January 29th, 2010

karol lasia / khomatech is the best cat photographer

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roof terrace

January 15th, 2010

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quite good views over old street, constructed this past summer and weathered stormy conditions well.

38

January 15th, 2010

there is a number 38 every 2-5 minutes, but it wouldn’t be the back of the 38 without a chicken bone.

chicken bone

blue moon

December 28th, 2009

on new years eve. almost there.

blue moon

hampstead trees

December 28th, 2009

there are some beautiful trees in hampstead heath.

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earthy smell, calm, almost silent, and slippery feet.
the heath is beautiful in blue-skied crispy winter, the view from hill back down to london cloaked in the very hazy light of a sun barely scraping above the horizon during these shockingly short days. not worth the photo, you had to be there.
i wish i hadn’t spoilt it by walking along the high street. maybe one day i too will be a white person with a baby and a dog, but i hope not on hampstead high street.

the opposite

December 27th, 2009

my little brother; sunshine-warm, fit and by the ocean.

joel

desertion

December 25th, 2009

today i thought the streets would be deserted and the shops shut, but it was mostly public transport that was closed. plenty of ambulance, police and minicab.
spar and costcutter open, dixy chicken and best kebab open, cat&mutton shut, the dolphin probably was open.
loads of people in the park, on the streets, becoming less cheery as day passed; higher number of ‘merry christmas’s in the morning. or maybe that was because i was wearing a bright hat and people talk to me when i wear a bright hat.
calm and beautiful london christmas for manx cat, very old and large, with no tail and a huge face eating a plastic bag and wishing for some eternal sunshine.
dalston square deserted, and lit more by fairylights than by the moon.

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christmas

December 22nd, 2009

a whole working day spent making a gravy train with biscuit wheels. second last day before holidays; i wonder what tomorrow holds. might arrange cheese on a board.

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the coldest solstice

December 21st, 2009

The solstice sun set at 15:53, studio already darkened by the snow-fall on the sky lights. I went out on the roof and came back with a damp white head.
And the gas pipes for 345 hackney road have been illegally piggy-backed from 349, where a gas leak there has put a stop to heat and hot water and cooking. It’s snowing and it’s Christmas and a very angry cat has cold home paws. I hope he lasts the night. x

solstice snow

sunrise

December 16th, 2009

(left to right) st james church and the three kings pub in winter, walk through the barbican in summer, some cranes, st pauls and the studio roof.
tiny snow forecast today.

sunrise