1704 Dissolving in Rain

The sun looked as if it was going to come out a few minutes before this, then as I walked the dog, this happened. A little Turneresque perhaps?

0604 Plum Winter

It often happens - your plum and cherry trees look good blossoming profusely, whether they're fruit trees or ornamentals. Then you get a week like this with pesky winds and sudden showers, and the ground is covered with confetti!

0504 My Guide Dog's Girlfriend

0404 In the Community Garden

0304 Strange Temple

I have no idea what the purpose of this building is, so I assume it must have some religious significance!

0204 The Leicester Seamstress

This is a detail of the Leicester Seamstress statue in Hotel Street, created by James Walter Butler RA. The statue is of an 18th-century seamstress sewing the seam of a stocking. The statue was unveiled in 1990.

Hosiery was Leicester's principal industry in the 18th and 19th centuries, and, with many changes, survived into modern times.

0104 Duck in a Spin

A collective spring fever seemed to have taken hold of the ducks today.

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