Haunting Memories

Photo's added to flickr. I have 'dead time' to occupy before leaving the UK! When my brain goes down the drain, trying to learn Spanish, Mayan and how to teach English, I make visits to my past.

Dear old Queen Victoria, the lady who put Southend-on-Sea on the tourist map is in danger of falling from her plinth, as the cliff side upon which she stands, slides slowly into the sea. Strangely fitting when one considers the fact that the architectural beauty of the town has been replaced by concrete and glass monstrosities.

Why have lamp poles turned on during the day?

The Sea Scout hut on the bank of Benfleet Creek is long gone: RIP.

In memory of T. Lobsang Rampa - The Spook becomes ever more invisible!

The Butterfly Diagram

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/sunspots.htm

Age of Travel

Is the first of some photographic themes based on my travel plans and will include: Ships, trains, buses and planes. (What was that song?)
This new journey begins on November 20th aboard the Queen Mary II out of Southampton bound for New York. In the meantime there are some loose ends to finish off, including more vaccinations, giving me a veritable cocktail of chemicals to protect against the nasties 'out there'!

'They' say that our adult beliefs are formed in childhood and so it seem's appropriate, considering I am changing careers to teach English, to post this picture of the first nursery school I can remember, at age 2, aboard a genuine cruise liner from the "Good Old Days" of 1961.

"Spook at the Wheel" begins this photographic theme. Spook is the nickname given to me by my daughters, on a recent genealogical trip to Scotland; and I kinda like it! Thanks girls!

Let us hope and pray that we can all navigate a safe and true course through the Past, Present and future events of life, hence the new calendar link on this blog to follow my progress.