Looking Lovely

I just like this, so I wanted to share it :)

Please take from this whatever happiness you feel comfortable taking.

Hope...

Whether you're interesting in politics, whether you were eligible to vote in US elections, whether you wanted Mitt Romney or Barack Obama to win, now doesn't really matter because Barack Obama has won this one. This short post is not about political persuasion.

So, to put all those factors to one side and look simply at the words, I wanted to share a very small portion of Obama's victory speech from last night. It is just one sentence about hope. Whether you like him or not, I think that this is a very powerful statement and so true as to what hope really is.

Please allow this to inspire you.

"I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us, so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting."
A full transcript of the speech is available on the The White House website.

It's All Over...

Here is a photograph that I took today of the flypast over central London to mark the end of London 2012.


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Thames Festival Fireworks

So, here's a few photographs that I took tonight of the Thames Festival Fireworks.


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In Memory of Neil Armstrong

This is a photograph that I took of the moon a couple of months ago. After hearing about the very sad passing of Neil Armstrong, I researched the location of the Apollo 11 landing sites to see if I could see that part of the moon in the photo. I could, so Neil, this is for you. Thank you.


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A Perfect Geographical Tribute

This is just so poignant.

Discovered recently by a passing hot air balloonist, this heart shaped feature emerges as a vision from the surrounding woods.



The story behind it which I saw in the Daily Mail is a real tearjerker though.

A man who's wife passed away 17 years ago wished to create a lasting tribute to the woman he had loved for so many years.

"The farmer planted thousands of oak saplings in a six-acre field – but left a heart-shaped area in the middle, with the point facing towards his wife’s childhood home."
-- from the Mail Online

You can actually see this in Google Earth.



Or if you don't have Google Earth, you can see it upside down in Google Maps.

Rochester Row

Eight thirty, and shutters up,
The lone drummer, swaying in the breeze,

Chimes ring out for ten,
The bookbinders bound by the awning,

For some their time has come,
With dignity, she lays them to rest,

Ants search for their next lair to colonise,
Pacing to the beat of the speaker's voice,

With wispy hair and apple in hand,
The ink pours into storytelling mode,

Back to their posts in all directions,
March the armies of orange blue and white,

Five thirty the exodus begins,
Delta, Victor, India, India.