Chinese New Year, London 2012

New Year celebrations for the Year of the Dragon in London Chinatown.

Street decorations

Lots of cakes for sale,

including dragon cake.

Frost on The Nower, Dorking, Surrey, in January 2012

Frost on the Nower, Dorking, Surrey, on a winter's morning in January 2012.

It is a contrast to the snow of last winter. See previous entry of 2011 snow on the Nower.

Growing Family of Canada Geese in Dorking

The family of Canada Geese now looking very grown up
in Meadowbank Recreation Ground, Dorking.

See family in June: Goslings in Dorking
The lead one above with distinctive white markings on the head is one of the parents in the earlier picture. 

Thinking, Newman Street, London

Newman Street, off Oxford Street, at night

Spilt Milk in Bethnal Green

There is no point crying over spilt milk but perhaps you should drive more carefully next time:

Bethnal Green Road, East London

Feeling Lazy

Feeling lazy, Merry Christmas!

Christmas scenes, Trafalgar Square, Southbank and Soho, London

The nativity scene in Trafalgar Square

The white lights of the christmas tree and the red lights of the olympic countdown are reflected in the glass.

Short video of the square at night (37 secs)

Some people are just thinking of the food:

but some prefer simpler celebrations:

For pictures of 2011 Christmas lights in London, see this set in Flickr.