Friday 30 May 2014

Building Update and Scenes from Around the Campus (#1200 - 1230)


1200. The enormous drill for the sheet piling arrived yesterday. George Cadbury Hall is background right. (29/MAY/2014)



1201. The soil at the end of the teaching wing is being built up until it is raised to the height of the first floor - which will connect with the ground floor of the new school. (29/MAY/2014)




1202. The soil at the end of the teaching wing is being built up until it is raised to the height of the first floor - which will connect with the ground floor of the new school. (29/MAY/2014)



1203. The soil at the end of the teaching wing is being built up until it is raised to the height of the first floor - which will connect with the ground floor of the new school. Unfortunately the rain yesterday slowed the process down. (29/MAY/2014)



1204. View of the building site from first floor of the OLRC. The ground in the background has also been raised. (29/MAY/2014)

Meanwhile, around the campus...


1205. A mossy bollard is all that remains of Johnston House. (29/MAY/2014)



1206. Rhododendrons where Johnston House once stood. (29/MAY/2014)



1207. Bees visit the rhododendrons where Johnston House once stood. (29/MAY/2014)



1208. A single peony in the bushes where the front of Johnston House once was. (29/MAY/2014)



1209. A single peony in the bushes where the front of Johnston House once was. (29/MAY/2014)



1210. Wild Sweet-Peas have become overgrown in the bushes where the front of Johnston House once was. (29/MAY/2014)



1211. Wild Sweet-Peas have become overgrown in the bushes where the front of Johnston House once was. (29/MAY/2014)



1212. Wild Sweet-Peas have become overgrown in the bushes where the front of Johnston House once was. (29/MAY/2014)



1213. Hydrangeas coming into flower outside Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014)



1214. Hydrangeas coming into flower outside Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014)



1215. A rose in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1216. A wild rose in the close. (29/MAY/2014)



1217. A wild rose in the close. (29/MAY/2014)



1218. An rusty drain cover and old deck chair, forgotten, in the close. (29/MAY/2014)



1219. A hundred-year-old paved area in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1220. A hundred-year-old window in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1221. Roses growing in someone's garden, in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1222. Foxgloves among the ferns and Japonica in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1223.  Foxgloves among the ferns and Japonica in The Close. (29/MAY/2014)



1224. An abandoned sofa in a hidden corner of The Close. (29/MAY/2014) 



1225. Another hidden corner of The Close. (29/MAY/2014) 



1226. A row of very tall, straight ferns, with Alan Geale House in the background. (29/MAY/2014) 



1227. A tree with a deep hole close to Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014) 



1228. a yellow rose outside Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014) 



1229. A pale blue egg, possible a Robin's, found outside Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014) 



1230. A lovely rose outside Alan Geale House. (29/MAY/2014) 

Thursday 29 May 2014

Building Update (#1198-1199)


1198. The school-bus turning area is ready for surfacing. Taken on Weoley Park Road facing south-west. (27/MAY/2014)



1198. The school-bus turning area is ready for surfacing. Taken on Hamilton drive facing south-east. (27/MAY/2014)

Friday 23 May 2014

It's Raining! Snail Weather! (#1181 - 1197)


1181. Apple blossom on the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of Hamilton Drive. BCC West Block in the background. (22/MAY/2014)



1182. Apple blossom on the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of Hamilton Drive. BCC West Block in the background. (22/MAY/2014)



1183. Apple blossom on the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of Hamilton Drive. BCC West Block in the background. (22/MAY/2014)



1184. Apple blossom on the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of Hamilton Drive. (22/MAY/2014)



1185. A tiny snail in the long garden behind BCC West Block and Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1186. A tiny snail in the long garden behind BCC West Block and Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1187. A tiny snail in the long garden behind BCC West Block. (22/MAY/2014)



1188. A tiny snail in the long garden behind BCC West Block. (22/MAY/2014)



1189. The shell of a larger snail behind BCC West Block. (22/MAY/2014)



1190. Roses that grow along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1191. A rose growing along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1192. Roses that grow along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1193. Roses that grow along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1194. A rose growing along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1195. Roses that grow along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1196. A rose growing along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)



1197. A rose growing along the wall of Crowther Hall. (22/MAY/2014)