tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post5634928726774400703..comments2024-03-28T08:37:56.790+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Moon Street, a Film Crew and a Big Green CatSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51727517452429189672019-01-16T15:10:58.509+00:002019-01-16T15:10:58.509+00:00seriously though, why did obama go?
loved going o...seriously though, why did obama go?<br /><br />loved going on your walk with you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-16797098506763682802019-01-15T06:24:14.118+00:002019-01-15T06:24:14.118+00:00Briony: London is an interesting town! I know what...Briony: London is an interesting town! I know what you mean about ugly street names. We've got a few too.<br /><br />YP: Now THAT would have been a picture!<br /><br />Ms Moon: It's actually a very cute street. The houses across the street (out of the frame) are much more modern and therefore less interesting, at least to me.<br /><br />Fresca: I guess whatever we DON'T have seems exotic, right? I use a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera and two supplemental lenses, a 400mm zoom and, very occasionally, a macro.<br /><br />Red: I usually find that if I can motivate myself to get out and about, I have a great time!<br /><br />Sharon: Whittington's cat is a big deal in that part of London. He had some association with that area. Even the local hospital is named for him.<br /><br />Ellen: Thanks! :)<br /><br />Robin: Venus Lane would definitely be a winner! You know, in all my wandering around London, I never found a neighborhood where the streets are named for planets. How can that be? There's a niche to be filled in the real estate market! (Looking on Google Maps I now see there IS such a neighborhood in Hemel Hempstead, surrounding the wonderfully named "Planets Park.")<br /><br />Jenny-O: Thanks!<br /><br />Sabine: I've never been to Dublin. Must get there one of these days!<br /><br />Catalyst: Well, maybe not a political rant. That can be dangerous business these days! I could have ranted about trash on the street, though.<br /><br />Sue: It's a very popular legend, particularly in that part of London! I'm not sure I knew about it before moving here.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-20894036144154023012019-01-14T19:04:26.921+00:002019-01-14T19:04:26.921+00:00I do love hens and chicks, but I had never heard o...I do love hens and chicks, but I had never heard of Whittington's cat. I just spent a nice half hour reading about him. I found a long story, written for children, which I really enjoyed. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03107838233635613580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-27855725785255504532019-01-14T17:39:58.897+00:002019-01-14T17:39:58.897+00:00There goes your shot at fame, Steve. If you had r...There goes your shot at fame, Steve. If you had run across the street and confronted those two people with some weird question or political rant, you too might have been in that movie. And, as Briony said, of course I love the cat too.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-63584271435494056652019-01-14T17:16:36.974+00:002019-01-14T17:16:36.974+00:00Nice walk and great pictures, Steve.
Moon Street l...Nice walk and great pictures, Steve.<br />Moon Street looks very Dublin-esque, all these Georgian fronts. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26101176616823054942019-01-14T16:56:09.947+00:002019-01-14T16:56:09.947+00:00A very good walk indeed. I love seeing your part o...A very good walk indeed. I love seeing your part of the world through your lens.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-45971682879313006932019-01-14T16:23:39.501+00:002019-01-14T16:23:39.501+00:00What a grand walk that turned out to be. Yes, I wo...What a grand walk that turned out to be. Yes, I would love to live on Moon St. too. Or maybe Venus Lane. Great photos and a very cool cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-21668416553310827572019-01-14T15:57:07.981+00:002019-01-14T15:57:07.981+00:00yes, an excellent walk.yes, an excellent walk.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-4686486079656956602019-01-14T15:36:29.153+00:002019-01-14T15:36:29.153+00:00I love it when you take us along on these walks th...I love it when you take us along on these walks through the city. I missed seeing that cat when I was there. The only rendition of Whittington's cat that I saw was a small one sitting on a rock and surrounded by a fence near the entrance to the Archway tube station. I wish I had seen that big one. I don't think I've ever seen a shop so proudly announcing "we buy porn" before. That film crew scene is one of the strangest I've ever seen. There is nothing about it that makes sense. All in all, a fantastic set of experiences and sites.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-42380751355285484852019-01-14T15:16:34.436+00:002019-01-14T15:16:34.436+00:00That ended up being a super day compared to sittin...That ended up being a super day compared to sitting in the house.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-71359471382605430182019-01-14T14:52:42.592+00:002019-01-14T14:52:42.592+00:00Inspiring!
Thanks for sharing your walk!
Makes m...Inspiring! <br />Thanks for sharing your walk!<br /><br />Makes me want to walk around and record my neighborhood--something I haven't done in several years. <br />Now I have an iPhone (my 1st), it would be a breeze. (I used to feel self-conscious pulling out a camera, now half the people on the street are holding a smart phone.)<br /><br />What kind of camera (& lenses?) do you use? (Perhaps you've already written all about that and can link me to that post?)<br /><br />I especially love spying bits of people's lives in your photos, off to the side--like, who owns a camper van in London? Looks so Midwestern.<br /><br />Funny, people's ideas about Other Places, like Florida v. London.<br /><br />On a trip to London when I was young, I told a sales clerk I was from Minnesota. <br />"I'd love to go there!" he said.<br />Amazed, I asked him why ever he would want to go to this [boring] state.<br /><br />"You can barely go 5 minutes in Europe without seeing a house. You have wilderness."<br /><br />That opened my eyes to how exotic my state is. For instance, there's virgin forest in Duluth, 2.5 hours north, where people's pets risk getten eaten by WOLVES!<br /><br />Not to mention one of the iconic rivers of the world is 2 miles from me. But I'm so used to it, I don't gasp and say, "Huckleberry Finn!" like some German visitors did when we walked over the Mississippi.<br /><br />It's good to see our lives afresh!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-60793665671632934882019-01-14T13:43:23.487+00:002019-01-14T13:43:23.487+00:00Mr. P.'s mind does go to places where angels f...Mr. P.'s mind does go to places where angels fear to tread. <br />Too bad that Moon Street doesn't have any trees or plants. <br />Forgive me. I am cranky this morning. I do love that cat. It's amazing. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88773734884751540072019-01-14T10:38:40.372+00:002019-01-14T10:38:40.372+00:00Did any occupants of Moon Street drop their trouse...Did any occupants of Moon Street drop their trousers in order to reveal their bare buttocks?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-29277115308338598632019-01-14T07:56:46.363+00:002019-01-14T07:56:46.363+00:00I don't know how you always come up with such ...I don't know how you always come up with such interesting posts Steve. We have some streets here with such ugly names and I always thought I just could not live in a street where I had to quote my address to people if it was ugly.<br />Of course I love the cat.<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.com