Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
The remoter and more general aspects of the law are those which give it universal interest. It is through them that you not only become a great master in your calling, but connect your subject with the universe and catch an echo of the infinite, a glimpse of its unfathomable process, a hint of the universal law.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. JR (1841 – 1935)
I recommend you click on the picture it looks much better when viewed large.
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The water canons that are part of the fountain display are easier to see in the second two photos. They were not operating when we walked through the gardens. Here is a lovely black and white video of the fountains, water canons and the underground pumps, dating back to around the 1960s (I think). You will have to polish off your French in order to understand the commentary, although it is not necessary because the video is enjoyable without.
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For best enjoyment, click to view fullscreen.
31 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2013
On Saturday evening a good friend came round to visit. There was lots of chatting, board games and a demonstration of Japanese medical skills and the next thing I knew it was 4.30 in the morning!!
The result of this late night/early morning meant I was rather lethargic during Sunday morning. But I was forced to spring into action in the afternoon to clear away all the Christmas decorations. Following that there was the obligatory appearance of the vacuum cleaner to clear up all the little bits of decorations that linger on the carpet. After all this activity I was able to log onto my computer for a few minutes before getting ready for my Sunday evening meal.
When I got up from the computer and left the room there was a heavy clunk as if something had fallen over. When I went to investigate I couldn’t see that anything had moved and decided that it was the chair spinning round and hitting the desk. I promptly forgot about it, until this morning…
When I opened the door to that room (the room I am in now) there was a little bit of resistance and it wouldn’t open fully. When I managed to open the door and look behind it to investigate the problem I immediately noticed the word God glowing out from the dark and I could see a faint book outline underneath. I bent down to pick the book up and realised that there were also two CDs on the floor as well.
I discovered the word God was on a bookmark. It is one I picked up a few years ago from St Mary’s Parish Church in Whitby whilst investigating my family history. On one side of the bookmark there is a picture of the Church and on the other side the following quote:
God
Grant me
the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage
to change
the things I can
and Wisdom
to know
the difference.
The other three things were also interesting…
The book was ‘Christy Moore, One Voice, My Life in Song’ – When I was campaigning against the moving of our work down south and the subsequent loss of skills, I used some of his songs in the campaign videos that I made.
One of the CDs contained photos taken by a colleague at a PCS conference a few years ago. Some of the photos on the disc were of an event where one of my campaign videos was shown – Tomorrow the first meeting takes place do discuss how we can raise awareness and campaign against the same issues.
The second CD had a few photographs that my Dad took of the flowers that I bought for my Mum’s 75th Birthday. She is 80 this year.
A message?…
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