Christmas begins

.

I need a new coat

something for the Christmas list

household discussions

.

by Scooj

2667. Turbo Island

Of all the wonderful street art pieces that I write about on Natural Adventures, by far the most tricky are the ones linked to dates in the calendar, such as Christmas and Halloween. This is because I am pretty much always running with a backlog of posts and because I tend to write them in advance. This means that if I take pictures of a wonderful collaboration like this one by Decay and Rezwonk on Christmas Eve (which I did) it takes several days and sometimes weeks to process and write about them. What I am saying is that my system is not very flexible and I am not very agile in my approach. No matter, I get there in the end, and the artwork is no lessim pressive for the delay.

Rezwonk and Decay, Turbo Island, Bristol, December 2019
Rezwonk and Decay, Turbo Island, Bristol, December 2019

I couldn’t get a clean front-on shot of this piece at Turbo Island, because there were several homeless people sleeping just in front of it and I didn’t want to be insensitive to their privacy (not that you have any sleeping in the open air).

The collaboration itself is yet another from these two regulars who have painted together many times this year and seem to enjoy it – I think they paint together under the crew name HTM, but I don’t know what it stands for yet. The snowy scene is beautifully crafted by both artists, but it is the twinkling lights that top the piece off perfectly, and I love the socket and plug too, a great touch. A  near perfect Christmas piece (I think it has already gone).

Slog

 

A kind of torture

first day back at the office

just bumping along

 

by Scooj

Home bitter sweet home

.

That Christmas feeling

gently melts away and we

are left high and dry

.

by Scooj

Eve

 

Family and dog

day trip to mother-in-law

sharing Christmas cheer

 

by Scooj

Peace and goodwill

 

That snatched moment when

all are out and I focus

on wrapping presents

 

by Scooj

Store Wars

.

Ambushed, surrounded

in electricals today

Darth and stormtroopers

.

by Scooj

Decorations

 

Pack up the boxes

an eleven month slumber

in the loft awaits.

 

by Scooj

Dawn

 

These gossamer threads

untroubled by passing feet;

natural wonder.

 

by Scooj

 

Home

 

Gentle emergence

from the mists of Bodmin Moor

to the streets of home.

My mind fixed on the former

though my body has returned.

 

by Scooj