Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2018
Limestone statues from St. Mary’s Abbey, York; Moses, Unknow Apostle, St. James and St. John the Evangelist.
These larger than life statues were placed above the west entrance to the abbey church at St. Mary’s to awe and inspire visitors. Beautifully crafted and painted they are the finest surviving example of eleventh century sculpture in the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 7th 2018
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Pope John XXIII
6 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Stretching across the River Severn, the world’s first iron bridge is one of the greatest symbols of the Industrial Revolution. But the Iron Bridge is now suffering from cracking and in need of repair.
To save the bridge for generations to come, English Heritage is embarking on its largest conservation project to date.
Each generation has done [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2018
Filed under Holidays, York 2018
…come inside it’s smashing
4 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
8 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2018
