Today, just a few recent photos from my iPhone!
First, Olga pauses next to some graffiti in Billy Fury Way on Sunday morning. She's never very happy about pausing for a picture, but she tolerates me.
In case you doubted me about the rapidity of the snow melt, here's our back garden on Sunday morning, after I propped up the flattened daffodils. The tiny bit of snow in the flower bed in the foreground lasted only an hour or so beyond when I took the photo. Miraculously, it looks like all our plants survived, though I guess we won't know for sure until things start growing again.
This was a definite casualty of the storm -- a car parked not far from our flat, on the opposite side of the street from an intersection. Clearly someone slid right through the snowy intersection and crashed into it! I first noticed it Friday morning, I think. And it's still there, maybe waiting for a tow truck or insurance adjusters or something.
Yesterday I found this graffiti snake playfully painted onto some steps over the tube tracks. I wish I'd seen it when it was new!
And finally, one of my commenters mentioned not too long ago a book from 1927 called "Freddy Goes to Florida," about a group of American farm animals that travel south for the winter. Even with my personal roots in the Sunshine State, I'd never heard of it. Imagine my surprise when I found a copy in our library conference room! I'm definitely going to give it a read!
Perhaps it is part of a series - "Dave Goes to Delaware", "Steve Goes to South Dakota" and "Trump Goes to Tristan da Cunha"
ReplyDeleteI love the name 'Billy Fury Way' takes me back a bit. lol
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Mr. Pudding's comment makes me think: Is Delaware the most boring state in our union? I vote "Yes".
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice situation you have, a garden in London, and a workplace that stocks great mid-century American illustration. You're a long, long way from Delaware.
Wow, it's like you went from dead of winter to spring in just a couple of days. What a change. I bet Olga thinks that black thing you keep pointing at things is the human version of a kong!
ReplyDeleteyou are so lucky to have that garden. it looks like there used to be a big rectangular bed where the bird bath and the roses are. it really stands out in the picture.
ReplyDeleteGoodness! I think I have a copy of that book in my very own library! I'll have to go check.
ReplyDeleteYour plants will make a full recovery from the storm. Only the hardy plants start early.
ReplyDeleteI love the scenes from your iPhone. It's like going for a walk with you and Olga! How cool that you found that book right there in your library. Looking forward to reading what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of Billy Fury so I Googled him and learned he was from Liverpool and died at 42 of a heart attack. I then went to You Tube to hear a version of his "Wondrous Place". It's amazing what one can learn on the World Wide Web and I thank you for giving me the lead.
ReplyDeleteYour back garden is a vision of spring! And the best part is Olga lurking in the background.
ReplyDeletePity the poor soul who came out the next morning to find a crunched bumper.
Like Red said, your plants will be okay. Here we plant daffodils and crocuses and irises because they are hardy plants that can stand a late spring snow, which we generally get at least one of :)
ReplyDeleteLove the snake! Someone has a sense of humour.
Looks like you guys will survive then. Not much snow left there.
ReplyDeleteHere, I've shovelled more than a foot of it off my car in the last two days, and it's still snowing. After today's shovelling, I moved my car underneath the boughs of a large spruce tree in the yard, in hopes they'll keep some of the snow off. And at least it's not 30-below, so while streets and roads and highways are in rough shape and the plows are all going non-stop to clear them, the temperature is actually mild and lovely. A few more degrees up the thermometer and there will be meltage! -Kate