Facial Recognition

How many faces can you spot?

My favourite paving stones

These flagstones are set into the cobbles on the quayside in Sutton Harbour, 

in front of of the Old Customs House, creating an island which in summer 

is crowded with tables for the customers of the nearby bar. 

But in winter when the crowds have gone and the rain has washed them clean, 

they reveal their true beauty.

Rock formation on the South West Coastal Path.

near the beautiful beach at Constantine, in North Cornwall.

"Oh! What a tangled web we weave when ...."

Straight lines, right angles and curves.

Inside every black hole that collapses

may lie the seeds of an expanding universe.

                                                         Sir Martin Rees

Everything has beauty,

but not everyone sees it.

 

Heat not a furnace for your foe

so hot that it do singe yourself.

                                                             William Shakespeare

 

Intersections

Light Trap

The Danes have a word for them.

Bordskåner

Blue Flame 1

Spark, Flame, Fire

Cruciform 3

Street Art

Spirals

The Windmills of Your Mind

                                                                   Round

                                                                   Like a circle in a spiral

                                                                   Like a wheel within a wheel

                                                                   Never ending or beginning

                                                                   On an ever spinning reel

                                                                                                         Dusty Springfield

 

I think it is a "secret" work by Christo and Jeanne - Claude.

 

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude were a married couple who created environmental works of art.

Click to see some of their work. 

Their works include the wrapping of the  Reichstag  in Berlin and the  Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, the 24-mile (39 km)-long artwork called  Running Fence in  California, and The Gates in New York's Central Park

 This "Wrapping" is immediately next door to the carefully restored 16th /17th century Merchant's House, between the City Centre and the historic Barbican quarter.

The Red Spot

How the Red Spot got there I have no idea.

But the thought always crosses my mind when I see this sort of coloured cladding is:

did the architects factor in the long term effects that 'bird strikes' would have on their colour choice?

Cornish Geology

A few images from the new collection by Yannick Tonnelier,

which explores aspects of the geology of the rugged Atlantic coast of Gornwall.

Unnoticed 'Art' beneath our feet (2)

Another image by Yannick Tonnelier, from his recent series of details from paving slabs.

Unnoticed "Art" beneath our feet.

An image by Yannick Tonnelier, from his recent series of details from paving slabs.