Skewed

I was attracted by the decoration under the eaves of this late 19th century terrace on the corner of Albion & Selwyn in Paddington. Once I stood on the diagonal, however, the lines of the house, and the lines of the utility poles seemed to have a 'star-wars' effect on my brain.

The portal for the City Daily Photo community has returned. Add it to your side-bar and make a habit of a daily visit.

A lined ups

The apse of St Michael the Archangel Chapel, Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

Surveyor's slice

Old tramway stop park, corner Gurner and Cascade Streets, Paddington.

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

View from the gutter

Norfolk Street, Paddington

A bored Eucalypt

This is the trunk of the Eucalyptus maculata aka Corymbia maculata. We thought long and hard about this, and gave it the common name, 'Spotted Gum'.

NB ... update ... In the comments, Joan has queried whether this is really a 'Spotted Gum' as the variety she knows from the South Coast has colourations on the bark but not the dimpling. There are a number of varieties of gum (not all eucalypts) that have the common name, 'spotted gum'. The variety I show here starts the same way: as the bark peels, the trunk beneath takes a colourful, but mottled, appearance. This variety takes a more or less dimpled appearance. It could also be the scientific name Corymbia citriodora (MYRTACEA). The dimpling is not caused by a bug.

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

A monochrome of by-ways

Access-way in Paddington, close to where Norfolk Lane and Cascade Street would intersect - if they were not vertically separated.

All aboard

Central Railway Station, early Sunday morning.

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

Contemplating the void

Barry, Lake Macquarie

Trying to encourage the right hemisphere to take on some of the tasks of the destroyed left hemisphere.

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

Water mesmerises

Private jetty into Catalina Bay, Lake Macquarie

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

The cruel winds of August

I think of Tom Eliot as the howling winds from the Antarctic are sucked along the coast like a ginormous funnel betwixt two high pressure systems. August is a cruel month, and winter is not over until the bitter winds have sung.

Nobby's Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales.

This blog participates in the Weekend in Black & White meme.

A wish to build a dream on

If you can blow all the seeds from a dandelion globe with one blow, you are loved with a passion.

If a few remain, your lover has reserveations.

If many remain, you are loved very little.

Or, perhaps you just have weak lungs.

My contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Parallax

My contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Look closer, see me

Margo helped by moving the chair up to the table. When another chair was needed, she moved that first chair up to a new spot. And another. She still had a pronounced drawl to her voice. 'Are you from North America, Margo?' 'San Francisco. Yep. America.' There is a trending verse on FaceBook by a 'Crabby Old Man' who dies in hospital, leaving nothing but this scribble. Here is the last part of it, with adjustments to suit Margo: What do you see people? .......... What do you see? What are you thinking ............ when you're looking at me? A crabby old woman ............... not very wise, Uncertain of habit ............... with faraway eyes? I'm just an old woman ............ and nature is cruel. 'Tis jest to make old age ........ look like a fool. The body, it crumbles ............ grace and vigor, depart. There is now a stone ............. where I once had a heart. But inside this old body ......... a young girl she still dwells, And now and again ................ her battered heart swells. She remembers the joys ........... She remembers the pain. And she's loving and living ...... life over again. I think of the years ............. Too few, gone too fast. And accept the bald fact ......... that nothing can last. So, open your eyes, people ....... open and see. Not a crabby old woman ........... Look closer. See ME!

My contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Corridor of power

Sydney Town Hall, corner of George & Druitt Streets

A second contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Suffer the little children

Louisa, Joseph, Eliza, and William - infant children of Thomas & Hannah May 1851 - 1862 Camperdown Graveyard, within the grounds of St Stephen's Anglican Church, Newtown.

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

The energy of geometry

The 'Energy Australia' building opposite the Sydney Town Hall in George Street.

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Stranded on a rocky shore

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Up the down line

If (when) I miss my connection, the next train does not come for an hour. Plenty of time to actually see what I look at.

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Top floor - well thumbed

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.

Lambros tow away area

With a perspective from Short Place, we can almost overhear the conversation as another deal is done. Lambros sell and install, stainless steel Hi-Tech Mufflers, in their workshop on Short Street, Surry Hills.

This is my contribution to the Weekend in Black and White community.