Even in the rain this rose remained steadfastly beautiful.

📷 Google Pixel 6 Pro - Telephoto Sensor (12MP) - Moonshot - Throwback December 2022

Late Afternoon Moon shot on Pixel 8 Pro

My back garden

I wonder if the garden is as nice as the steps.

Passaggio a livello mentre passa treno suburbana. Level crossing while suburban train passes. Cameraphone shot. Scatto di strada. Via Libia. Bologna 2022

P10+

Low resolution Motorola mobile shot. Sorry.

📷 Google Pixel 8 Pro - Throwback October 2023 - Sunrise Moon - (50MP - High Resolution)

1st October is National Poetry Day in UK.

Visiting the Tasting Garden, I was almost overwhelmed by the beauty of this tree, and it reminded me of the poem by the Manx poet, Thomas Edward Brown:

My Garden

A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!

Rose plot,

Fringed pool,

Ferned grot--

The veriest school

Of peace; and yet the fool

Contends that God is not--

Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool?

Nay, but I have a sign;

'Tis very sure God walks in mine.

North Pier at Blackpool stretches out over soft, golden sands into the Irish Sea. It's midwinter so not a lot, if anything is going on.

The marble window sill is actually painted wood that has been skillfully made to resemble stone.

From the archive, because I haven't been out today. I've stayed at home and done some joyful meditation and some exercise to reverse achilles tendinitis.

This is a view of The Shard and some other bits and pieces on the Thames' southbank.

I have never liked this building, finding it completely out of character for London (as it appeared then). A number of official bodies objected to its construction, but an argument somewhere won out on the day.

You can read more, here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard

I don't know what the gradient is here; I have to push my bicycle up it. I think that young tree with the golden, heart-shaped leaves is Indian Bean Tree. I hope it flowers later.

On the Thames Embankment

Happy Bench Monday

The line to Barrow-in-Furness follows around the edge of Morecambe Bay, and views from the train are often spectacular.

Warnings of strong winds and rain today. It's tempting to stay in bed all day. But there are always things to do.