Battersea Power Station is clearly the finest structure in London, forget Apsley House, you want imposing might, you can’t go further tha…
Battersea Power Station is clearly the finest structure in London, forget Apsley House, you want imposing might, you can’t go further than Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s magnificent Art Deco monolith of brick. / So he had a stab at the telephone box, and Bankside (or the Tate Modern) is alright, but those four chimney’s rising from clutter of terraces and railway sidings strike an imposing figure over the city skyline. And it’s not surprising, it’s the largest brick building in Europe. / From Pink Floyd to Children of Men, via The Beatles and The Dark Knight, it is scorched into our modern cultural psyche, the Bank of England burnt tens of thousands of pounds in the furnaces there when they thought the Bosch were about to conquer us during WW2. Meanwhile the RAF were using the plumes of smoke to guide them home. Screaming Lord Sutch wanted to cover it in wool and make it look like a dead sheep, John Broome tried to turn it into a theme park. Now they want to turn it into a naff collection of faux pot plants and cafes, with a riverside walkway way, exterior designed to within an inch of it’s life. They’ll probably fail. But I don’t care, it meant that it was opened for two days for the public to get inside and have a wander, and this just hasn’t happened very often. (PVZ would have wet himself) On a different note, but while I have your attention, the next day I attended the Lovebox Weekender, and aside from Goldfrapp having these totally ace guys dressed up like colourful carpets pinging it all over the stage, Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips came out in a massive plastic ball and went walking and crawling all over the crowd, oh, and yeah, their show was amazing too
I have been touched by the sale of my card Seeing Spots today – ...
I have been touched by the sale of my card Seeing Spots today – this shot was taken on the platform at Hornsby railway station here in Sydney … and was bought by Earthangel who originally had this to say about the image: I love it but I’m biased – I work for an Australia wide Blindness and Low Vision Agency and I love that you took this pic and won an award for this. Many people take tactile markings for granted but when you know people who have died or fallen down between a train and a platform due to blindness and the everyday difficulties they face – I love these things! This would be a great card for our organisation to sell. Well done love the colour contrast which is also what it’s all about. THANK YOU EARTHANGEL for thinking beyond the box and seeing a way for this work to potentially make a contribution … Rosalie
My Dear Dear Bad Boy….SODDY JAMMS OF WATER WORLD / I…
My Dear Dear Bad Boy….SODDY JAMMS OF WATER WORLD / IS FEATURED! IN THE THE EYES HAVE IT GROUP! / THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!
In the group Painter’s In Modern Times – there is a section were people are submittin…
In the group Painter’s In Modern Times – there is a section were people are submitting their Instant Cheer Up Music......So I want to share Marilyn Brown – choice, which she aptly called:- Prepare To Be Blown Away – Enjoy….....Sx
Thank you very much Cherish for the feature:))) / This is the main train station in central Lisbon- Rossio. / Thanks to all friends who vis…
Thank you very much Cherish for the feature:))) / This is the main train station in central Lisbon- Rossio. / Thanks to all friends who visited this work:)) / Tereza / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
The lovely people at the Victorian Viewfinders Group have been kind enough to fea…
The lovely people at the Victorian Viewfinders Group have been kind enough to feature my On the Outside shot. If you have not discovered them yet, then please check out this great group to find some outstanding work. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Thank you so much to the hosts for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. Tom
Thank you so much to the hosts of Communities Group for featuring my work. !http://images-2…
Thank you so much to the hosts of Communities Group for featuring my work.
Yorkshire Grit have kindley featured my image Power Station I eo…
Yorkshire Grit have kindley featured my image Power Station I eould like to thank the moderators Glen
oh you gotta check this out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo
oh you gotta check this out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo
WOW, thank you for featuring my shot of our fire station. I’m very happy. !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:mocha/...
WOW, thank you for featuring my shot of our fire station. I’m very happy. :
Wow…Great news my shot of the Albury Railway Station has been featured in “Trains” Group. Thank you very much.. http://www.redbubble.c…
Wow…Great news my shot of the Albury Railway Station has been featured in “Trains” Group. Thank you very much.. http://www.redbubble.com/train-art-photography-writing/featured_works
Many thanks to the trains group for featuring my image all aboard...
Many thanks to the trains group for featuring my image all aboard much appreciated indeed
Quite a few months ago I posted a picture called The Station Master’s Cottage-...
Quite a few months ago I posted a picture called The Station Master’s Cottage. The very charismatic (and now shingle free, I hope) Gregoryno6 bmailed me to say that he saw something “dark and disturbing” in that cottage…..................so I set him a challenge and asked him to write The Story of the Station Master’s Cottage. A new job, a bout of shingles and a few months later…...............ta da! Here it is, the spinechilling story of The Station Master’s Cottage by Gregoryno6 Read it if you dare…...........
The lovely people at the European Everyday Life Group have been kind enough to f…
The lovely people at the European Everyday Life Group have been kind enough to feature my On the Outside shot. If you have not discovered them yet, then please check out this great group to find some outstanding work. Click on the photograph below to see the shot properly: Thank you so much to the hosts for recognising my work, I appreciate the honour and the exposure. Tom
Unbelievable………..My shot of Albury Civic Fire Station was featured in *1:1 With the News...
Unbelievable………..My shot of Albury Civic Fire Station was featured in *1:1 With the News: / I’m very honored and proud. / Thank you very much to the host Heavenandus777: :
Hi everyone Myself and roybob have started a new group called Fire Station:. / We welcome a…
Hi everyone Myself and roybob have started a new group called Fire Station:. / We welcome all shot of fire stations, also those taken inside or a part of a fire station.
Wow my enhanced shot of Albury Civic Fire Station was featured in http://www.redbubble.com/live-love-dream. Thank you very much. !...
Wow my enhanced shot of Albury Civic Fire Station was featured in http://www.redbubble.com/live-love-dream. Thank you very much.
MCLEAN, TEXAS The sun was dropping on d…
MCLEAN, TEXAS The sun was dropping on down when we arrived at McLean. In the downtown area, the road split into one-way east and west bound segments, divided by a city block. Although closed for the day, we saw a dual museum called “Texas Route 66 Museum / Devil’s Rope Museum” The term “Devil’s Rope” referred to barbed wire as there were two gigantic balls of barbed wire perched on concrete columns. Where else but on Route 66 would you find a tribute to barbed wire? It is a wonderful country we live in! A great photo opportunity was the tiny cottage-style Phillips 66 gas station all decked out in fresh tan and orange paint. The sign on the street corner indicated the station was originally built in the 1920’s and was the first Phillips 66 station in Texas. An antique Ford tanker truck was parked to the side, also painted a bright orange with the Phillip 66 emblem on the door. The gas pump showed a price of 19 cents per gallon! As we drove west through McLean on Route 66, there was the smell of something delicious cooking! We followed our noses to the Red River Steakhouse. Once there our stomachs began to do the Route 66 rumble… We were greeted at the door by a very friendly hostess who had the same southern accent as we did. For a tiny town like McLean, the parking lot was packed when we arrived. A full parking lot at a local restaurant is always a good sign. We were late-comers for supper and people began leaving while we were eating. Everyone knew everyone else as there were shouts of goodbye from across the room and farewells that included “be careful driving home”. It was obvious that this was a very friendly ranch community on Route 66. As my daddy used to say, we must have “popped out like a sore thumb” as visitors because the waitress immediately wanted to know where we were from and the hostess later brought out the guestbook so we could sign it. A big ole salad was served first, heaped high with crisp, cold lettuce and lots of fixin’s. Then our 8 oz. steaks were placed before us, completely covering a large platter. The steak was so big that it was nudging the baked potato out of the way! Both were tender and cooked to perfection. The complimentary dessert of homemade peach cobbler was delicious. For $1 more, we added a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. If you are anywhere near McLean near supper time, don’t miss the Red River Steakhouse.
Just saw that my photo of ‘What a Beaut” is the Photo of the Day . This is the most watched TV station in our area. Please check it out. ...
Just saw that my photo of ‘What a Beaut” is the Photo of the Day . This is the most watched TV station in our area. Please check it out. www.WPDE.com it is on the home page. Thanks !!! March 18th
CONWAY, TEXAS Next stop after leaving Amarillo was the tiny town of Conway. A large section of the old town was entirely fenced in, ...
CONWAY, TEXAS Next stop after leaving Amarillo was the tiny town of Conway. A large section of the old town was entirely fenced in, containing a junkyard of Route 66 relics and dilapidated buildings. I took my first photo through the fence and there happened to be a horse grazing inside. As we drove slowly further west, the horse trotted with us and would stop to look at me as I focused the camera. I do believe this was a very tourist-friendly horse who recognized paparazzi and the possibility of fame and fortune. We found another quirky ranch in Conway nearer to the interstate – The Bug Ranch. Here we saw five Volkswagen Beetles buried nose first in the dirt, but not quite so straight or at the same precise angle. This was definitely a spoof of the more famous Cadillac Ranch. In Amarillo, we climbed all over the cadillacs and they didn’t budge. However, I would not recommend doing this with the Bugs as they are less stable. ALANREED, TEXAS The first structure we saw on the eastern edge of Alanreed was the First Baptist Church, established in 1905, with a sign near the road proudly announcing its Route 66 location. At the bottom of the hill from the church was a nicely restored gas station. Built in 1930 the 66 Super Service Station was a glimpse into the past. Directly behind the station was an old garage with a restored advertising painting for Merit Seed & Feed. There are only remnants of the original town left, mostly covered with overgrown bushes and weeds. At the western end of town is an old cemetery with a historical Route 66 marker that indicates the first interment was in 1890.
This Artist you simply have to see to believe the beauty of his composition, color, DoF, landmark & scenic photography. He also does fant…
This Artist you simply have to see to believe the beauty of his composition, color, DoF, landmark & scenic photography. He also does fantastic flowers and architectural photog! / http://www.redbubble.com/people/isegrim/art/2247208-2-station / ( hope the picture Link works! If not, go to STATION
Thanks to the folks at “Statues and Such” for featuring my “Station of the Cross”. It’s an honor, and very much appreciated.
Thanks to the folks at “Statues and Such” for featuring my “Station of the Cross”. It’s an honor, and very much appreciated.
In these days of PS3 video games, and widescreen plasma televisions, the thought of creating your own entertainment is often regarded as …
In these days of PS3 video games, and widescreen plasma televisions, the thought of creating your own entertainment is often regarded as old hat. Why bother…. – in 2007, the electronic media can now provide all we ever wanted, and all we have to do is to sit back and enjoy the experience. / It was this thought that inspired me to create my latest drawing – Singalong at the station – because it recalls an era when people actually made their own entertainment. My composition shows the interior of an outback homestead, with sun streaming in the window, a barren landscape outside, and members of the family enjoying themselves around the piano, with Aussie-style home-grown entertainment. / Many Redbubble readers may remember when it was considered OK to sit around the piano, and have a rousing singalong without the help of digital TV or video games. / I suppose this helped unite the family group, particularly in more remote regions, and it was a fun thing to do. And when you are hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city, you are by necessity forced to rely on your own efforts for entertainment. / I’m not saying that today’s electronic marvels are necessarily a bad thing. After all, I couldn’t have posted this entry without the help of my laptop and Redbubble’s marvellous website. Computers are a useful tool, digital televisions are quite fantastic – but sometimes I reckon that a few beers, a honky tonk piano and some rousing songs produce just as much pleasure ! /
/ / / Two weeks back, we just came home from shopping hubby did something he has never done before (at least that’s what he says). / H…
/ / / Two weeks back, we just came home from shopping hubby did something he has never done before (at least that’s what he says). / He tried to park in backwards with the new rental car we just had for one week at our Complex. / You know, they have a lot of huge cars in Kuwait but parking spaces are always small. And these are cornered by metal poles that hold the sunroof. / Now, hubby knew that the sensors in this car were off, they didn’t work right (we actually figured later that they give you a warning sound when nothing’s there but no sound when there is something). / So, these beautiful new cars are all built so you don’t see nothing through the gear window when driving backwards. Another reason I would not want to drive it. / Long story short, hubby hit the pole with his gear end. Nothing bad and covered by the insurance anyway. / All he has to do is file a report with the police. / Nothing you wanna do on your day off, but t has to be done. You don’t really want to do that in a garage illegally by people that probably get busted exactly on the day YOU have your car in there. So he did it the right way. He went to make this story short as well, to three police stations that afternoon, trying to find the right one. / The right one after being in Fahaheel and Abu Halifa (I think) was the one in Ahmadi (or one of the ones in Ahmadi, let’s put it that way), but….. / But the guy that did that paperwork wasn’t there that day and anyway, he had to bring a translator to tell him what the paperwork is all about. / Uh….ok…..now what? Through Miss Z. I know Soud, a Kuwaiti guy, nice and always helpful. I texted him a message and he texted back that he either tries to find someone for us or helps us himself. Have I mentioned that he’s a nice guy? / So the following Monday the three of us headed towards Ahmadi and after being at the wrong police station first, we finally found the right one. / Hubby asked me that morning if I wasn’t going to take my camera, but failed to mention, why I should. / There’s a huge parking lot besides that station with many, many crashed cars. Well, all I got was a shot with my Cellphone, but better than nothing. / It was better anyway, that I didn’t have my camera with me, I had itchy fingers already and am glad I didn’t get busted for what I DID shoot ;). So, we had a little Odyssee through at least 4 offices, not in vain, we collected a stamp and a signature in every office, everything was registered in a HUGE blue book, no computers in sight anywhere. Back to the office where the guy was residing that did the check of the car and the report we were told that Soud needs to go and make a copy of his ID and bring it back here. Off we went to a nearby junk store with a movie theater, we would have been so lost without Soud :). Back to the station were already a bunch of people waiting and off we went to the parking lot were each car got inspected and checked. / Back inside we were all settled to wait. / Urgent needs made me go and search a toilet, finding some jail cells with people in it (women and men, mainly Indian / Pakistani it seemed) and some nasty nasty toilets. (I spare you the toilet with the poop on the ground…) I guess the jail was just like an interim stop for those people until the decision’s made what to do with them. It was pretty weird and that was the moment I was glad NOT to have my camera or I would have probably ended up in there with them ;). Well, while we waited, some guys came with a food delivery and the doors of the office closed for the next half hour. Which meant breakfast break, for the guys in there not us. But it went pretty fast, after those doors opened up again. We got our papers and could go to the last and final office, where we had to sit down in a room that just made me grin, well, made me hide a big grin. / It was a dusty room with two big old wooden desks, old green filthy carpet with a cigarette butt in one corner and a bunch of folders in two different colors stacked on top of each other in no apparent order. Good luck finding anything when you need to. One guy was sitting at one of the desks, apparently doing nothing but drinking his tea and watching the world. The second guy came a bit later, pretty young and a bit nervous it seemed, but he did a good job. No Computer here neither. He was working out of his briefcase that was on the table in front of him. / Now the signature part came. Soud explained Floyd that it would take 8 or 9 months or longer for the file to appear online and then he would have to pay the fine of around 5 Dollars. Huh? / Yeah, the whole thing goes to court and then one day you can check online if you have fines and when it pops up you go and pay it. / Uhm, sure….. / Where does one get the address? / Oh, it’s written at the back of every police car. / Ah, how very helpful ;) Well, this bump was sure worth it’s 5 bucks and the hassle. I would have never seen all this without it :P Ah, and on our way back there was a big jam at a traffic light for a few minutes. / When the traffic finally started rolling again we saw the most funny sight ever: / an Indian trash guy regulating the traffic. / Hilarious! / But it worked :)! Now, if you want to see the (not so beautiful) pictures going with this entry, I’m afraid you have to visit my blog, cause I can’t get the html codes to work here…. :( / http://rainmountain.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-other-day-at-the-police-station/
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