Lefevre Park

And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;

Helena Roden's Flowers, Lefevre Park, Bow, Tower Hamlets, E3

And now again the people
Call it but a weed.

From Alfred Lord Tennyson’s The Flower (1864)

Horniman Museum

“Maybe”, he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast.”

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23

The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23

“You, Simon? You believe in this?”

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23

“I don’t know,” said Simon.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23

His heartbeats were choking him.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23

From William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954)

Kensington Gardens

In his mind, a picturesque forest or a flowerbed in bloom was real beauty. 

Kensington Gardens, Kensington, Westminster, W2

I’ve won awards you know. Not many, but I won them.