Another day at the beach, this time Broadstairs in Kent......told in images and words.

 This image was taken because the sky was a very weird orange/misty colour..sort of foggy but not..but it did give the place a sort of romantic atmosphere which believe me did doesn't have..in my view anyway!

This sign was outside the ladies loo,l am not sure why it made me giggle but it did.Apprently it is one of first signs to show some-where mums could feed their babies. rather clever design l thought.

This young boy took ages to walk across this stretch of stones, mainly because he had no shoes on! He was playing football on the sand with friends, when the ball was kicked out over the stones... someone had to go. It is unusual l think to have a stone and sand beach in the same stretch of beach.

I thought this was a lovely message on this bench. I am not sure if it is a memorial bench or just a lovely present for the grandparents..either way it is rather sweet. My parents live by the seaside and are known by my sisters children and grandchildren as granny and grandad seaside! They are the envy of their friends.  Perhaps one of these "grannies"in the image below, may be granny seaside!

The small bird below on the tarporlin is a wagtail l think but l am not certain. Anyway, l had great fun watching it flying from boat to the next, catching flies and twittering away. For such a small bird it made quite a lot of "music".

The image below was actually me experimenting with my camera. I have often tried to get an image that is in focus but shows the stepness of the stairs. I think l managed it this time...anyway l am happy with the end result. When these steps are wet, they must be quite difficult to climb up or down.

As you can see when the sea is out..the ladders are often going to be needed by people wishing to get to the beach or their boats. There are easier ways but not quite so exciting!!

These old wheels are used to stop boats from banging against the habour wall or other boats moored next to each other. The green is so amazing...it shines and shimmers a lot in the sunshine.

This amazing religious mural, in the image below, is painted on the wall of a fish and chip shop and Pizza place with the  name of Francos Canadian Pizza...very weird. I wondered what the conections with the mural are? l have no idea. Oh actually, l can see the connection maybe with the fish and bread to feed the 5000...maybe..at a stretch! ha! Anyway cheers the place up quite a bit. If you look to the right handside of the image, you will also see a mermaid over the fish and chip shop entrance.

On the pavement outside the fish and chip shop, which also sold ice creams, a little girl was trying to eat her fast melting ice cream. The ice cream started to melte, it suddenly dropped of the cone into a puddle. As the ice cream melted it spread into a puddle, by her feet and formed this pattern....looks like a bird to me. Unfortunatly the pretty pattern did not stop the poor child from screaming its head of because she no longer had her ice cream just her cone! poor child.

As we drove away from the beach, l looked back for one last look and saw this boy on his own, in a vast stretch of sandy beach...nice image to end our day at the beach.

This is a record of our trip to Rustington to see my parents, from Putney..the pretty route, in the pocket rocket! l tried to take images of things people don't tend to notice or were unusual to this journey or only seen at this time of year. Enjoy!! We started the journey in dull cloud..then we hit fog as we approached the Surrey Hills, the sunshine came, then a few drops of rain, more sunshine, then dusk, then rain! Don't you love the Britsh weather?!

This was in the early afternoon!!

This is a very weird image from the car. The big tree on the right looked 2 tone but in fact was just

another tree in front of it... quite a weird illusion, one it took us a while to work out. ha!  Then through the fog we came across this...a huge, christmas pudding shaped bonfire. Never seen anything anything like this before..everyone seems to be involved. When you think there is a week to go before Bonfire Night..wow! how big will it get?

Teamwork from the young lads on the back of the trailer, to the men and women on the ladders passing the branches etc. up to the top..to the two people actually standing on top of this huge heap!

While walking round the fence surrounding the bonfire, l found this beautiful spider's web with water drops on it from the fog.

This is what the compact bonfire looks like close up..masses and masses of wood, branches, leaves, paper and garden rubbish...as you will see from the poster below!

Then, just as l was walking back to the mini, I looked down to see if l could find any cobwebs on the grass when..oh a mushroom...fresh as you will ever get had been broken before l saw it but it came home with me..yumm.reminds me of picking mushrooms early in the morning on airfields as a child.

The house you see below, is in the village of Ockley. I love the ochre which this house is painted in. It is so beautiful and also correct in history terms. We had lunch in a pub there and felt as though we had gone back in time by about 20 years! but in a nice way.

Rosehips l think..even shrivelled up l think they look beautiful!
Moving on in our journey we went to Arundel to go and buy some cakes to take to my parents' house for tea. As l was walking past this window to someone's basement, l spotted this cobweb. It looked just like the bones you see when you look at an X-ray. very appropraite on Halloween!

l bought yummy cakes and was on the way back to the car when l saw this wall with this gorgeous red brick built into it.

Before we went back into the mini, we went for a walk up to the pond on the outskirts of Arundel. On the way we go under (or over) this bridge which l think feels so magical. Especially when it is slightly foggy and damp.

On the way to the pond, we pass a memorial to a child but the rain has washed the name or reason for death away. Still brings a tear to my eye even though l have been past it a few times.

When we reached the pond there was a surprise. The mist was rolling in over the pond..very spooky but beautiful at the same time.

And of course can't do a journey in November without some leaves from the start of Fall as the Americans call it. One of the resons we decided to go via the Surrey Hills was to see the beautiful Fall colours in the valley.....disappointed.....in the valley the trees hadn't turned yet..strange. Luckily for us the trees in Arundel had turned!

Then walking back to the car,  l looked up and saw how beauful the firs looked with the water drops on it from the fog and mist hanging from them...very magical.

and then there was one drop! The lichen on the trees were so many shades of green and then in amongst the ferns were trees with hanging seeds which l think are sycamore seeds.

Then home to Putney ..quicker than we went! what an amazing day.

I just love good artistic graffiti/stencils.....l know a lot of people think it is just vandalism but if its a blank canvas..........go for it. i think if l had been born now..l would be in a lot of trouble. l just get itchy fingers when l see something like a blank wall...where are my paints!!! These are just a little few of my collection, they were all seen in Plymouth except the child one and thats from Amsterdam.

Todays blog is about images l love because of there colours. Many of them were taken in Cornwall during this year of 2009.

Hairbraids or bracelets..your choice what you let this artist do with tall these beautiful coloured threads.

These fishing flags are so colorful when they are all waving together in the wind on the fishing boats or here on the fishing harbour wall.

This seagull, that is bottom up at present..spent about 10mins in the habour water, just splashing around.

They are just beach balls, spades, buckets and hoops ...but oh the colours! Fantastic!

Even with the tide out, the harbour is still a magical place to me.

Love colours.....and the seaside seems to have more than its fair share of them!But you won't hear me complaining!

I have decided in between my daily walk records, l am going to slip in every so often "Images from Cornwall". I have so many images from our trips to Cornwall and l would love for people to see them! so here is a record of some of those images.Enjoy

This pig roast was been done on the beach front for ba wedding. A few days later my son had a pig roast at his wedding..down here in Cornwall too. It really did taste as good as it looked!!

I just adore these pinks and blues. Natural heart shaped rock and broken dark and light blue tiles.

Beach combing on the beaches of Cornwall.

The houses in so many of the villages in Cornwall are so bright and cheerful. Reminds me of the painted houses we had in The Bahames.

 walking on the beach even when the weather is windy and dull. Such fun!

oh my goodness, l have been so busy with my other blogs and work and doing my art...and l have neglected this blog!. l am going to try and put my daily "journeys" on here. I suppose one of the things l really do enjoy while taking my images is looking for the odd, the weird or normally unseen objects in the streets, above and below eye level!

I have been recording my journeys for several days and so am going to put them on here and then hope to catch up and then each day will be journeys the actual date of blog!

I have decided to start on the 13th October 2009.
A walk fro my flat to Putney High Street.

this image is sad..what did the person who sent these flowers do that was so wrong that they were thrown out almost as soon as they were sent....?!!Any suggestions?

Urban Nature!

I wonder how many people walking past this building in Putney, ever look up and see this beautiful blue decoration in tiles?

This image made me giggle......this old stained cushion under the sign that advertises aesthetics and wellbeing!

This bike went pass me so fast but l was fasinated by its solid white wheels..was determined to try and catch the image!

How often do you look up to roof lines and see these spikes to stop pigeons from landing!

Looking up and seeing this feather in the sky made my day. This feather shape lasted for a few minutes and then it was gone. l saw no-one else looking up to the sky before or after l had taken this image. I asked a few people if they had seen it...the 20 people l asked, didnt know what l was talking about! Shame!

This was my journey to Putney.