The New River

The New River is not so new. It was a canal built in the 17th century to bring water from near Ware to London, but its last few miles have been culverted since the nineteenth century. A small section has been made by Islington following near to its original course to make a very pleasant walk alongside a small stream. These photographs are from that. I was out yesterday looking at reflections and the first photograph is quite a dramatic design, even if I haven't quite got the colour right, probably because I was looking a little too near towards the sun.



Further on I had the delight in capturing something I would not have succeeeded in doing had I worked for it. The mallard drakes were arguing over a female and I was recording some of the action. No easy task. But in this photograph, the action is in the background, and none too clear, but the drake in the foreground has been caught in mid-quack, which I think is rather cool.

Valentine's Day surpise

There was great fun in the household today in regard to Valentine's Day celebration. The other week I was in a local park taking careful photos when I spotted a couple of lovey doves ( or pigeons or something ) and stopped to take a hasty photo of them.



I was only just in time as they flew off almost immediately afterwards. Then, during the family trip to Whitstable last Saturday, beautifully recorded by Evie on her blog, her sister, the young Mum of 2.9 children, said she liked a certain seat. So I took a photo of the same.


Strangely enough I am not sure that she actually sat on it, but that's neither here nor there...
Back home the g.l decided to show yours truly how to send that photo via email, but somehow managed to send the photo of the two birds instead. After some mystification and bemusement the error was later corrected.

After careful thought on my part I decided that the same birdy photo would make a suitable subject for a Valentine's Card for the g.l. and managed last night to put it together, and left it on the kitchen table for her to see this morning for she would be rising before me. This she did and later I came up to make a cup of tea. To my great astonishment I found that the g.l. had left me a Valentine's card - with the two little birds as its main design!

Someone's comment was to the effect that that is what comes from being married for nearly 40 years! Why did I mention the seat/bird photo mix-up? Well the g.l. was doing the Valentine card around the same time, so we may have here a rare example of a Freudian photo slip, or not...