Blue, very blue

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Hot, hot, hot

The weather's very hot and sunny by the seaside and it's set to continue over the next few days. Bright sunshine, high temperatures and blue skies feel strangely wrong when trees are already shedding their leaves.

Changing colour

Kerbside leaves

Leaf fall

Musical connections 2

The second blue plaque on the front of St Aubyns Mansions commemorates music hall star Vesta Tilley, later Lady de Frece. Listen to Vesta Tilley's 1904 recording of Algy.

Musical connections 1

St Aubyns Mansions sports two blue plaques; this one commemorates English contralto Dame Clara Butt who lived at number 4 from 1903-1906. Listen to her sing Land of Hope and Glory recorded in 1911.

Hove seafront

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A grand entrance

St Aubyns Mansions, King's Esplanade.

Sunlit fuchsia

Behind the gatepost

The entrance to Courtenay Tye and a blue plaque commemorating British actress Elizabeth Allan.

House name

I hadn't come across the word tye before noticing this house name. I had a hunt on the net and found out it's an old Sussex word meaning a patch of common land, often a village green.

Friday's view as seen today

I love today's light sea/dark sky view from my balcony. Leaves are turning brown and starting to drop from the trees and there's a distinctly autumnal nip in the air. Even though we Brits moan (and moan) about our changeable weather, I can't imagine living somewhere where it's warm all year round.

Sunset with street light

Thursday's sunset - such gorgeous colours!

Looking back to summer 4

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Looking back to summer 3

Looking back to summer 2

Taken earlier in the day than yesterday's picture, looking from the opposite side of the ground towards the new stand.

Photograph @ Liz Marley 2011.

Looking back to summer 1

Another shot of cricket; this one was taken by guest blogger Knitting on the Green.

Photograph @ Liz Marley 2011.

And again

Hove Town Hall

Here comes the rain

Sea mist

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Pink and orange

A hardy fuchsia and an orange-berried pyracantha make a lovely autumnal show in a Vallance Road garden.

Beyond the churchyard

St Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Passiflora

Tiled door surround, 5 Church Street, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Old Scantlings

Grade II listed mid-18th century cottage, Church Street, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Cottage garden

Church Street, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Churchyard

St Mary de Haura, Shoreham-by-Sea.

The sound of leather on willow

A very English way of enjoying a day in the open air.

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Spectators

Sussex v Durham County Championship match, Hove Cricket Ground.