In the Aquarium
a londoner's life

I love my city because... It is constantly changing and yet familiar. Anonymous but friendly. Residential, industrial and entertaining. Fast paced with sedate pockets. I love my city because I am a Londoner.

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

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Bus Shelters Gallery I've been meaning to put these up for some time but continue to fail to get a decent picture but I'm now going ...
Sunday, 24 August 2008

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Gifts There was evidence of a massacre on the lawn - little black feathers strewn across it. Since there wasn't a body I suspected the f...
Friday, 22 August 2008

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Shortning days When did it suddenly start getting dark at 8.30 again? It suddenly struck me this evening.

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Word Cloud Courtesy of laP , via bignjuicy , a link to Wordle that has created a wordcloud of In the Aquarium. Vacation and clouds feat...

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Red Admiral Spotted one in the garden today - resting on the elderberries that are drooping from heavily laiden branches. Adding it to the s...
Thursday, 21 August 2008

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Vacation Vacation is a word that always seems a bit matter of fact, business-like and as such best describes my time off from work. I am not...
Friday, 15 August 2008

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Queen of the hill Lady drunk sits atop a litter bin in the rain. Cheeks rouged by alcohol, hair in a pony tail, white shoes, surrounded by m...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008

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Weather: changeable Waking up: heavy rain (listening to it through the open bedroom window without looking out) Awake: get up look out - sun...
Sunday, 10 August 2008

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2012 We've been watching quite a lot of the Olympics. Its a habit from when I was a girl. Our family wasn't particularly interested ...
Saturday, 9 August 2008

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Recycling In the Haringey People (my local info mag) June edition it promised that most households would get enhanced recycling by the end o...
Friday, 8 August 2008

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Waiting for Vacation I'm feeling a distinctly low ebb in my creativity. Probably working too hard. Soon I'll be on holiday. One week...
Wednesday, 6 August 2008

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Wally Road Caf An old lady wearing a teeshirt with a seal on the front sits inside a greasy spoon cafe eating a fry-up. Her dogs are outside...
Monday, 4 August 2008

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London from a child's perspective There's buses. Bendy ones. And double decker ones. Double decker ones are better becuase you can s...
Monday, 28 July 2008

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Brewing After the sweltering heat of the day I sit outside in the dark watching moths flicker in the garden light, listen to the clatter of ...
Sunday, 27 July 2008

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Sunday Morning Woke with a jolt at 8.00am convinced my alarm had not gone off and I was late for work. Convinced. Only when I was sitting up...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

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Paartty! Well, a genteel sort of party. A house party held by someone who lives at Westminster Abbey. (!!) Different world. Fabulous old bui...
Saturday, 19 July 2008

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Head in the sand Clearly these days I've been going round with blinkers on - work, home, work - and have missed finding out about the Lo...
Thursday, 17 July 2008

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Talking on the phone while on the loo Would you/could you/well you wouldn't really would you? At home ( maybe ...)/at work (I don't ...
Tuesday, 15 July 2008

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Eye Test Walked over to 20/20 and found they were offering walk-ins again (some time since I've been). They made me look at the long roa...
Wednesday, 9 July 2008

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RainRainrainrain It rained all day today - sort of drizzly at first wafting up under the edge of the umbrella and gradually heavier and heav...
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