Just look at the light! Good time for catching a bit of atmosphere; it looks like 9:55 on the clock. The pole and bunting fill the scene with fun and joy, then conversely the sole chap on the bike is a bit menacing, but very typical. I appreciate the positioning of the pole against the bell tower. We are pleasantly lead up to that point by the lines of the bunting and, along with that small piece of cloud to the right, it fills the sky perfectly.

Pounds, shillings and pence (libra, solidi, denari or ell-ess-dee), and pints and quarts.These old signs are good heritage subjects and, I'd suspect, collectors' items nowadays. A move to the right might just have got rid of the modern white camper van to keep us in the past here; or a lower angle maybe. The little sprig of ivy on the bottom left is an appropriate final touch. If we do our maths, that comes to just under £1 a gallon, or 22p a litre. I remember when we all gasped at the horror of a pound a gallon!

I rather like the plain grey of the Buddha surrounded by rich greens and deep reds, with one leaf in his hands. That looking down angle is often a bit of a let down and seldom gives more than a snapshot picture, but here it works well because he is sitting down. I wonder if you positioned that leaf.....? Well if you did it makes the picture.

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NO, definitely no. I did not specially arrange that leaf in his lap. That was how I found it. There is a Zen proverb that says "No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." Or maple Leaf, for that matter. Very appropriate and very Zen.