The temperature was hovering around 3°C again today but at least the sun was shining. This was enough for us to brave a little walk before picking up our usual coffees.

Mile stone? Illegible, though
Photo by Tigger

We skirted the reservoir and entered Claremont Square on the west side. About where the square becomes Amwell Street, Tigger photographed this stone. Any inscription has worn off long ago so it’s hard to determine what it is. I also wonder why the bollard was placed there, in contact with it. Maybe there isn’t a reason; who can tell?

We added just four wreaths to our collection. There was the variety of styles and sizes that we have become used to, as well as a variety of positioning strategies, to express it thus. This one neatly encircles the house number.

This bijou wreath seems to have been suspended from the door knocker. The three letters A, B and C on the door indicate that this house, like many in the neighbourhood, has been divided into flats. Hence, too, the multiple bell buttons on the left of the door.

The plate affixed above the letterbox is another common feature in these parts: it forbids the delivery of free newspapers and “junk mail” (letters addressed to individuals but containing unsolicited advertising).

Winter sunshine in Amwell Street

By the time we bestirred ourselves it was already around 2pm and the sun was already low in the sky. It was managing to illumine only the upper parts of buildings and casting shadows on the lower parts.

We walked along the south side of Claremont Square and scored a couple more wreaths. This one hangs from the doorknob and encircles the letterbox.

Incidentally, the double-panelled doors are typical of these Georgian style houses. In smaller houses, the door is a single piece but in some of the larger houses, the door is in two parts which open separately. By observing the positions of features such as the knocker and letterbox, you can see which type of door it is.

This, our last wreath today, is small and is “frosted”, albeit artificially.

Winter sun, Claremont Square

On the east side of Claremont Square, the houses are partly lit by sunshine and partly shadowed by the reservoir whose outline you can perhaps make out.

Winter sun in the trees
Photo by Tigger

We passed through Myddelton Square and Tigger photographed the sun shining through the trees in the central garden. The lacework of the tree branches is well revealed.

Winter sun, Arlington Way

From Chadwell Street I saw took this photo of Arlington Way. The sun is projecting a shadow of one of the bare trees onto the nearer building.

Once the Crown and Woolpack

In St John Street, the old Crown and Woolpack was decorated with sunshine and the delicate shadows of trees. The building is now used by a hairdresser and nail bar but I have not seen it open in recent months.

Coffee decoration

We of course called in at Jusaka where Tigger’s coffee was given this complex but pretty design. As I drink my coffee black, I don’t rate a decoration!

As I haven’t posted a self-portrait lately, I thought you might like to see one 🙂

SilverTiger, Covid style