SOMBER...

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You may have noticed there was a little rain in Wanstead yesterday, I'm being facetious of course, it seemed to have poured down all day. I thought this picture that I shot in Nightingale Lane late in the afternoon pretty much summed up the day.  I think it also suits what must be the mood in Paris this weekend...

  

WINTER WARMTH..

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One of the things I like in the winter is when the clocks go back. Not only do I get an extra hour in bed but it gets darker earlier, what does this mean. Well the lights in buildings go on just as I am on my way home and so I get a chance to peek inside. Also I really like the way that the warmth of colour shines out into the cold winter light outside...This peek through the widow is into the newly refurbished Nightingale pub opposite the Gallery...looks very inviting to me...

ABSTRACT ICE...

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Seriously cold the other morning, the car was covered in frost and ice. I was sitting in it waiting for the heater to clear the windscreen when the sun broke through. Not a conventional picture but I like it.

FROM THE SPACE STATION...

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I think this may be the sort of view of earth that astronauts have from the space station, perhaps as they pass over the Alps or the Himalayas. Ranges of mountains, areas of snow and ice, darker areas that look like the shadows of clouds...

Of course it's actually dear old Wanstead and the roof of my car on Saturday morning, there was a very heavy frost  that night...mmm I think I prefer to think of it as the more romantic view from space. 

RAINY NIGHTS....

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What happened on Saturday evening, where did all that rain suddenly come from! It started just as I was leaving the gallery and by the time I got to the car it was torrential, very much like a tropical rain storm. Thankfully it didn't last too long.  Not that I'm complaining it did make this interesting photograph that I took through the car windscreen.

HURRYING HOME..

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Cold, wet and winter nights.  A good reason to scurry home, just like the person in the picture I took when crossing Christ Church Green last night.

I did the same myself minutes after I took it.

GREY MORNING...

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I spotted these wet rooftops complete with low grey cloud early this morning. It wasn't particularly cold, just oppressive. What a change from yesterday, brisk, bright sunny and blue skies. I guess variety is the spice of life or not.

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A CHANGE FROM SNOW..

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I was sitting in the car last week with the rain beating down. I noticed the effect the approaching car headlights were making on the windscreen.  With the raindrops in focus it looked like a good picture possibility to me.  So here it is.

SNOW AGAIN...

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More Snow and possibly more today according to the news, still I am not complaining as it always makes lovely pictures in Wanstead.

THREE TREES.

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Continuing my walk around Wanstead Park I saw these three trees silhouetted against the dark winter sky with dew tipped grass in the foreground.  I thought that it would look good in Black and White, and it seems to work for me.

MISTY NIGHTS.

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Coming out of the Gallery a few nights ago I looked up the hill toward the Duke of Edinburgh Public House and the scene reminded me of a proper winter evening from my childhood.  There was a slight fog and the car headlights were blazing through it.  To me it was just like the first night of an old fashioned English winter.

ONE MAN AND HIS DOG

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I took this photograph the other morning, quite early just as the fog was lifting.  I love the wintery feel and the flatness of the light caused by the fog.  This is the field at the end of Nutter Lane, I don't know what it's called so any suggestions are most welcome.

JACK FROST....

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Woke up yesterday morning  to the first frost of the year in my garden and spotted this stand alone leaf resembling a claw.  Love winter when it's cold, frosty and snowy.  Technical information for this picture - wear a dressing gown and go back to bed.
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I notice from the stats that we now seem to be gathering readers from around the world.  May I welcome you all to this tour around Wanstead where I live.  It is a small village within London very close to the Olympic Site.  

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE ...

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Walking across Christchurch Green I came across this lone daisy which to me signified the last of the Summer. Now will be the time for Winter berries.