Keeping it growing

Impetus is on our side

£172 - I'm feeling that £200 is on the way

At Tate Modern with painters (54)

In this age of Photography and with a history behind us (largely) of great painting  of course the question can be asked is painting over?

Well James took us around some Modern painting to see the direction Modern artists have taken painting and hanging works (generally on canvas) in.

Course Leader James stands next to 'Los Moscos' by US artist Mark Bradford

The work above is much influenced by the neighbourhood and maps. It is large and  is about Los Angeles, made of paper Fragments which the artist connects with memory.

Unusually the artist a Black American  is a qualified hairdresser who graduated in Art at the age of 30.

More about this visit, the fourth of the  CityLit course soon.

£72. 50 (once)

As we're away for a few days I've added £5 to cover the next days.

Doors

Hidden away there you can just about see it's Mattock Lane

The steps make it imposing

Great Performers produce Smiles(19)

After a good long walk from Camden Town to Marble Arch (more on this later) came across this guy giving it his all  - Thanks Mate

And with another £1.10 we're at £28.50

More Doors

I've used the recycling bin to identify this front door as there's no obvious number.

Back in the 1980's had (I'm thinking) a couple of years or so at Princes Road in West Ealing that really were (by and large)  great fun.
This is the door that much of it happened behind (actually a different one but at the same location).

Not Bel-Air

In the 1980s we were the fresh Princes at No 19

Spectacles and (12)

I've been wearing spectacles for a seriously long time, when I first wore them In guess it was quite an expense for my parents who were clear in their wish for me to not wear 'National-Health' ones.

At this time though there was a frailly limited choice and the prescription was firmly tied to where you had your eyes checked.

What a difference now - many of the high street suppliers are very much tied into a BOGOF arrangement and headline with the price of frames where the important and costly bit is the lens - seems to me there's a real chance of some consolidation as   looking around on a Wednesday morning many of the retailers were painfully quiet.

Slightly irritated to find (of course) that efforts at up-selling much in evidence in the end have ordered from Vision Express where I got my current glasses, more than I anticipated  - but they provided a good service before and seem to focus as much on service as cost

I hope I made the right call

Religion

So  many churches 

Interesting to speak with my good friend Kevin yesterday about the issues around the Reformation- Kevin is from a Roman  Catholic (Irish parents) background and has some great insights (not just on this) - he mentioned too the Transubstantiation which is too a point of  differentiation between the Protestants(who dispute)  and Catholics  (who believe).

I'm reminded too of the Anglican (High) church  which I think sits somewhere between the two wings.

Camera Fund

we're now at £20.81

Doors

A load of roads referencing Australia 

And here's Number 12

Here's one for Shaky (A Green Door) at Sydney Road W13

Changing allotment contracts (7)

I'm out and about today so another local Front door but the twist is that it's at 90 degrees.

Rosebery could be named for the London Born British Prime Minister - Archibald Primrose

Rosebery sounds nice doesn't it?

I'm going to have to start a list of the roads I've visited otherwise I'm sure there'll be some duplication by year end

A Front door with a twist

Bonfires Banned 

One of my pleasures since I was a child is bonfires and fire (not in a bad way of course)


Well now the people who run the local allotments (Pathways) have decided that this should change and our new tenancy agreement specifies 'no bonfires' at anytime - seems a shame but I've got a couple of months when I can continue with these.

Camera Fund

And in a somewhat arbitrary manner I'm up to £10 now .

Now at £10

Thanks Nationwide (3)

Thanks Nationwide - seems slightly odd that they should make a gift to me for making my life easier with their credit card - received today notice of just over £13 for using it in the last year.

Better than the average bank

Now £3.57

Perhaps I should add it to my new camera a fund?

Faith and  Religion

formerly January 2nd was the Optional day for the naming of Jesus - no more it's now January 3rd - the name Jesus is still used as a first name in many Spanish speaking countries .

It's interesting to see that there are many different versions of the name around the world and that it's related to 'deliverance'.

Front Doors

Here is number 3 and it's Landscape in nearby Rosemount Road.

Only (a long) 'stone's throw' from home

I have found that Rosemount as well as being a name of an Australian Wine is the name of a plantation house in Alabama (USA)

#3 - I like this one- I wonder what year it dates from