The fine art of cheese at Waitrose. Meticulous cut the wheel in half and then carve from one piece of the block. Gordan Ramsey attests that England now produces more varieties and finer cheeses than France. Haven't wars been fought over less bold claims? (Leftover cheese and wine for breakfast this morning. Call it brunch and it is justifiable, no?)
Not sure
if this was a riding club-- but very natty for an early clatter through the streets of Kensington... before the coffee shops were even open.
Years ago, there was a musical film version of Oliver Twist called simply, Oliver!. And when the lad is finally reconnected with loving relatives, he dances through a street scene extending the song of the flower sellers, singing, "Who Will Buy... This Wonderful Feeling!" I am quite sure this Cresent was the scene was filmed- and the streetlamp a choreographer's prop.
Wonderfully clever things in the Times this morning.
A selection:
Somerset Maugham: To eat well in England, you have to have breakfast three times a day. To eat well in America, you hvae to be on Death Row."
Martin Amis: "It is clear to me that on your last lap of life, you do't think about work at all."
Also this..... "Men are cinematic, women, theatrical. Men underact and women overact."
Rita Rudner on marriage: "Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend weekends with?" 
This is the view from the Roman ruins on the Isle of Wight. Not a planned sojourn. The day was a lovely impromptu excursion that I wouldn't have had if it wasn't for engineering on the National Rail lines. I couldn't make it to the team function that was planned for the day. (Yacht race :>( but anyway....
The home of the Astors: British power
One small tourist
Green Portal to the Thames
Cyclists in the distance 
Runnymede flowers and chess on the lawn
The river Thames in the early morning
A day at Cliveden
Formal gardens-- British legacey of entitlement 
Not a name you see too often.
Wonderful window- harkening to the time of the Empire!.
Great design, no? Would be easy to find desk space for this.
Architectural detail everywhere.. this on the entrance to a hair salon. Don't recognize the figure but would be interested in knowing so please post if you can id it. 
It is probably cliche- but perhaps the fundemental difference here is the English cherish their past- while American cherish their future. This explains why they rebuild and we discard. Why they mine history and we put blinders on and blunder ahead. Here you see acknowledgement of Vicreoys and Botonists that lived within these stone row houses And below-- if you glimpse in -- you see a marble bust of some fellow- unabashedly displayed. Probably a relative.... anyway-- my apologies to the home owner for peeping but -- I am so American!
Also in the area- wonderful shops- this was first open coffee shop-- terrific Lebanesse pastry shop- inventive marzipan - definately too cute to eat. 
The fine art of cheese at Waitrose. Meticulous cut the wheel in half and then carve from one piece of the block. Gordan Ramsey attests that England now produces more varieties and finer cheeses than France. Haven't wars been fought over less bold claims? (Leftover cheese and wine for breakfast this morning. Call it brunch and it is justifiable, no?)
if this was a riding club-- but very natty for an early clatter through the streets of Kensington... before the coffee shops were even open.
Years ago, there was a musical film version of Oliver Twist called simply, Oliver!. And when the lad is finally reconnected with loving relatives, he dances through a street scene extending the song of the flower sellers, singing, "Who Will Buy... This Wonderful Feeling!" I am quite sure this Cresent was the scene was filmed- and the streetlamp a choreographer's prop.
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And i have heard it said that "cranes are the national bird". 
