St Andrews Church, Headington

Oxford | Headington | St Andrews | church

South Oxfordshire sky

Looking south from the Wittenham Clumps.

sky | Oxfordshire | Oxon | Wittenham Clumps

The Now Show

I went to a recording of the Christmas and New Year editions of The Now Show last night. This sort of inverse-silhouette has Mitch Benn (right) playing a song whilst the rest of the team sit out and wait their next turns.

Merry Christmas!

Scanned from the Taschen book, Surfing, in their Icons series.

Merry Christmas! | surfing | Santa | Taschen | Surfing Santa


Update: Life imitates art! From Christmas Eve's Guardian:

Reading Christmas lights

At the Oracle shopping mall.

cameraphone | Christmas lights | night | Reading

Stars and Stripes

The American flag, made from plastic soldiers. At Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

New England | North Adams | Mass MoCA | Stars and Stripes | large version

Smokestacks over New England

From Highway 2 near Lowell, I think.
New England | smokestacks | chimneys | sky | Picasa | large version

More ice

From The Ice Garden installation, Clarendon Quad, Oxford.

Oxford | Clarendon Quad | Ice Garden | ice | large version

The Ice Garden

Ice sculptures in the medieval heart of Oxford, the Clarendon Quad

Oxford | Clarendon Quad | Ice Garden | ice | large version | movie clip (6.8 MB)

more mass moca

Colour print > Gimp > Crop > Analogise > Picasa
New England | North Adams | Mass MoCA | Picasa | Gimp

Mass MoCA

North Adams, MA

New England | North Adams | Mass MoCA | signs | large version

Plimouth Plantation

Hobbamock’s Homesite, home of the Wampanoag.

New England | Wampanoag | black and white | Plimouth Plantation | large version

Old Sturbridge Village

Another picture of the village centre, through Picasa's filters - focal B&W and soft focus, chiefly.

New England | Fall | Picasa | Old Sturbridge Village

Boston burial ground

The first snow of winter (29 October) in Boston city centre.

New England | Boston | snow | burial ground | black and white | cemetary | large version

North Adams

The view from the approach to the town on the Mohawk Trail. Picture spruced up in Picasa.

New England | North Adams | Mohawk Trail | landscape | fall | Picasa | large version

Christmas lights

Direct from Oxford Circus; cameraphone picture.


These, and the other pictures below, were also taken in London last night. Subsequently processed in Picassa. This was taken rotating the phone during exposure.


Regent Street, near Oxford Circus.


Regent Street, near Oxford Circus.

I tried to track this bus as it sped past.

London bus | Christmas lights | London | cameraphone