Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Today our visitors turned up late and one less than expected. It was a good job Mr C had factored lateness into his cooking schedule. As we were enjoying our dinner the snow began to fall…
Due to eating lunch late our visitors were too full when it was time for tea. We sent them home with the surplus food, some of which had been bought for special dietary requirements.
I am now enjoying a bit of quiet time after a hectic couple of days.
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2014
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
Alexander Smith
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2014
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The tomb of Bishop Wilberforce is situated in the South Transept of Winchester Cathedral and dates to 1878. It is the work of H.H. Armstead (sculptor, 1828-1905) and Sir George Scott (architect 1811-1878).
The third son of the famous abolitionist, Bishop Wilberforce had served as Archdeacon of Surrey and Dean of Westminster before becoming Lord Bishop of Oxford (1845-1869), and after that, from late 1869, Bishop of Winchester. He had also been Chaplain to Prince Albert, Lord High Almoner of the Royal Household (Wilberforce 320), and an important promoter of Anglican sisterhoods. Renowned as a speaker and for his anti-Darwinism, he was very much a national figure. His tendency to be unctuous earned him the nickname “Soapy Sam,” but he has been more respectfully designated “Remodeller of the Episcopate” (Mee 12).
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2014
The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014
…on The Case of the Missing Wine.
It is seven days since we received the strange delivery note saying Sorry I missed you when I came to deliver parcels “Their was another box of wine I think it was double ordered”. The tracking number is still not available for tracking on the Yodel website. Our supplier can’t get any sense out of Yodel either, it seems our wine delivery is lost in the mystic ether.
Our supplier has pulled out all the stops and sourced new supplies of some of the bottles that have gone missing, unfortunately the bottles of a particularly nice Rose we had ordered for Christmas lunch are not among those that they found.
I think another phone call (from Mr C) to Yodel as to the whereabouts of our delivery is in order!!
Update (18 Dec 2014) – The replacement wines sourced by our supplier were delivered today. They were left with our next door neighbour for safekeeping whilst we were out. Hurrah!!
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2014
