Inspiration can come from anywhere...

... sitting in traffic on my way home from work today I looked out of the window and saw this:

how fab is the worn paint on this gate?  Love it - couldn't resist taking a quick photo..... this is why I try to always carry a camera with me - you never know when you'll see something worth snapping.  I was going to pull over, knock and ask to take a better picture but I thought the gate's owners might be a bit insulted by "I'd like to photograph your gate because the distressed worn paint is so lovely" yeah, I can see that would go down well! Not. lol