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This is one of the glass and steel ceilings of Dubai Mall (yes, I know it’s upside down: it just looks better this way).
Recently, I went to a display of old cars and farming machinery in the village of Lesterps, not far from here. I now have many, many pictures of ancient tractors and some quite cool vintage cars, but this image of a child’s tricycle from yesteryear is perhaps a bit more than just a record shot.
A piece of flotsam lies between two clumps of seaweed on Manly Beach, Australia.
Another staircase, this time from a hotel in Paris (which, fortunately, was also equipped with a lift).
As I may have mentioned, Madame is a quilter and quilting is undoubtedly an art form. This is a waistcoat that she made for me a couple of years ago that was exhibited at the International Quilt Show in Dubai. To my mind it is undoubtedly a work of art (and yes, I do wear it. In public, too).
One of my little ‘projects’ for this year is to record the passing seasons here at Tranquility Base by taking a photograph on the first day of each month of the same view – of our large field – from the same perspective. Here, I’ve run the last three together to illustrate how Spring has come to rural France this year. Shame about the…
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet which, put together in various combinations, is enough to make up millions of words. Unfortunately, though, sometimes – as in this textile shop in the Dubai souq – what seems like a logical juxtaposition can convey quite the wrong message…
It’s a moot point whether the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi has been around for long enough to qualify as a monument, but it’s certainly monumental…
Lots of glass-faced buildings in Abu Dhabi…
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