Photo Meme

[jadesfire]

So. Meme.

HUGE and MANY images behind the cuts. The full set is also at my flickr account, with a few extras thrown in.


For Rustydog, who asked for 'something you look forward to seeing while you're walking'

This is Gees restaurant on the Banbury Road. It's a nice place to eat, but it's also my 'only fifteen more minutes' marker when I'm walking to work.




For Smtfhw who asked for 'architecture'

In Oxford, it's more a case of 'what do I choose???' than anything else. So I just snapped away at everything that didn't move.

This is the building site that annoys me on a daily basis…


And this is the front view. Much nicer (even with the crane!).


The Sheldonian Theatre (the round one) and the Clarendon Building on Broad Street.


The Bridge of Sighs and Hertford College


Famously, when Keble College was built, St John's College next door strenuously objected, and they have been stealing one brick every year since 1870. It's going to take them a while, but Oxford thinks in centuries, rather than years…


And the most architectural shot of the lot, the five orders of architecture, displayed in the Old Schools Quadrangle at the Old Bodleian.




For Donutsweeper who asked for 'fabulous'

I wasn't sure what to take for this one, then I was taking a picture of Gees, and look what's next door!


But by then, I'd also taken a picture of the Radcliffe Camera, which I also think is fabulous. Two things you should know about it: #1. Camera is just the Latin for 'room'. No photography going on here. #2. It's a library! How cool is that?


And finally, what could be more fabulous than a pink pub?




For miss_zedem who asked for 'carefree'

This one may seem a bit more cryptic, but you see that little gang of students there? They've finished their last exams of the term – when I walked past them, I saw they were wearing red carnations, which is Oxford code for "It's my last exam!!" Students have to wear sub fusc to exams, which is the black and white outfit with a gown over the top, and their mortar boards carried. Then they wear a white carnation for their first exam, pink for the middle ones, and red for the last. Colleges differ in tradition, but at mine, you weren't supposed to buy them for yourself – it's lovely getting flowers for friends just before exams!


Along the same lines, this is Trinity College garden, with gazebos set up for taking graduation photos under.


I also took some pretty pictures in the University Parks which seemed appropriate.






For in_the_bottle who asked for NOM!

I knew instantly what I was going to take for this:

nom


NOM


NOM!!!!




For smithy161 who asked for 'mythical'

Another puzzling one, and I hope you can see it. These are gargoyles (or technically grotesques) on the buildings along New College Lane. Most of them are in the shape of animals, but these are scarab beetles.


Also, the lamppost may seem even more random, but it always makes me think of the one just on the other side of the wardrobe in Narnia. Also on New College Lane.


The Natural History Museum is a wonderful building, and looks like it should be a Gothic Castle.




For matsujo9 who asked for portable

These were the first things that sprang to mind… The laptop's a bit heavy, but still. My life would be much poorer without these three things :D



Phew! That was hard work! But much fun too. Thanks for playing! :D

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[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee. I do forget how fantastic it is - I'm from London originally, so I'm used to sharing my city with coach loads of tourists and after a while, you forget that they've come here for a reason. It's a beautiful city, especially on a day like yesterday. Today, in the rain? Not so much...