Happy Halloween

Here's a ghoulish image for Halloween: stuffed hummingbirds in a case at the Natural History Museum.

Second Hand Graves

Just in time for Halloween, it seems a shortage of space is forcing Brits to go back to the old ways of recycling graves: share a grave with a stranger.

O is For Olde Sweet Shop

A sweet shop in Bath. Notice the ghost image in the lower right hand corner. Not really--It's me.

ABC Wednesday

Near the City Wall

I don't know what this building is but it looks like it was designed -- or at least influenced by -- the same architect who did the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Abandoned Toilet

Regular readers may think I'm obsessed with toilets. I probably am.

Public toilets weren't common until Victorian times when public toilets, such as this one in Tottenham, started to spring up. The advent of public toilets signalled the beginning of more freedom for Victorian women, allowing them to go further afield and not have to stay close to home or the houses of their friends.

It's not so hard to imagine life before public conveniences because history seems to be going backwards as public toilets are again becoming few and far between.

I Need to go Out to the Country More Often

Before I saw the price tags on these tents Hitchin town centre, I thought they belonged to rough sleepers.

Converted Warehouse

I love the idea of poetry, or maybe even random words in metal on the side of this building. It is one of those things where a great concept isn't quite carried out in execution, though.

Of course I may be wrong. As a word person, I'm assuming it's meant to be legible. Perhaps the artist wanted the text to be difficult to read. I have to admit I like the way it looks.