Parasol
I don't think I'd ever seen a person walking around with a parasol before yesterday (I usually only ever see their miniature varieties propping up the appearances of cocktails) and yet it's been the perfect parasol weather recently. Well done to this lady! And more parasols please! Everyone should have a parasol. Look how stylish a parasol is! Goshdarnit, but I've got a hankering for a parasol right about now! For #StreetPics curated by +Arnold Goodway Google+: View post on...
Standing Room Only
I'm glad I was on the south side of the street under the shade of a tree; waiting for a bus is not something I would have enjoyed under the full blast of the sun and with the humidity levels with which we've recently been doused. Still, nice to see that some of the older people have been sensible in the recent heatwave; many of them are now down to just the one cardigan and coat over their shirts, vests, and thermal undervests. For #BenchSaturday curated by +Rainer M. Ritz. Google+: View post on...
Birthday Girls
"Look, Ethel! I've got flowers for my birthday!" "Oh, how lovely Clarissa! I've got a compact, digital camera for mine." "Flowers are more traditional." "Indeed they are, although they'll die soon." "But they smell nice now." "My camera has that new camera smell." "My flowers look very pretty." "I can take pictures of things that look very pretty and keep them forever." "The stems of my flowers taper to fine, sharp points." "I don't really see that that's a good thing to… my eye! My eye! What the…! Clarissa! No! Stop!" It was quite a fight. #StreetPics Google+: View post on...
Gangs
In 1979 a movie about gangs in New York was released called The Warriors and it's fair to say that it's a damn fine film. Watch it if you never have. Consider that an order. The only problem with The Warriors, however, was the impact it had on British lives; cities suddenly found themselves festooned with gangs copying some of the outlandish groups portrayed in that particular flick. Chichester wasn't immune to the effect and it still harbours a few die-hard cadres to this day keen to keep the movie dream alive. Today was the annual Gang Day in Chichester where the various gangs try to recruit from the members of the public in broad daylight; the police look the other way – there were none around for the first time this week – and hardly anyone gets slashed with a razor in return. I didn't join but I did get talking to this trio who are members of a reasonably well-known outfit known as The Fluorescent Fellows. On the left is Brazilian Alan (on account of his similarity to UEFA Cup winner with Ipswich Town in 1980-81, Alan Brazil); in the middle is Vest O'Hanrahan (that's his actual name and not a reference to his clothing choice); and on the right is the gang's enforcer, Geoffrey. Google+: View post on...
Girl By The Wall
There was a girl by the wall across the road from where I and my colleague were sitting in a little bit of shade while he ate his lunch today. She looked cool. Not in the temperature sense since there was none of that going on (it's been mighty hot is what I'm trying to say here) but rather in the in-her-own-world, don't-care-about-anything sense. I wanted to take a picture of her but there were a few things stopping me: firstly, I didn't want to upset her cool; next, I don't really do that whole shooting people while they're looking at me schtick; finally, girls are dangerous. However, a bus that briefly pulled up and blocked the view endowed me with a sudden sense of bravery. As it moves off, I thought, I shall snap a shot quickly and she'll never realise! And even if she does… well… how much harm can a girl really do anyway? And that's how I got this picture and spent twenty minutes of lunch running away and fending off an attack with a handbag. I think she had a brick in it. What was she carrying a brick for? Google+: View post on...
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