Beauty in the muck

Despite the ugliness on display in my local paper (today's splash: the Osmonds eat MacDonald's!) and manifested on here at the end of last week, this place can be rather lovely, especially in the snow. I took a stroll at lunchtime, determined to capture some of the city's elusive beauty. The snow was thawing fast, but I got some decent shots and played with my new Tokina 11-16 landscape lens for the first time.

Whole set here (if you know what the various ducks and geese are, help me out). Or click on these ones to enlarge.

Saxon or Roman cross outside St Peter's