Penpol Road Today

After showing the vintage picture of Penpol Road I realized that I did not have one of how it looked today, so I decided yesterday that as the sun was shining I would take one. Armed with my trusted camera off I went, all of 3 minutes down the road....Finding the correct position to stand so I could get a similar image I was ready, only problem was I was standing in the road itself...not good in this day and age!!!. Then my middle-aged brain clicked!...stand on the path, take a photograph of the entire road and technology being what it is crop to size later...brilliant....I bet the Edwardian photographer didn’t have this problem, all he would have to worry about was dodging the cattle dung!!!....Well having cropped and chopped and reduced I came up with what you see here. I did try the ‘Old Photo’ look but thought no, the sun doesn’t shine that often so why not show Penpol Road on a good day....

Ok the sign has replaced the charming children, the cars the cattle dung (that's a good thing!), garden walls have been painted, house walls taken back to stone & plastic windows replace sash (that's not a good thing!) but the essence of 98 years ago is still there. And what do you think of that beautiful tree? Mind you I didn't think it was so beautiful in March this year, ask my friends at A Passion for Primitives....'March winds will blow and we will have snow'......we didn't have snow but we sure had wind, well gales actually with lots of rain... I'm not saying the tree was moving as such but dancing a jig should give you some idea and yes my house is directly oposite it...'TIMBER'...hehe
If you want to see what I mean about the rough weather we had in March check out this link....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/image_galleries/storms_march2008_gallery.shtml?1

There are some dramatic images of the sea at it's best in a storm.....Cute one though on page 68 of a swan gliding down a street...That's all for now....lol...