Tag: Gregory’s Girl

  • Twisted, Both Natural & Man Made

    In response to twisted I looked at both natural twists & turns and those formed by human hands.

    Twists & whorls in wooden decking on Santa Monica Pier?

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    On the same Santa Monica Pier, there are the twists and turns of the Roller Coaster and the Ferris Wheel.

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    A basket ball has many twists & turns in the pattern of dots.

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    Twisted lights formed into a chandalier type thingy.

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    A ram at Palacerigg Country Park, nr Glasgow?????? with its curved horns and twisted fleece.

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    Fungus on a fallen tree.

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    Spiral pattern on a hand crafted glass bowl.

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    Curved lines in architecture. The glass dome almost has a spiral effect when looked at for a while.

    Looking past the crazed pattern in the charred wood, the twists and whorls of the wood grain can still be seen.

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    New fronds growing on a fern tree.

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    The intricate mechanism of a pocket watch, along with the attached chain.

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    Braided leather to form the falls of a flogger.

    Rope and chains.

    Internal workings of flowers.

    The curved roof in The Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow??????

    Twisted Ivy vines on a tree.

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    Twisted and gnarled trunk of an old oak tree. This particular tree was featured in the film Gregory’s Girl, 1980, a Scottish coming of age film; set in Cumbernauld, nr Glasgow.

    Cumbernauld House Park