Nature Art

I visited my local library this morning for the last time in 2016. Not because I'm leaving Beeston, but because the library is closing for nearly a year, so it can go through a £1,000,000 upgrade.

It's having a new roof and windows, and they are going to re-introduce the front entrance, which was blocked up many years ago. There's also going to be new shelving and hopefully a performance area for visiting musicians etc.

Leaving, I noticed a trail of stones on the wall surrounding the library. On closer inspection, I could see that someone had made, what I take to be a fish out of a leaf from a laurel bush and some stones.

I guess that it had been created by one, or some of the children that go the the adjacent Round Hill School. It's quite artistic, so I thought I would record it for posterity.

Neglected

This old gate isn't actually in the middle of the countryside, but in a school playing field just down the road from where I live in Beeston.

The roundhouse isn't actually a house, but it round. It's a large wooden shelter where the children can sit in the fresh air, but stay dry.

When I visited it, some musicians were playing, as the school had opened its doors for the day for a community event that takes place once a year. There are various health & education stalls, food tasting  games to play and workshops, like this Indian drum one.