re-viewing

I take a lot more photos than I can ever show here; some are for various projects, some are to record certain things, and some are taken simply for pleasure. So to end the year, I thought I'd show a few favourite, previously unseen photos that sum up 2010 for me.

Sparkles and spangles and ice

 

The snow fell,

  

and ducks stood forlornly on their iced pond.

The colour/project/place of the year

 

Blue was the nail varnish colour for 2010, knitting was the project,

 

and Hampstead was the place I decided I'd like to move to.

Hands on

  

Hands played a big part in my year, as ever. I used them to knit, as guides for my textures book, and to make arrangements with Phoebe on the beach at Aldeburgh. I also photographed the little cousins' hands.

 

[photo by Simon]

Circles of colour

 

I grew tulips,

 

 and played with colour. Nothing new there, but colour never loses its brightness for me.

 Steps

  

[Steps down at High and Over in Amersham]

I saw some amazing Modernist architecture and the Modernists did staircases and steps quite brilliantly.

 

[Steps up and down in the Porthania Building, Helsinki]

 

[Steps up to the High Line and the very modern Standard Hotel in NYC]

Comforts

 

I ate a lot of toast and even photographed some.

 

I also discovered the fun that can be had with the Hipstamatic  app - very useful when I came across the most cheerful red and white facilities I have ever seen. (At the Bankside branch of Leon.)

All the best for 2011.