Lunch with Aka

Stan likes to call himself Aka because he likes red wine. We met for lunch and a good tongue wag. We couldn't use the Tokyo Kaikan's first floor bar, so we populated their Prunier bar. Club house sandwiches and a couple reds! See you soon, Stan. Don't forget about our golf plans.

More flowers from the ROG

Greenwich in the rain.... after the London Marathon

I made it out to Greenwich last weekend. I didn't realize that the London Marathon was going to start there, so was surprised to find a long stream of runners heading into London as I made my way to the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Luckily they had all left Greenwich. At the ROG the daffodils were covering a slope. Nice in the cloudy Albion atmosphere. Not much of a view when it's raining. Better luck in the summer.

At the Hopes I envisaged a blue room...

And Angelica had her school friends over.

A night in London.... playing with my shadow

On the way to Nottinghill Gate tube station there are lots of opportunities to use the street lights to shoot your shadow.

The blossoms of an Izuvian cherry tree

Alas, they are falling already. This shot from Saturday was taken to show the bark of the cherry tree. Too much attention is given to the blossoms. Cherry trees' bark is also very interesting and available for viewing 365/24/7.