Sunday 14 November 2010

Wet day in Richmond - # 95/10


It's Sunday, but everything is open except for the specialist and second hand book shop (there's more than one small flourishing private book shop in Richmond - some of the rare surviving miracles of 21st Century "developed world" commerce).

The damp weather is keeping customers away from the stainless steel imported Italian-style cafe tables.

Enlarge the picture and enjoy the green moss on the tiny tower-top beneath the cross on the church which was "renewed" in the 18th century. Admire also the original late Victorian white painted window frame on the Alhambra Cafe.

6 comments:

  1. You have rain and we have SNOW - 8 inches of new snow yesterday!
    Winter regards from EAGAN daily photo

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  2. I wonder why all cafes buy this style of seat. Every eatery with an outside area use this chair. The company that makes them must be coining it.

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  3. .....and the bird nest at the top of the tree.

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  4. @FF....quite so! Actually there are two. I was very amused, and wanted to get them into the frame.

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  5. And the reflections on the left. Very nice shot with so much to see. I love the rain glistening on the street.

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  6. Oh that little tower with the moss is a delight. Thank you for p ointing it out. The "imported Italian stainless steel" chairs seem oddly out of place here. Quelle surprise! :)
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