Random London

As it’s Monday and I have a lot to do this week but I don’t want to completely lose track of all the pictures I wanted to share from the London trip — and haven’t had time yet for all the Leonora pix — here are some random pictures to amuse. Not all from London…

London: Yoko, Before

Okay, so I did not post about my first visit to Yoko at the Tate Modern. Or any of the other exhibits I saw last February and they were great. In my defence, there has been a lot going on this past year. I know many of you are in the same boat. But I…

London: Yoko, Again

Yes, again. I would go many times if I could but I could really only squeeze in one more time this short trip. If you are thinking of dropping by be warned, it’s closing the end of the month! I looked at different things this time (I did write it up before, didn’t I? I’ll…

London: BIBA

After a morning at the Tate B I took the boat down to London Bridge, forgetting it was tourist season and it is not as much fun to travel by boat in tourist season. It was worse on the way back west because overloaded boats didn’t pick up any new passengers and that was irksome…

London: Judy Chicago

When I got back from my jaunt to Sussex to see Leonora (yes, soon posting on that — after WorldCon which is occupying my brain space that wasn’t occupied by Be Surreal) I realised I was overly-peopled and exhausted by doing new things [and head full of Leonora which is quite a thing] so I…

London: Expressionists

The first afternoon in London I had planned to go to the Fashion & Textile Museum but forgot just how much worse afternoon traffic in The City has become especially with summer road works so when the bus announced it was ending the route at St Paul’s and going no further I took it as…

London: The Boyfriend

Despite my aim to take a relaxed approach to London — and really, the aim was to get to Leonora in Sussex — and just do ‘a few things’ I find I have a lot of photos to share with you so how to begin? Rather than my usual temporal arrangement, I decided to begin…

Helsinki

I was glad to spend the fourth of July mostly in Helsinki having lunch with a friend and buying gifts at the Moomin shop. The ferry over from Tallinn is a smooth trip across the gulf in the early hours. I dozed and watched the waves. Helsinki seemed so cacophonous after a few days in…

Medieval Tallinn

Owls, amber (a green man!), cobblestones, a well, a dragon, a composer, towers, walls, gardens, monks, and Alexander Nevsky’s church! Many more photos to come! Click to embiggen any individual image.

Birmingham Beauties

More anon, but some snaps to see the lovely sights in central Birmingham. Yes, I will give you a lot more on the Victorian Radicals! In fact I will make a reel, I think, And of course more on the Magickal Women Conference — so full of ideas and sparks. And yes, I was on…