JUDGEMENT DAY...

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....not in that sense of course...What you see in the above picture are some of the photographs that we are putting on display starting September 3rd at the Gallery. They are all by local photographers, I can tell you there are some lovely pictures that will be going on the wall. The reason they are spread out over the floor? Well to add a little spice to the exhibition there is also a competition, I wasn't the judge I hasten to add, the winner, you'll have to wait until the opening evening 6pm till 9pm on September 10th to find out that. 

We are also raising money for Haven House a local 
children's hospice who do fantastic work. If you'd like to make an online donation to this very worthy cause you can just click here to go through to the Haven House donations page.

EVENING TIME...

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I had a stroll the other evening, nowhere in particular. I did however end up wandering past a floodlit Christ Church. The spire looked beautiful framed by the trees on Christchurch Green....

BUTCHERS...

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...unless you are a Wanstead resident you probably won't be too excited by the arrival of The Ginger Pig on our High Street. Wanstead folk are however especially as we have lost our old butcher. It's a great shop with a wonderful display and selection of meats, I can personally vouch for the sirloin steak, delicious. Being one of the world's leading experts on sausage roll eating I can say they too are just wonderful...

...anyway before I get too carried away raving about food I was also struck by this lovely brass name and pig motif set in tiles at the entrance. As I'm always telling anyone who will listen you must look up and look down not just straight ahead otherwise you might miss something... a very stylish entrance..

A LITTLE...

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....obessed when it comes to bridges. You may have seen this bridge before, its quite near my home. Some days the sun goes down and you get a magical sky behind it,  then it's transformed for a short period  from a bridge to a sculptural form...

.....and you should see the bridge I have just found, a picture later this week hopefully...

PEEKING....

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A lovely surprise earlier today... I came across this solitary sunflower peeking out from behind a tree in Wanstead High street. There by accident or design I don't know but it's certainly  very welcome...

A FLEETING MOMENT...

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I popped out for a stroll a little earlier, a wonderful evening, warm but not too much so. The half moon had a haze around it and just for a few moments there was a remarkable sky....