April already!

I may have posted this tower in Primrose Hill before but not this example. My friend lived near the top.

Spring blossom in Primrose Hill

Davy Jones put in an appearance at a pirate fest on the Oregon coast when we visited in 2014. (I especially like the plush octopus gracing his shoulder.)

A gorgeous dawn at Paignton Beach.

I carry some sort of camera wherever I go, and I just parked by Hendon sorting office.

On my travels to Oakham in Rutland. The enamel sign was white in the box and arrow but is wearing off to show the yellow underneath which is only supposed to show on the border.

Spring blossom in Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb by David Howard, on Flickr

I just found a new path locally in Barn Hill

Spring blossom in Kingsbury

A view, seaward, of Weymouth town bridge.

Taken in the botanical gardens, Phoenix AZ, facing Papago Park.

Nice one Ed! Just look at that cracking weather.

More local blossom

Thanks. Phoenix was lovely. However, we also ran into snow and 30 degrees (F) on the trip:



This is Bryce Canyon. It's amazing what 7000-plus feet of altitude will do to a climate!

And then we went to Zion Canyon, which was a nice balance of both - no snow and no cactus:

One of the most ubiquitous signs of the 50s and 60s, the turn left. This is my third but the first which still has its red ring on. Many signs had them for mandatory rules, but this is only the third I've got, all the others had them removed for unknown reasons.

A lovely end to a beautiful day in south Devon.

Regents Park boating lake.

Yesterday afternoon I thought it might be nice to take a trip across the bay on one of the Torquay to Brixham ferries. There had been a pod of dolphins in the bay the day before and this presented a photo opportunity. Sadly, the dolphins didn't show, but this chap did.

On the return trip to Torquay he decided to buzz the boat and show off his jetski tricks... Everything was going so well until he stalled his machine and couldn't get it started again (at least not immediately). Cue howls of raucous and derisory laughter from the packed ferry boat and, once he'd managed to re-start it, he legged it all the way back to Brixham.

Such fun! (as a local comedienne would say)

The Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix were in full bloom when we visited:

Golders Green Methodist Church

This deer seems to be saying "This is our park, you need to go"
(Taken in Zion Canyon)

Classical architecture in Regents Park. This is next to the London Business School and Royal College of Gynaecologists.