postcards from stoke newington

poets road
poet’s road. found by accident on the way to somewhere else.

haiku(ish) fun
he’s won all the toys
but got no-one to play with
hollow victory

a pair of lovely shoes
a pair of lovely shoes. left outside by a wheelie bin, hackney.

tea rooms, stoke newington
tea & cake. an excellent combination

tea rooms, stoke newington
lovely sugar lumps

food & travel (& photography)
food & travel (& photography). three of my loves.

tea rooms, stoke newington
tea rooms, stoke newington. quite good actually. polaroid sx-70, 600 film (i think)

9 comments

  • 11/02/2010 at 22:48 // Reply

    Utterly delightful. God you’re talented.

    How much is a one-way ticket to London again?

    x x

  • 12/02/2010 at 01:45 // Reply

    Such lovely photos! The tea room especially makes my heart jump with joy!

  • 12/02/2010 at 08:15 // Reply

    fun day in stoke newington? who knew! :)

    ps: love the tearoom pola (that should go straight to the pool room. or etsy shop).

    pps: haiku(ish) = awesome xxx

  • 12/02/2010 at 14:31 // Reply

    Mmmm, may I have a piece of that cake with my tea please?!

    Have you got your sx-70 working or bought another?

    Looks like a lovely day.

  • 12/02/2010 at 18:47 // Reply

    oh I love these synchronicity moments ! a lovely lady called Joye commented on my post “rest and replenish” and I made a reply comment with a link to your blog because she loves Poetry …. and as I linked, what do I see : “Poets road” :) … I love Haikus ! and that last photo is gorgeous !

  • 13/02/2010 at 06:33 // Reply

    I love these photos, Leo! Beautiful palette! :)

  • 13/02/2010 at 07:49 // Reply

    Beautiful photographs :-) I can’t help but wonder why the person who left the shoes out didn’t have them cleaned up a little and donate them to a charity shop.

  • 15/02/2010 at 08:49 // Reply

    Beautiful photographs, glad to have found you out here.

  • 15/02/2010 at 18:50 // Reply

    stoke newington – sounds so unpromising but looks gorgeous! all these photos are fabby (and I totally want some of that cake right now. oh, and those shoes. and maybe the sugarlumps too).

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>