I like strange and unique things so I wanted to have a post just about things I notice. A huge part of this is street art. I have many examples of great things I saw along the way. This blog entry is mostly pictures. Here are a few:
First, murals and street art:
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Look closely at this one |
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This lovely was in Brighton |
Beyond the murals I love juxtaposition. Old and new. Modern and Ancient. Sometimes just modern or just ancient standing out there...making its point to the world.
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The Shard looks sooo tiny from this angle. The Boomerang looks ready to burst. |
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I saw this floor and door stop near the British Museum and had to stop and take a snap. |
Plaques noting the famous are everywhere...as are chalkboards outside of pubs.
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Parts of town have hardcore missions to state their sensibility |
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Dangling things always get my attention |
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Like these strange cherubs near St. Paul's Cathedral
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Got some old crap? You too can make a gigantic mobile. Yes, cassette tapes. |
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Interesting...ball of marigold like thing |
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Foxglove everywhere in Ireland and England |
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This beauty was at the Royal Palace in Brighton |
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serious gates at St. Paul's |
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Pattern. And a hand for a door knob. |
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This appeared in an earlier blog about Greenwich but those patterns!!
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oxford details |
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millions of tiny tiles for the St. Paul's floor |
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The Walkie Talkie like an apparition in the background |
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Hotel Russell |
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I wish I had something for scale--these were gigantic lemons! |
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From The Shard, the train yard looks like art |
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Oxford ceiling details |
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I've always been obsessed with the dragons of London |
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parkly, shiny all over London. This one by my flat every day. |
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Dublin has Spiderman |
There was much art and promotion regarding the US Prez
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Modern Millennium Bridge and St. Paul's |
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Oxford door |
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I love the Walkie Talkie and the grasshopper |
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Everyone needs a large metal cyborg statue...they have 2 at Camden Yards |
I really love this shot of the old: The Golden Hinde (St. Francis Drake's ship) combined with the modern: The Cheese Grater, the Gerkin and the Walkie Talkie.
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In Brighton this upside down house is a tourist attraction. |
Spirals.
The ruins of Winchester Palace. 12th Century important medieval building near the Thames.
Magpies: 1 for sorrow. 2 for Joy. I LOVE magpies!
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living walls make me happy |
I just ran out of time and desire to posts more photos....
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