Blue butterflies

Two Little Fishes

Yellow fish, orange fish. Editing somewhat inspired by the ever brilliant Sarah Moon.

Hound

Escape

Snail days

Menagerie

I met this giraffe and this tiger in an urban carpet jungle at the weekend.

Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie

A few images from an agricultural show in Berkshire. Interesting how it feels similar to the one I shot in France last summer.

Making My Own Museum, IV

My cousin Ellie at the Pitt Rivers, Oxford.

Making My Own Museum, III

Making My Own Museum, II

Second of three sets from the Natural History Museum.

Making My Own Museum, I

 

From the Natural History Museum.

Things I saw yesterday

Dead wasp / Madonna and Child / Eighties' pin-up Sam Fox. Is this the only occasion in history where those three things have been put together? 

Borough Market

Even though it's only just down the road from my house, I rarely visit Borough Market: mostly because the goods for sale are too tempting for my skimpy purse and partly because it gets so very packed that you can't reach the free samples of cheese (which is the real reason I go, obviously). Last Friday an epicurious uncle of mine was in town and demanded a visit. Roast duck, creme caramel, organic juice, potted shrimp, juicy kalamata olives and Monmouth Coffee. Me oh my... I genuinely think that the flash of red on the pheasant below and the beetled blues and greens of its neck feathers are nothing short of exquisite.  

I cannot resist taking a photo of a pig's head when I see one. Weird or what?

Have you ever seen a more beautiful presentation of artichokes than these babies? 

Surrey Docks City Farm

Last week I headed over to my local city farm to test out my new lens, the Canon 70-200 f2.8 L. It was perfect weather both for sauntering around this tiny slice of countryside in the middle of the city, and for testing the lens. Long low warm sunlight, a 'violet hour' lasting from half past one until three pm. Just gorgeous. Next sunny weekend I'll be down there like a shot, testing out their cafe.