Hampstead

On Tuesday, Marcia and I spent the afternoon and evening in Hampstead - a community north of us. Hampstead is where the photo club meets at 8pm, and we decided to go early, walk around, and have dinner at a restaurant before our meeting. Carl was away in the States attending a conference, and Marcia's husband was working late, so we had all the time we needed.

We began by walking through Hampstead Heath - a large park in the area that contains hills and fields and ponds. Of course, we had our cameras with us - so when we came across anything interesting, we took some pictures.


We were not able to identify this bird - but we could appreciate its distinctive look.

At one of the ponds, we ran across a man who came to feed the birds -- which were mostly seagulls. That was surprising, considering how far inland we were. We thought the man had an interesting look of his own.

Then we came across this little girl who was all decked out in a dazzling array of clothing. Her dad gave us permission to take her picture and explained that she had dressed herself that day.

After that, we walked for a few more hours, doing some window shopping on Hampstead High Street, stopping at a gallery to see a photo display, having 'tea' at a local restaurant, browsing through several shops, having a delicious dinner at a Greek restaurant, and finally going to the meeting at 8pm. Sometime during the meeting, it STARTED TO SNOW! After the meeting, we caught our bus home, then walked home from the bus stop.

The photo below shows what St Johns Wood High Street looked like at 11pm with the snow streaming down.

It has remained cold since then -- much colder than it ever was last March.