Tree view

I took this photo yesterday looking out of the Fenton Town Hall window. Then I remembered the room used to be a court room, and I had been a witness there in a trial 30 years ago.

I won’t talk about the case, but I can say the person was found guilty.

Other features were holding cells where witnesses were kept until it was time to appear in front of the magistrates. I have to say it was a long and boring wait. I still remember sitting in a green painted room for hours.

Funny how taking a photo of something with no connection with a memory can stir  up things from years ago,

Squirrel

Squirrel with bushy tail on my garden fence yesterday. Looking in the wrong direction, the squirrel had probably retrieved a walnut that it had cached in my plant pots in autumn. The tree he is sitting “in” is my apple tree which was laden with fruit last autumn.

It’s an American grey squirrel that were introduced to Britain in the 1800’s I think? They have pushed the indigenous Red Squirrels out, which now live in the far north of the UK and in small enclaves in wilder areas. Even so I love having them as guests in my garden. X

A cataract impression.

Lying in bed this morning.

I could see the window was blurry through my eye with my worst cataract and I wondered how to create an image of what it looks like? I took a photo through my bed sheet and it sort of worked. I also put it through a black and white filter because my sheet was pink. My eyesight isn’t as bad as this, but it does give an impression of what I imagine a really bad cataract would look like.

Seeking shadows..

One big disadvantage of having to have eyedrops to open up your irises is it’s blinding on a bright sunny day when you leave your opticians. I was dreading having it done today and the sun shone brilliantly as it has done for the last week. I was searching for my clip on sunglasses for ages before I found them. Their lenses are bigger than my current spectacles so they were good because they covered my area of vision better than my normal glasses. I did find that as I waked towards the sun the light leaked round the edges and made it impossible to see through the dazzle. I found it difficult to cross roads. So I wandered along next to buildings trying to find as much shadow as I could and got home safely.

Sky

A crystal ball above our heads

A droplet of water magnified

Held to the ground, pulled down,

Curtains draped with fog

Moisture smears the view

Like glasses rinsed and wiped?

The sky’s the thing

Ever changing

Sometimes black, grey, bright.

Rainbows and thunder

Rain and snow, a marvelous show.

Is it a red sky tonight?