Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

This is a NaviLens code. I saw it for the first time today in the Metro and assumed it was an art work of some kind. It is, in fact, a special QR code that can be read by a phone from up to 60 feet (18 metres away). It provides navigational information for travelers with impaired vision. A very clever use of digital technology for a good cause.

A house centipede.

A winter moon. Une lune d'hiver.

Snow formations on a frozen lake.

A male house finch. These are very tough individuals that stay all winter no matter how cold it is.

The Snow Queen on stilts; at the Winter Festival, Brossard, Quebec. For context, it was -16C, feeling like -25 with the wind which was blowing hard.

An evening by the Katsura river from Arashiyama near Kyoto.

A house finch

We had a few very cold days allowing ice tracings to form.

When I was in England I did a short walking trip to visit as many old flint-walled churches as I could fit in. This is St. Nicholas in Portslade Old Village. It is 12th century and was built beside a manor house which is still present, but in ruins. Although I am not from here, this is where my family lived here for many years at the seaward foot of the South Downs, and is where I would consider my spiritual heartland.

When I was in England I did a short walking trip to visit as many old flint-walled churches as I could fit in. This is St. Nicolas in Bramber, near the Adur river. It used to be an important port until the river silted and trade moved closer to the sea in Shoreham. It dates to approximately 1073, is still mainly Norman but with more recent additions and repairs.

When I was in England I did a short walking trip to visit as many old flint-walled churches as I could fit in. This is Coombes Church, in Sussex close to the Adur between Bramber and Shoreham. It is a hard one to find as access is by a footpath through a farm and it is hidden from view. I walked quite a long way beyond it before I realized my mistake. Its date is uncertain, but it is Saxon with later additions. Although it is a very humble building, the interior is decorated with original frescoes, also of uncertain date. One estimate suggests they predate the Norman Conquest, another suggests a date in the 1130s. www.ipernity.com/doc/319515/52555632 www.ipernity.com/doc/319515/52555634

St Botolph's church Sussex. A church has been here since before the Norman Conquest. This has been rebuilt, repaired and modified at various time since. One of the interesting artifacts inside the church is a banner dating from the reign of King Charles II (1660 to 1685).

St Nicholas Shoreham: A church of some kind has been in or around this site since 481. This church retains some Saxon structure but was highly modified in about 1140, and at various times since.

Holy Trinity church, Poynings in Sussex, UK , nestled at the foot of the South Downs. It is 14th century.

The squid shop, Hong Kong.

A male cardinal in the snow. At this time of year so much is black and white or shades of grey, so the flash of colour these birds bring is always welcome.

A black-capped chickadee. Despite their small size, the chickadees stay around all winter no matter how cold it gets and add some life to the otherwise rather bleak environment. They travel in flocks, especially in winter, and stash food in many different hiding places. Their memory is exceptional and allows them to retrieve the hidden food as they need it. In autumn, the part of their brain responsible for spatial memory (hippocampus) grows in size to retain the knowledge of where the food is stored, and shrinks again in the spring when they no longer need to retain the information.