A few bright days sent me out with my camera to find the traditional signs that the darkest days are past and there is a promise of spring. There are a few seconds of birdsong if you scroll down.   more »

When I first saw this car just by the crossroads that you come to on leaving Street past Bowlingreen Mill, I just hoped no one was inside.   more »

Dramatic and beautiful pictures of massed starlings at Westhay appeared in the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph last week..   more »

A new look for the Methodist Church:

I happened to notice something going on this afternoon as I passed by Street Library gardens, so I went home for my camera. You can see the result here:   more »

A Nottinghamshire blogger named Janet Roberts drew my attention to an article she posted today on http://nottinghamshirenotes.blogspot.com/

It starts with a bronze statuette in London and takes in the First World War exploits of Dr Hilda Clark.   more »

I posted a photo some time ago showing yellow marks on the road opposite the Mission Church, where Vestry Road curves round just before it becomes Merriman Road. Today a couple of men were working behind temporary barriers there.   more »

This Association featured in two news items that I read one after the other in this week's Gazette, so I Googled them and found their website: http://www.mendip.org.uk/templates/t01.asp?site=109   more »

There's a report on the hot topic of drinking and antisocial behaviour here in this week's Gazette. The good news is that few incidents were reported to the police. The bad news is   more »

Interesting where research on the internet can lead you. I was searching for more information on Laurence Housman to correct the web site http://www.laurencehousman.tk.   more »

Last time I went to Sainsbury's I couldn't park in my usual place. I wondered what was up. I see ...   more »

Street gardens - multum in parvo (much in a little space) 

Street gardens - minimalist style 

More destruction in Merriman Road.

Yet another wall in Merriman Road bites the dust. Members of the Street Society in a private capacity have been monitoring this process, and have raised the matter of lowered kerbs with the authorities. These members object to the width of lowered kerb outside some houses. The lowered section sometimes even encroaches on the neighbouring property's frontage. I find it difficult to visualise what Merriman Road will look like when there are few or none of the original walls left, just tarmac and parked cars. Residents have said that they are partly motivated by the desire to prevent visiting motorists taken all the parking space and leaving them nowhere to park. It is now too late for my favoured solution, a ban on parking on one side of the road, and residents' permits for spaces on the other side. Ah well!

Towering over the tower - the giant crane over the new Strode building.