The Hole

#hole #street #road It began innocently enough big red signs at the junctions where side streets joined the road simply stating “Footpath Closed” When the sun had gone to sleep and the crows were in their nests slowly, the machines began creeping Amber lights passing bedroom windows as they slept before builders stopped for a …

Rainy Day

#SocS #Day #Rain Photo by Valera Evane on Pexels.com Rainy Days ? They happen more than less at my home town thing is people casually forget the city and county i live in – has a number of rivers and canals when the sun comes out this causes evaporation and occasionally formation of the odd …

Sunken

#winter #roads #water With the arrival of winter the tarmac on the road has retreated and replaced by the snow and rain the car drivers loss ? dodging potholes are the sparrows and seagulls gain for as its not as cold as previous ones they’re dropping in from the roofs for a dip before heading …

Out of the clouds

#writeclub Photo by Sourav Mishra on Pexels.com Out of the clouds a raindrop fell he’d hung on to his cloud for what seemed like forever but was now heading for terra firma falling and tumbling turning and morphing at terrific speed with others following and catching him up creating a reservoir down the tarmac street …

Rainfall

Salford, 23rd August 2020 Moving across the sky Magnificent clouds of grey Move to offload their cargo Angels tears dropping As the creator drops something heavy And says something angry (and naughty) Collecting in crevices on community streets Creating puddles and in some cases mini reservoirs Children playing in plastic macs and colourful wellies

Frozen Flowers

Salford, 25th May 2016 Location : Brain and Spinal Injury Centre – Salford Frozen in time, a Flower head in ice ((c) Brian F Kirkham, May 2016) In today’s photography workshop, we’ve been working with flower heads, captured in trays of Ice.  We photographed the Ice over time , with close up shots and as …