Postcards

Human beings seem to like embellishments - on their persons, on their buildings, and even on their streets.  F's latest set of postcards (quite a small set) is the first in a few postcards of embellishments.

This is the ceiling of Kings Cross station in London.  She was rather taken by the patterns and lighting.


This one (and one further down) are pedestrian crossings on Southwark Street, London.  F has tried for years to teach me that the places to cross the road are where the stripes are - stripy cat, stripy crossing.  I haven't bought into it and have been banned from crossing roads unaccompanied by a human.
Anyway even humans would get their stripe trained brains messed up by these designs wouldn't they?  F Assures me that these crossings are controlled by lights "cross, don't cross; walk, don't walk" sort of messages...



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  1. Yamini MacLean27 April 2023 at 14:25

    Hari OM
    Oohh pretty postcards.. even prettier pussy cat... errmmm sorry mate. Make that handsome... hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx

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    1. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:41

      Thanks you Yam-Aunty. Furrings and purrings Mr T

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  2. jabblog27 April 2023 at 15:09

    Not sure about those pedestrian crossings - rather distracting . . .

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    1. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:41

      At least you can find them - most of the lights controlled crossings on that street are not even marked with zebra crossings.

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  3. WFT Nobby27 April 2023 at 15:54

    Tigger, you are in good company. I am not allowed to cross any road unless attached by walking string to a responsible human.
    Toodle-oo!
    Nobby.

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    1. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:40

      Walking strings make the bones in my legs turn into jelly and I become a blob on the ground. xxx Mr T

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  4. MadSnapper27 April 2023 at 16:55

    you sweet Tigger are the best of all postcards. I love that ceiling, wow. would like to see it in person. we don't have pictures at crosswalks but do have the signs, they also talk for blind people. but MANY humans WALK when it says don't walk and some even get run over by cars. it is hard for Americans to follow rules, not sure why. I think USA humans grew up spoiled and think they can do what they want no matter the rules/laws...

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    1. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:39

      And there was us thinking that Americans took this street crossing thing very seriously. We don't have a word for 'jaywalking' so we had to borrow yours - because it kind of suggests that it is not the approved thing to do.

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  5. Boud27 April 2023 at 20:08

    Someone got all excited with their stencils and paintbox there.

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    1. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:37

      Colourful anyway - it sort of ties into a whole area of painted sidewalks around the Bankside re-development

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  6. Cathy28 April 2023 at 05:07

    The striped zebra crossings are bad enough - when my children were little they’d try to ‘hop scotch’ across them. I can see youngsters stopping and wanting to have a good look at these

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  7. Tigger's Mum28 April 2023 at 09:36

    Well not exactly - she would rather I simply didn't cross roads and there are no grey stripy crossings near where we live .... not even outside the school along the road.

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  8. angela28 April 2023 at 20:16

    So pretty. Especially the celling I’ll have to make sure to look up when I’m there in a few weeks

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  9. Amy30 April 2023 at 20:12

    That's freaky looking architecture, I would hope none of my kittehs would dare cross the road but sadly Bruno and Floki are not that intelligent.

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