In Fareham Shopping Centre, the Fareham Community Art shop, has an ongoing display of amateur artists’ work, and here are two currently on show, by Charles Chance…
Woman with red hair (and its reflection), Acrylic, £80
Helen (Unfinished), Not for Sale
And now for something completely different: the wonderful Anvil Man, by Stephen Lunn, outside the Shopping Centre in West Street…
‘Anvil Man’ by Stephen Lunn
A traditional red telephone box in Fareham West Street
In a shop window in West Street, Fareham
An evening sky in Fareham West Street
And another…
In Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton, Portsmouth
Cuneo statue, on the concourse of Waterloo Station, London
Through a station window at Totteridge and Whetstone Tube Station, looking north towards High Barnet
Young cyclists, Swan Lane Open Space, early evening…
Woman walking her dog, Swan Lane Open Space, early evening
Setting sun, amidst trees, London N12
Business in Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton, Portsmouth…but the Strip Joint is all about paint stripping 😉
Shop front in Fareham West Street
Vessel on the River Thames, approaching Waterloo Bridge…
The long-derelict Battersea Power Station, as seen from a Kent-bound train leaving Victoria station late this afternoon…
‘The Way is gained by daily loss…’
Ch. 48, ‘Tao Te Ching’, as translated by R.B. Blakney (1955)
The Book Maze, Royal Festival Hall, London, 29th July, 2012
I stumbled upon the above art installation one summer’s afternoon last year, and it brought with it a wry smile, given the gentle (but persistent) chiding of my partner, who’s forever telling me I buy too many books ;). However, I think too, it serves as a useful metaphor for the extract from the ‘tao te ching’ quoted above; there’s probably far too much clutter, both material and otherwise, in all of our lives…
Anyway, changing seasons from summer to winter, yesterday saw heavy snowfall in much of the UK, so here are a few photos of some Hampshire snow, taken in Fareham, Hilsea and Fratton…
Looking eastwards along Fareham West Street, about nine a.m…
Looking westwards along Fareham West Street…
Awaiting a westbound train, Platform 1, Fareham Station…
Taken through the window of a Portsmouth Harbour-bound train, at Hilsea Station…
The Portsmouth Harbour-bound train heading towards Portsmouth & Southsea Station, from Fratton…
A Weekend Diary 