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CarolM

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Busy morning here, the weight of the heavy recent snow brought down a few really tall pine trees in our back garden/woods area. Wifey and I are clearing, trimming and handsawing away...

It’s hard to see, but one will note that these trees crashed through the fence line right where the did before. Note the brighter clean broken boards.....

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Well at least you will have lots of fire wood.
 

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Turning anti-clockwise from the above view were St James’s Park and Buckingham Palace but they were largely obscured by buildings.

So as we were in Westminster, I grabbed a photo of Westminster Abbey
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A gold letterbox - painted that colour to celebrate London hosting the 2012 Olympics. Each 2012 gold medallist from the UK had a leeterbox painted gold in their home town to celebrate their win as well :)
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And finally a classic view up towards St John’s Smith Square church ... the houses were built in the 1770s.
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But under the road is a WWII air raid shelter if you look for the sign.
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Speaking of being out and about..... just in from a friend...

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That is just the absolute prettiest building ever. I just LOVE this building. Every time I see its picture I try to imagine the workers building it. I have a terrible time with straight boards, and just look at all the curves and spires on that building!

I just looked it up on Wikipedia - it was built from 1555 to 1561. Man o man! over 500 years of age. Can you imagine? I'm surprised the officials of Russian kept it in such good shape as they were so opposed to religion of any sort and it was built as a cathedral. Such a beautiful building.
 

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Good afternoon all. Today I have been in the city of Westminster.

What you all call London is lots of places merged together. In the centre, on the north bank of the River Thames, are the cities of Westminster and London (Westminster being to the west of London)

We started at 55 Broadway, headquarters of what is now Transport for London (TfL). It was built in 1929 as HQ of Underground Group... it’s privately owned predecessor that brought the separate underground railway companies together.

It is billed as London’s first skyscraper, built with a steel frame in Art Deco style influenced by NYC architecture of the period. The external sculptures are by famous people like Henry Moore and Epstein who carved them in situ!
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How come you know so much? Yoy always have such interesting facts about the places you go to.
 

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And just up the road is Buckingham Palace. The Queen actually lives at Windsor Castle so the palace is used for formal occasions. I didn’t get a photo from the front, sorry, as we went to the Royal Gallery round the side to see an exhibition about King Charles II (reigned from 1670-1685)

This is him
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Some bling
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And a bit of palatial architecture- a ceiling and a stair rail... those tassels look soft, even close up, but they’re ironwork.
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And just up the road is Buckingham Palace. The Queen actually lives at Windsor Castle so the palace is used for formal occasions. I didn’t get a photo from the front, sorry, as we went to the Royal Gallery round the side to see an exhibition about King Charles II (reigned from 1670-1685)

This is him
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Some bling
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And a bit of palatial architecture- a ceiling and a stair rail... those tassels look soft, even close up, but they’re ironwork.
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Don't you think that the clothes they wore in king Charles ii time looks so silly
 

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