A day in London just having fun and taking images!

As my husband is getting better, l have convinced myself that he is ok on his own for a while. Of course he is, l am just being a woman and worrying! So l decided l would go up to town, by that l mean London and spend the day taking images! So the first image is from the top of a number 14 bus, of the old college site that is now being made into luxery flats on Putney Hill!!

The next image that caught my eye, from the top of the bus, was this workman. Why? I thought that he had an interesting hat on! Simple as that!!

I love travelling on the top deck of buses..you can see so much. It does mean that often you cannot take a really good image, mainly because of the glass and if it isn't too clean...! but l think l was lucky this trip..very clean window!Ha.

A very British "Blackblack" cab driver on Regents Street...couldn't see who he was advertising for though.

The following few images were taken at Hyde Park Corner. This apparent homeless man fasinated me, mainly because of his attire. In these hard times, l suppose any of us could end up like this. His coat appears to be made of old waxed leather, his hair is in dredlocks and he wears his hat at an angle.His bag is falling apart but some how that doesn't seem to bother him. He is all dressed in black and reminds me of one of those old gunslingers of the Old Wild West fims!

The next image is of something that caught my eye the other week, while l was on a bus. So today, l got of the bus at Hyde Park Corner to go and look at this globe. There is one of these globes on each side of a Clubs big main door. I had a disagreement with tony, about which Club this was! I won!! " The Cavalry and Guards Club"!

The woman in the image below was caught in this moment in time, outside a building on Piccadily. I feel sorry for people who are addicited to smoking, it means they have to smoke outside,( if they can find anywhere they are allowed to smoke these days!) in the sunshine and the rain! I am so glad l have never smoked! I also think, that maybe woman would stop smoking, if they realised that smoking gives them lines around their mouths and cheeks, that no moisturiser can help!

This homeless man/woman was sleeping in the underpass at Hyde Park Corner. The time was 11.20 in the morning, perhaps he had had a bad night or was drunk. Either way, not a way l ever hope to end up having to live.

This piece of paper with "THANK YOU" printed on, l found on the pavement outside a church. Seemed appropriate some-how!

This squirrel was digging for a nut when l saw him, in green park. So l very slowly, step by step edged my way towards him. He was so busy with his found nut, that he completely ignored me. The image you see below, is really as close as l got! The only reason he ran was because an American woman got upset because she realised she was near a squirrel and screamed!

Yet another homeless man taking a nap where he is warm and safe, for a short lime at least.

I had so much fun watching these pigeions washing themselves in this water fountain!

I spotted this man standing in amongst the now non-flowering daffodils. He just stood there...thinking for the longest time! 

Well...what can l say about this last image except, they don't make them like this any more..Pity!

Train Trip in First Class Carraige!

The other day while l was wandering around Putney, waiting to catch a train up to Waterloo for work, l found a few things l had not noticed before! The image below, is one of a pair of winged females, that stand guard on a gateway to a house on The River Thames. This one had been altered with the use of blue paint!

The next image is through the front window of a house on the River Thames, beside Putney Bridge Tube Station! You can see right through their lounge, and the dining-room and straight out to the river and railway line bridge...bliss. I must admit, l would do something, maybe put up blinds, to stop people (like me!) looking through the house. No privacy is there?

As l went over to the train station, l noticed these two woman with red hair, the girl on the right's hair really glows!

The image below is something l have never seen before and l don't think it happens often!!!! The sign on the 4 sides of the famous clock, hanging  down from the ceiling in Waterloo Station. People have always used it as a meeting place and stand under it until their friend turns up!

Nothing unusual about a First Class sign on a train you say.Well....there is, so listen! It was rush hour and although the train was not crowded, l asked the guard what the proceedure was for using First Class Carraiges, when you have a second class ticket. It's ok today he said, this train was a general in service train, so that it was ok for me to sit in it and enjoly the comfort for the 20mins of my homeward journey! Sheer bliss!

The image below of the London Eye, was taken in the train,  from the now redundent Euro Star Terminal! What a waste of money! You can also see the London Eye in the distance.

Have you been on the eye? Well, it moves so slowly, that you don't realise you are actually moving. Even the people who are normally afraid of hieghts, soon forget that fact and love it. Can you see the capsual that has been removed from the wheel for maintanence?

The above image is of offices by London Bridge. They are so close together, l would think it would be awful to work there. It must be quite dark in certain windows and being overlooked by so many people must be awful, in my eyes anyway!

I took the above image, hoping to be able to show, that you could look right through the windows to the otherside and hoping to catch the sun! I am pleased with the results, hope you are too!

The image above is one from the train, as l saw the gorgeous white blossom that had come out over night.

 Last image is of the iconic Battersea Power Station. Just thought that as a silhouette and the light shining through from the setting sun, it could look quite spiritual. By that l mean, it is such a huge almost over-powering place and yet to me, it feels as if it could be a place of worship. Does that sound strange to you?