Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Nov 2013: Doing the Diwali thing

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I told you, we have gangsta time here

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Doesnt my Dada look good?

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Giving a big hug

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The candle left burning overnight…

And then the fireworks

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Can you see Kannu?

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Much fun to be had :)

Monday, March 30, 2015

Oct 2013: Wandering around the Soanes Museum

So I decided to go see the Soanes Museum after a charity trustee meeting. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take any photographs inside the museum as its banned…but in a later visit, I was able to do so…you will have to wait for some time till I get there….So here are some of the photos of the surroundings as the candlelit museum tour only starts at 6 and I had an hour to kill.

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Hello Smiley

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A tavern…

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Wow, that’s an old tavern…

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Now there’s a fascinating factoid…

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These crows are so damn criminal…

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Passing the entrance to Lincolns Inn Fields…

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What a lovely colour…

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An old defunct water fountain guards the entrance to the park in front of the museum.

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The park has loads of benches around the lovely paths. Where people are taking it easy…

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Beautiful trees

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With lovely squirrels.

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Here is a memorial to Margaret MacDonald (memorably described as the Cherie Blair of her day). Quite an interesting lady…

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A lovely little hut / pavilion in the middle of the park.

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I come out of the south east corner and see this building which was obviously the Land Registry in its heyday.

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A giant memorial to Philip Twells, a Barrister at Law and MP..died 8 May 1880.

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This is a church? or some kind of Inn’s court building? not sure, nothing is shown…

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It does look like one of the Legal Buildings, eh? beautiful place.

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I turn back around the road…now on the road where the Museum is.

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Nice car…

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And there’s the museum and its already queuing up…

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The entrance was covered by this structure and it had these paintings prints on the walls, which I clicked, as I couldnt take photos inside. Fascinating work.

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Well, you know what’s the number of the house.

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you put aside all your stuff, no cameras, just go in like that…and I come out

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The house with the ivy….

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looking back at the museum

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the trees are starting to show Autumn colours

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As I said, people sit to enjoy the lovely park

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that’s not a car!!!

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walking up Holborn

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Wut? where is the traffic getting diverted???

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awwwww…