Sunday 23 February 2014

2302 Supermarket Progress

Last time I looked at this supermarket site, it was little more than an earthwork. Now there is some interesting structure goin on.

Saturday 22 February 2014

2202 In the Chinese Garden

2202 Chinese GardenThis is a view of a small corner of the Chinese Garden in Abbey Park, Leicester.

Thursday 20 February 2014

2002 Street Musician

There seem to be a lot of musicians performing in town at the moment - no doubt part of the Comedy Festival in Leicester.

Wednesday 19 February 2014

1902 Snowdrop Meadow

This is actually what I laughingly call my lawn, which is currently occupied by snowdrops. This is not at all a problem, and it's good to see anything still living after our recent deluges.

Tuesday 18 February 2014

1802 Standing Tree, Fallen Tree

Don't know whether the fallen tree was felled by the weather or by some human intervention.

Monday 17 February 2014

1702 Dinner

For reasons I don't yet understand, the BBC Radio 4 PM Programme asked people to send in photographs of their dinner. It has been a thoroughly miserable day for taking photos outdoors, so I gave in and produced this one. Oh, my, I don't suppose fish and chips is very Radio 4!

Sunday 16 February 2014

1602 The Runner

Mercifully, we had, at last, a fine and calm day when the usual population of the riverside came back; joggers, cyclists, dog walkers, and families out for a stroll.

Saturday 15 February 2014

1502 First Dandelion

Found an unexpected sign of spring today. It's amazing what can happen if it stops raining for a minute!

1402 Obscure Mural

This, whatever it is, is on the wall of a factory, which I only noticed because I trudged by mistake down a muddy path to nowhere in particular. It will become even more obscure when all that undergrowth begins to shoot up in the spring!

Thursday 13 February 2014

1302 After the Storm

A brief respite from the stormy weather, after one storm and expecting another tomorrow.

Wednesday 12 February 2014

1202 Windswept Riverside

It was a very wet and windy day, where some parts of the UK had hurricane force winds. It was not quite so dramatic here, just rather rough!

Monday 10 February 2014

1002 Snowdrops

Looking a bit more like snowdrops than the last time I tried to photograph them!

Sunday 9 February 2014

0902 Is this food?

My guide dog inspects a strange plant in the Unity Garden, Drummond Road, Leicester. It must be strange, as being half Labrador, he normally assumes everything is food!

Saturday 8 February 2014

0802 Obscure Corner

Quite likely, this is a small path less travelled through Belgrave Hall, Leicester.


Friday 7 February 2014

0702 Wheelchairs must go left here!

This just shows how misleading a simple signpost can be if you're as visually impaired as I am.

Very often, signs are too high up, too small and too faint. This one has the added problem of the real message being less discernible than all the other stuff. The disability symbol is clear enough, and so if the left arrow, but the wording that is surely the most important bit was for me indecipherable until I could blow up this photo on my screen.

The same sort of thing happens with labelling in shops. Very often, I can't work out what the product is in a particular package, but I become well aware that it's got some silly slogan on it such as "taste the difference" or "our value range", which are printed very large and bold, while the name and description of the product requires a microscope. I cannot be the only one in the world to face this silly problem!

Thursday 6 February 2014

0602 Cycklist in a Blur

He flew past me in a blur, honest, gov. It isn't very often that something in the foreground is blurred while the rest of the picture is clear!


Wednesday 5 February 2014

0502 Under Construction

The birth of a supermarket looks like a fairly unpromising spectre of earth-moving machines and rubble at this stage.


Tuesday 4 February 2014

0402 Flying Cloud

Some photos just fall into your lap. This was one such. Taken near the river soon after sunrise.


Monday 3 February 2014

0302 Rush-hour Emergency

An ambulance needs to get through almost gridlocked traffic, so needs all lights and sirens blazing.

Sunday 2 February 2014

0202 Candlemas in the Sun

Candlemas is, I suppose, an almost forgotten festival, and it was today, Febrary 2nd. In my part of the world, it was well worth celebrating, as it was a beautiful day, and a welcome respite from the storms of recent times.

Old country saying.....

A good goose should lay
by Candlemas Day.

I did hear plenty of geese in some ferment today, and at one point several of them started a chorus as they do when one of their number lays an egg, but unfortunately for us, it was very likely in a hidden place on an island in the lake, so there are no photos of the happy event.

I've also heard this saying as

A good goose should lay
by Valentine's Day.

Of course, the scansion is the same, so it could be either. The calendar changed in the 18th century, and we lost 11 days, so it could be that the Valentine's version is the more modern one.

I've made a slideshow of today's 60 photos, and posted it on Youtube.

http://youtu.be/r-9Q5-GryE8

Saturday 1 February 2014

0102 Space Centre and Scudding Clouds

A strong wind was blowing around sunset, with rapidly moving clouds of various colours. Note the strange lighting effects around the Space Centre building.