Dismal dark depressing dull damp disappointing December. Hmm. Lets remind ourselves of summer when there were shadows in pictures. Lets concentrate on where the light isn't: Sometimes its the shadows that define a picture. Here are some of hard light examples from the Mediterranean, and each one will have needed some exposure compensation. The first images hints at a sunny day. This one gives you the evidence: A clear blue sky glimpsed between shadows. This third image, also from the much rebuilt and restored fort at Paphos , allows us to see more of the building. A pleasing succession of arches and the reward is the sunshine at the end And finally one last shadow picture: One for Arthur C Clark: The Monolith in Newbury Kennet Centre car park. Its been there for 4.2 Billion years. No one knows what it does.
"....things move from a highly ordered state to a disordered state. This is the principle of entropy ." The Second Law of Thermodynamics would have us accept that Entropy is maintained or increases in all physical interactions. It seems when things rust away, they are just following this principle. So rust and disorder are woven into the fabric of the Universe, which seems a rather deep prospect that I leave you to ponder. Meanwhile I am still much concerned about what this old sign, spotted on a Devon stately home, used to say....
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