Namesake

Eaton Villas, Hove.

Charity bookshop

Another must-visit shop in Blatchington Road is the Oxfam Bookshop - brilliant selection of fiction and non-fiction second-hand books, all at very good prices.

Bird and Rose

One of my favourite local shops is Bird and Rose in Blatchington Road which sells an interesting mix of beautiful cards and stationery, furniture and vintage china.

Stating the bleedin' obvious

Sign from yesterday's bin. I do wonder about this country sometimes...

The shape of things to come ...

... or maybe it's the thin end of the wedge. Communal rubbish bins have arrived in many of Hove's streets - this means collections of household waste from outside individual houses are a thing of the past. You now have to take your rubbish (after removing paper/glass/cans for recycling, of course) out along the street and put it one of these giant containers which are emptied every day. My block still has the old-style small bins which get emptied once a week.

Railings 4

Well, a lovely shadow rather than the actual railings.

Railings 3

Holy Trinity Church; details as Thursday.

Railings 2

Holy Trinity Church again; details as yesterday.

Railings 1

Holy Trinity Church, Blatchington Road, Hove.

Sunset-deprived

My home's been scaffolded and netted since May and I've missed leaning on the balcony railing and watching the sun set. The building/redecorating work is on schedule (fingers and toes firmly crossed) and everything should be back to normal by the end of the month. Just to remind you what I'm missing, here's a sunset I took earlier this year.