The afternoon turned out warm and sunny but, being on my own, I did not feel like straying far and so I made do with a stroll around Myddelton Square Garden.

Dumped or lost?

The first thing I came upon was this object, apparently lost or dumped. I have no idea what it is but guess (well, it is a cross) that it has something to do with Easter.

Wild Kong defaced

I haven’t photographed Wild Kong for a while but today I noticed that something had been added to him and went for a look. Someone has defaced him by applying a couple of stickers promoting one of the candidates in the forthcoming election for Mayor of London. Shame in them (especially as they are supporting the wrong candidate!)

Pigeon couple

I photographed this pair of pigeons foraging because they made me think of Tigger and me on our walks un search of coffee!

St Mark’s Church

St Mark’s Church was locked up, of course, but as they have been putting objects in the doorway that are relevant to the season, I went to look.

Flowers and notices

The flowers are, I suppose, symbolic of Easter. The upper notice gives a list of church events. As these all occur between March 28th and April 4th, I assume they must refer to services held online as the church itself would not be open.

Whose postbox?

This is something I had not noticed before but that jumped out at me today. It is a postbox affixed to the railings of the garden. But who does it belong to? It looks in good condition and the lock is shiny, suggesting regular use. But who its owner might be is a mystery!

There were a lot of flowers in the garden, as you might imagine, and I took a lot of photos. I will just post a few of these without captions as captions would be superfluous, I think.

Calm and peaceful

I had a slow stroll round the garden, taking in all the details. There were quite few people sitting in the benches and the atmosphere was calm and peaceful.

Unsuccessful suitor

The garden’s pigeon population was present in large numbers and they were generally relaxed and at ease. This presented an opportunity for single males to play suitor to females. It’s curious but most of the encounters I have witnessed have led to the male being snubbed, as here. It seems that it’s hard work being a male pigeon!

“Pigeon Central”

This area in the centre of the garden is where the main group of pigeons come to rest and on sunny days to sunbathe and I think of it as “Pigeon Central”. If something disturbs them, such as a loose dog, they all fly up in a great flurry of wings to perch in the trees. Then they begin to drift down again in twos and threes when the disturbance is over.

Something to eat in the tree

There must have been something good to eat in this tree because some of the pigeons were hopping about in it, with much flapping of wings as they tried to balance on the flimsier twigs, and then pecking at what they had found.

Someone’s feeding the squirrels

As I left the garden and walked round the outside, I came upon this tree in which several squirrels were moving about – someone on the other side of the tree was putting out food!

A “Georgian corner”

I took a last photo of the Georgian style houses in Myddelton Square and then made my way home. That walk, though, was not entirely without incident because…

Another water leak

…I found another water leak in Claremont Square!

Down the drain

All that lovely, useful water is pouring into the drains. Perhaps I should apply for a job with Thames Water as a leak scout, if such a thing exists. There would be plenty of opportunities to exercise my craft, it seems.

I did not tarry, however, but made for home to brew tea, write this and follow Tigger’s progress on her homeward journey. With the bank holiday tomorrow, we have a long weekend to look forward to.