This painting is all about oppositions: male v. female; active v. passive; war v. peace; hard v. soft; innocence v. experience; and so on. It is unbelievably weird. Really. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #botticelli #renaissance #ferrisphotos #museum

Exciting, but it was like a zoo. This is a very weird painting: male passivity, hidden symbolism and a swath of Freudian interpretation. Nice way to spend a moment. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #fitzwilliam #museum #ferrisphotos

It's so unusual now with digital sharpness to get an 'accident.' But abstraction based on Renaissance artefacts seems rather interesting? To me anyway. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #museum #Fitzmuseum #abstraction #ferrisphotos

The kind and generous Tories will allow me an extra £275 per year. They are utter filth. A sop for the gullible. I wouldn't vote for them if it were a one party state! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #museum #ferrisphotos #fitzwilliam #architecture

A much lesser variant on 'The Trimph of Death' in the Prado. Seems incredibly apposite to me. But at least I can go for coffeee and cake a bit later on. Delightful. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #museum #fitzwilliam #ferrisphotos

This is an actual picture of me when I am feeling ill. An obscure part of the cathedral. Need an emblemologist to give me the supposed meaning. Come on, Sue! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #carving #stone #architecture #ferrisphotos

Let me post a conceptual sort of pic to get the day going. Didn't want to get up this morning; lay there till gone 8.00. Very unusual for me. I have been ill, mind! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #garden #creeper #ferrisphotos

It can't decide to be sunny or cloudy. I know what I prefer. Nice to find a place almost devoid of people, though I do sometimes like to snap workers or walkers. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #pergola #ferrisphotos #saffronwalden

Weird how pollarded trees recover. Tories could use this as an illustration of 'green shoots.' And this is about as far as it goes. Don't like the alternative much either! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #ferrisphotos #summer

Cambridge has been photographed to death, so sometimes I grab weird vignettes, though not this time. Feeling inordinately tired today (no idea why?). #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #street #ferrisphotos #summer

So here's a madder one. No chocolate in the house which is a bugger, but booked in for coffee and cake in the morning. You just have to look hard to find the pics. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #museum #photography #ferrisphotos

I hadn't realised there was a maze. Didn't get to the centre where there's a viewing platform. I will next time. My fleece got rather damp brushing the leaves. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #maze #rain #ferrisphotos

Could filter and manipulate this a bit more perhaps? Off to see the Botticelli later and curry with Mark I think. Uploading to TT takes so long; and I need followers! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #selfies #cathedral #ferrisphotos #photography

Not a diagram of the solar system, just an eye-catching fence. Have done next to nothing today, but it is a bank holiday. Absorbed unfairly into half-term. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #fencing #summer #ferrisphotos

Messing about on the river. The town was heaving with tourists, many phone zombies, be it in front of the Botticelli or on a chauffeur-driven punt! Curry later. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #punting #ferrisphotos #river

Seen in Saffron Walden. So, guess what? The sky is made of weathered limestone again. I HATE this so much. I need sun. I have a SAD lamp; it's on now! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #brass #church #ferrisphotos

Another arty one. Reminds me a bit of the 'portholes' in the dining room at Kim; used to be the stables, and I presume accommodation for the lads and grooms? #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #berlin #ferrisphotos #frustration

The trumpet shall sound. Wide awake at about 2.30 again. Electioneering. They are all GLI. Indicates 'Greed, lies and inadequacy.' And the greatest of these is lying. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #organ #church #ferrisphotos

Think I'll adopt this as my avatar. Slept for 8 hours last night. The last time this happened I was 4. Slight exaggeration before anyone jumps down my throat. #theferrisfiles #berlin #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #sculpture #angel #ferrisphotos

Weather is horrid, but am off out anyway. This country is dulled by its constant rain. Cake and then Italian for lunch probably. Will take a book with me just in case. #theferrisfiles #berlin #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos #architecture #reflection