All those who wander

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Often I get distracted and just wander. Whether for a few minutes in thought or for a few weeks in actions. Here's a bit of some places I've been since I last entered a blog. Having a few problems with the photos. Hope to get that solved another night.

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Photos

China town street hustlers
He tried to charge $80 for this picture! It totally unnerved him that I took this over his shoulder. The others to the left appeared to be in on the scam.

China town
I visited China town hours after the Olympic torch passed through. I had no desire to get caught up in the demonstrations.

China town entertainment
I’m not sure what a diggery-do and Chinatown have in common, although he was monitored by some very serious people. Not sure what side of the law they were on. He wasn’t even very good!

National Portrait Museum
One of the few street musicians who sounded half way decent. No worries, he got paid for this shot outside of the museum.

Picadilly Circus divers
This is probably the only grace thing in this section of Londo

The Mother and The Child
by Helen Sinclair (2000). While on a treasure hunt, dodging the mob of Fulham soccer (football) fans, I found myself looking for this bronze sculpture on the grounds of All Saints church. It was in one of the most forgotten depressing cemeteries I’ve seen in a long time.

The Fulham crush
While Sightseeing in London is a contact sport, having to make your way through a crowd of drunken soccer fans adds a whole new meaning to the adventure. Check out the horse's eyewear.

Looking up
Sometimes looking up is nearly as rewarding as smelling a rose

Hustled ticket
Yes, on the LAST day of the sold out exhibit of China’s terracotta army I walked in and bought a ticket at face value off a lady who’s daughter was two freaked out about the 2 snowflakes to brave the journey to the museum. It was a good exhibit. I found all the security and theatrics to be amusing. If you get a chance to see this exhibit take the opportunity and don’t let a few snowflakes stop you.

Children's Terracotta soldiers
School kids made these. The amount of dust balls gathered around these newest temporary displays at the British Museum made my flat look squeaky clean.

The Nereid Monument
The amount of "stuff" in the British Museum is a bit overwhelming and surreal.

Aphrodites I think
Museums leave me torn between the drummed in knowledge that they are preserving history, and the uncanny sense that they have no understanding about the essence of history.

Street art
Mill's Court. An hip graffiti place, with notables like Banksy tagging a wall. The wording at the bottom says "consume."

Not on the map
While night "treasure hunting" in an arts college neighbor hood I saw this as I was crossing a street.

A boxer, pub, and me
The amount of tourism focused "history" is facinating. At least this boxer did more than sleep here.

It was a dark and deary night
Rainy too. This is the common area in front of my flat. My place is off to the left about 30 feet.

And at the end of the day
It all comes down to propaganda

Comments

[karen]

what the?
why are the pictures blurred out?