Snow on Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, Surrey

Snow and sunshine on Denbies Wine Estate, near Dorking, Surrey.

Snow on Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, Feb 2012,  by Cybermyth13.

The vines are cut back for the winter.

By August, the vines should look like this:

Snow photos, East London, Feb 2012

Snow always makes for some good photos if you can get the exposure right.

The new Pogoda is being built in Victoria Park as part of the restoration work. It is not finished but it looks good in the snow:

Even the pigeons seem to be finding it cold:

Victoria Park, East London

For other snow pics, see my Snow pics in 2012 set in Flickr

Chinese New Year, Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London, January 2012

Chinese New Year, Gerrard St., Chinatown, London 2012, by Cybermyth13.

The decorations are back in Chinatown ahead of the Chinese New Year on 23 January 2012. As well as the Chinese lanterns around Gerrard Street, there is plenty of food including highly-decorated cakes.

Kowloon Restaurant And Cake Shop in Gerrard Street

Niketown, Oxford Circus, London

Nearly Isn't Enough. Paula Radcliffe at Niketown, Oxford Circus, by Cybermyth13.

Prominent window displays with Paula Radcliffe and Mo Farah at Niketown store at Oxford Circus in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

Don't Dream of Winning. Train for it. Mo Farah

Part of Nike 2012 campaign with videos on YouTube:

YouTube video for Paula Radcliffe


YouTube video for Mo Farah

Some Favourite Pics of 2011

Urban Fox on Southbank, London

Regent Street with 2011 Christmas lights featuring characters from Arthur Christmas.

While the workers are away, the machines can play. 
A building site in East London at the weekend.




Things do not always work out the way you expected.
Appearing Rooms by Jeppe Hein outside the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre in London. The walls of water vary to create different spaces and to allow people to enter and exit the spaces.

The corridor round the 2011 Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion, Hortus Conclusus, designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It is a transitional area between the outside world and the garden within the pavilion.

Within the Serpentine pavilion, the central garden by the Dutch designer Piet Oudolf provided an area of peaceful retreat. See earlier post on pavilion

Covent Garden and 2011 Christmas lights, a short video

Covent Garden 2011 Christmas Lights, short video,  by Cybermyth13.

For a change a 41-second video of the 2011 Christmas lights in Covent Garden to show the movement of the reflected light from the mirorballs.

A still picture of the Christmas lights and decorations in Covent Garden.

Fun with 2011 Christmas lights at the Southbank Centre, London

Royal Festival Hall and 2011 Xmas lights, Southbank Centre, London, by Cybermyth13.

Fun with the 2011 Christmas lights outside the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre, London. The lights on the left are reflected in the glass partition on the right.