Pic of the day: February 2

Oxford picture of the day:

When the sun decides to come out, this is a really beautiful town.

Pic of the day: January 31

Oxford picture of the day:

January flowers.

Pic of the day: January 27

Oxford pic of the day:

A rainbow in January!

Pic of the day Jan 18

A few days late on posting this one:

Ducks in the snow.

Day sixty-two in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

My shadow at noon. The low angle of the sun makes it feel like a perpetual late afternoon.

Day fifty-eight in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

He was an abandoned beer bottle. She was a lone glove. They said their love would never last.

They were wrong.

Sunday mornings in Oxford: coming soon to a theater near you.

Day fifty-six in Oxford

Oxford Picture of the Day:

Ferris wheel at the Oxford Christmas Light Night street fair.

Day fifty-five in Oxford

It's Thanksgiving back home, and I was going to post a picture of my poor little makeshift Thanksgiving dinner here (gravy in a tube!). But the picture looked highly unappetizing, so here's one I took this morning on my way to study.

The Radcliffe Humanities building; home to the philosophy library and the closest printers to my dorm.

Day fifty-one in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

Christmas decorations over Cornmarket Street: Tom Tower in the distance.

Overheard in Oxford

Cyclist #1: I'm not that drunk!

Cyclist #2: You don't feel it when you're cycling.

Cyclist #3: Where are you going?!?!??

Day forty-nine in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

Brasenose Lane at night.

Day forty-eight in Oxford

Oxford pic of the day:

Nobody told this rose that it's November.

Day forty-six in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

Sunday mornings in Oxford always feature leftover drinks left quietly on windowsills, stoops, and curbs.

Day Forty in Oxford

Oxford pic of the day:

The photo is actually from Sunday, but I've been too sick to think.

This glass, along with its brown liquid remnants and double-stirrers, sat there politely from Friday morning to at least Sunday morning. I haven't been past there since to check on it, but I'll update later!

Day twenty-nine in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

Oxfords in Oxford. Ironic, right? Or meta? Or... not-quite-punny?

Whatever, the leaves are pretty!

UK tip of the day

As you're walking around the city, you might notice these things:

And you might think that it's very nice that the Brits have given you such a clearly marked place to cross the street.

Which it is.

HOWEVER, do NOT take that to mean that you have the freedom to just saunter across the street as if you own the place. Oh no. Because you do not.

You see, in England, pedestrians do not have the right of way.

It will take some time, but you will figure it out (hopefully without TOO many near-misses).

BUT WAIT.

They do have these nifty things called zebra crossings. They're super-cool. So cool, in fact, that the crosswalk from Abbey Road is now a zebra crossing!

In zebra crossings, pedestrians have the right of way.

Day nineteen in Oxford

Oxford picture of the day:

The Port Meadow, flooded, with dog.

Day One

Oxford photo of the day:

The sign for Banbury road, where I power-walked the 2.5 miles to the housing agent's office to sign my tenancy contract, then the 2.5 miles back... my feet will be hurting tomorrow!