Quartet of Benches

Smell the Roses Bench

Who's Missing?

Here's a very famous photograph of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt...



And here's a now famous bench in central London featuring just Churchill and Roosevelt...



... with just enough space to fit yourself in the middle and be, er....

A natural bench

Naming Bench

One of the saddest stories about old age is when people are 're-named', as if their identity is taken away. The bench feels very loving to me in that respect.

Poggles Bench

There's a story here, I'm sure. If only we knew a fiction writer...

Whatever You Desire Bench

Last Hole Bench

Good Advice Bench

A Mum's Bench

Bench with a view

Fire Bench

Hu-mann bench

Thanks to bench spotter, Kathryn Harriss, for this beauty.

Sometimes Simple Is Best...

On Guard Benches

I love how these two benches look as if they're guarding this amazingly plump looking tree - I can't stop thinking about how it looks just like a woman getting changed into a bathing suit while family look on!

Grass Sofas...

When the novelist Jane Rusbridge posted this news story on Facebook about grass sofas sprouting up around Britain, I knew straight away we needed a nice grassy sit down planted on here too....

Lovely bench...

Possibly the most perfect one to start the new year with. A happy 2012 to you all.

ps If you can't read it, the inscription says: 'Rest And Think On Whatsoever Things Are Lovely.'