Day 148 June 23, 2008
This is what I had for dinner. It was goooooood.
MORE demolition in the city.
Day 132 June 7, 2008
Lovely “bistro” isn’t it?
Tom’s Tucker has moved up in the world since we moved to this house. It used to just be a burger van. Now he has little tables outside and even a few seats inside. Go Tom!
Day 129 June 4, 2008
We went on a snack run to the Co-op after dinner.
(I hate taking photos inside shops, I think this is my first one. They had a notice posted on the door of the Tops on Grand Island stating that you weren’t allowed to take any photos or videos inside. Because of that, I think I’m paranoid I’ll get in trouble.)
Day 115 May 21, 2008
This is College Green, on the left is the end of our council building. By lunchtime the whole park will be full of kids from the college down the street. Note the golden unicorn on the roof of the council building, I’ve read they’re indigenous to Bristol.
Day 108 May 14, 2008
This is a two way road in Clifton in Bristol. I’m not sure if you can tell, but there is definitely not room for two cars to pass. Nor is there anywhere to pull over to let anyone pass you. If you meet head on, one of you has to reverse the whole way down the street. If you meet someone head on and you have cars behind you…yuck. I’m glad I don’t drive here and I must applaud my friend, Liz’s, driving skills in these neighborhoods.
Day 107 May 13, 2008
It seems that someone out there feels my blog misrepresents my neighborhood as a “recreational wonderland” when, in fact, I live right on the edge of a rather large council estate that butts up to an industrial estate. Apparently, she feels that having visited my home before gives her the knowledge needed to make such sweeping judgements. 
Unfortunately, I must confess that she is right. I don’t live in a recreational wonderland, though most of my photos seems to be showing lovely greenery and happy farm animals. To be fair, I do walk through the green stuff every day and those animals really do live near my house. But, you have to remember that the farm where Weston runs every day is an old garbage dump. And those cows live right on the industrial estate. You’ve seen pictures of my street before, so here’s the view out my front window. It’s pretty darn ugly where I live, so I try to show you the pretty stuff. Makes me pay more attention to it as well.
Day 84 April 20, 2008
I think there are three churches in this reflection. I read that Bristol was a city of churches and pubs, and before the tall modern buildings came in you would be within eyesight of at least one church spire no matter where you were standing in the city. Now, most of the churches are unused, derelict, or repurposed. Many of the “active” buildings have so few people in their congregations that it is obvious they’ll be shutting soon. And as new church “plants” are started around the city they’re more likely to be housed in rented halls and school gyms.
Day 81 April 17, 2008
This is a public footpath sign and it is my friend. As a car-less person in the city, it means I get to take shortcuts instead of having to follow the roads everywhere. In the countryside it means I get to go for really nice walks across land that is otherwise private.
