Last week I wrote on here about the mythogical beasts on the columns that support the portico leading into Burlington House courtyard. Well, on the walls either side of the entrance to The Linnean Society, on the left side within that same entranceway, there are more embellishments, depicting life and death. These take the form of a bird feeding chicks on a nest and a skull.
Hmm, I thought, let's save that for Hallowe'en and add some more 'spooky' things I've seen.
Staing with skulls and bones – a hazard warning on a metal bin and a medical skeleton hanging in a window:
And then I recalled these two – an ad for a Gregg's muffin and peeling paint on the wall around Mount Pleasant Sorting Office:
And, finally, an eyeball and a demonic bat:
And then I recalled these two – an ad for a Gregg's muffin and peeling paint on the wall around Mount Pleasant Sorting Office:
Best include a couple of demons... one in Paddington and another in Cornhill, both featured on Jane's London before, such as here:
And, finally, an eyeball and a demonic bat:
That's actually a tealight holder I espied on the Thames foreshore. The bat is one the many marvellous motifs on The Blackfriars pub.
That's it. Whooo whaaaay!
