There are some architectural details I find endlessly fascinating. Windows and doors fall into that category, but so do staircases and corridors.
This staircase can be found at the Tate St Ives, and is pretty much a black and white affair even when you see it in full colour.
The stairwell of Camphill Gate on Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow. Designed by John Nisbet and built in 1905, it was constructed with concrete slabs between the floors making it one of Glasgow's first fire-proof tenement blocks.
These rough steps lead down to the beach at Musselwick Bay, near Marloes.
As I was walking up them one day, I met a chap who said he'd known the guy who cut them. He was an elderly fellow, apparently, who would come down every day with a hammer and stone chisel, and work away till his chisel was blunt. In the evening, he'd sharpen his chisel again, ready for the next day's labour.
Now that is really public service at its finest...
Yesterday, I had on my mind something that I could write about today. But today, I can't remember what it was. It's like that sometimes.
Have you ever been approached by somebody who knows you, and you recognize, but can't remember their name? It used to happen to me a lot and it was awkward. But now I stay boarded up at home, so problem solved. :) Except when we go to my wife's hometown in Georgia. There, I remember almost nobody outside the immediate family. My wife always introduces people to me by saying, "you remember" and the person's name. It's always an awkward moment because I don't have any idea, but I smile and nod. I don't hear well anyway, so smiling and nodding is something I do well.
“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” - Edgar Allan Poe