Day 163 – Brutalist
“Brutalist architecture arouses passion and fury in equal measure. Of all the styles of housing in London, none is more polarising.” ~ Kate Watson-Smyth It is easy to look at this building, a perfect example […]
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“Brutalist architecture arouses passion and fury in equal measure. Of all the styles of housing in London, none is more polarising.” ~ Kate Watson-Smyth It is easy to look at this building, a perfect example […]
“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.” ~ Michael Pollan And there […]
“I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.” ~ Rachel NicholsNo summers on Maine for me instead they were spent in very rural Sussex with my Grandparents. […]
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be […]
“But the grass is always greener on the other side” ~ Side by TravisThe thing I love about this time of year is the lush green colours of everything, the leaves, the plants and the […]
“How do you know, when you think blue — when you say blue — that you are talking about the same blue as anyone else? You cannot get a grip on blue. Blue is the […]
“We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn’t have any.” ~ Jodi Picoult This is Port Meadow in Oxford. A beautiful haven that lays to […]
“The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.” ~ Ralph NaderThis fabulous solar tree sits in Bristol City Centre looking like a piece of […]
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ~ Lao Tzu
“The French: a people who have used their sophisticated culture and beautiful language to bequeath to the world the sliced potato.” ~ Bauvard But of course the French don’t actually call them that. They call […]