A Seat For Two
"The time to relax is -- when you don't have time for it." Sidney J. Harris
A Day At The Beach: Viewpoint
"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes." Ralph Waldo Emerson
As Ships Go Sailing By
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." Zora Neale Hurston
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Nelson Was A Ladies Man
"Thank God, I have done my duty. Kiss me, Hardy." Adm. Horatio Nelson Gallery
Message In A Bottle
"If you look around you in London now, it's a very global multicultural city, very dynamic creative city. Part of that is a result of Nelsons legacy." Yinka Shonibare Written by: Martina Egli Yinka Shonibare's HMS Victory, currently occupies the fourth plinth in...
Mass Sit-Down
Written by: Martina Egli I was walking through Trafalgar Sq. the other day, when I noticed a group of several hundred people sitting down on the steps. How Curious, I thought! Undeterred by not knowing precisely why they were sitting down - I joined them! I love a...
Ordinary Things
"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful." John Constable
Crocodile vs Crocolog
Fight! Okay, I know slow day! Forgive me my juvenile transgression... But seriously, who would win? Gallery
The Fossil Woman
Mary Anning. Written By: Martina Egli Marie Curie, Marie Antoinette, Maria Montessori, Mary Phelps Jacob, Mary Wollstonecraft... Mary Anning. Not only do they bear the same name, but these remarkable women helped to shape the world we live in. I just wanted to...
Flower Power
Written by: Martina Egli People are often critical of flower photography, dare I say equating it to cat photography, (of which, if I am honest, I am not a great fan of!) but not me- I love it! Perhaps it is dismissed, because the first thing we all do when we get...
Theory Of Evolution
"We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." Charles Darwin "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." Thomas H....
Bucky Rocks
On the Chapman Grandstick. Written By: Martina Egli During my semi-regular commute yesterday things were hectic as always. However there was a singular high point- the virtuoso sonic awesomeness of Bucky. It made me stop, throw some money in his hat and take it all...
Who’s The Boss?
"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." Winston Chruchill Gallery