Photography with an occasional poem
Still in Venice (again), we found St Mark’s square a bit of a disappointment. A bit of a nothing. However, as we sat at a cafe on the square drinking an 18 euro beer, which would have cost 4.50 euro round the corner, I was taken by the view of the architecture through the cafe parasols. It ended up being one of the few photos from San Marco that I liked.
I can almost hear the non-UK readers thinking I have gone out of my mind, and uploaded the wrong image. Looks nothing like liver. Well, it is Liverpool again, and this is the Liver building as seen from the Albert Dock. Atop the Liver building is a statue of the Liver Bird, which you will also find on the badge of Liverpool FC. As you can tell from the buildings framing the Liver building the Albert Dock area has had a lot of investment and is a really nice part of Liverpool. Oh, and it is pronounced Lie-ver, as in to lie down. And no puns about ORGANic growth at the Albert Dock, that would just be silly.
An iconic location that I cannot believe I didn’t post before. On the evening we were at the Opera House there was a colourful display being projected to the structures. When I took this they had not started, and the dark sky and illuminated shells lent themselves to monochrome. One second, obviously hand-held – who needs a tripod when they have an OM Systems camera? I might post a colour image from the display. I might not…
It’s gone. It just went.
My mind is totally blank.
Nope, can’t think of a
This is really weird. I guess even small time writers can get writers block, but my notebook is slowly filling with garbage, trying to find a decent haiku. Maybe I need a break, or maybe I go back to finding an image and shoe-horning in appropriate words? There may be more radio silence while I sort this out in my head.
Unsightly repairs
And imperfect symmetry.
Growing old is tough.
Strelley Hall on the ouskirts of Nottingham is a fairly blocky and uninteresting building. The only really intersting part is the entrance. On the positive they do really good afternoon teas, and the courtyard has a number of small shops selling unusual crafts and gifts. More importantly it has a Gallery that just might have some of my photographs for sale. Just saying… :)