The guide book says that it is rumoured servants who were tardy would be asked to sleep in the bedroom beneath the clock tower.. The clock chimed on the hour every hour.
For information about this monument see my previous post. The photos above make some of the details on the monument clearer.
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 23rd 2013
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi
Harmony :: Symmetry :: Flow
When objects or events come together,
ebbing rhythmically.
Harmony makes sense.
It feels right.
The pieces balance each other.
Like peas and carrots,
coffee & cream,
black & white.
The Harmony gallery can be found here.
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2013
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb for a little bit of Shugborough history and its famous connection with photography.
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2013
From the guide book:
There are two theories concerning the Cat’s Monument’s existent. One tale suggest it is a decication to the ship’s cat on the Centurion who kept the ship free of vermin during its lengthy circumnavigation. Another story claims it is a memorial to a family pet a Persian Cat by the name of Khouli-Khan.
The monument was probably the work of Thomas Wright, completed around 1749 and the depiction of Corsican goats is a dedication to the herd which were kept on the estate.
The first photo reminds me of the Cheshire Cat…
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2013
Black triangle
Pink triangle
Green triangle
Red triangle
Blue triangle
Lilac triangleAnd they wore the yellow triangle
When first they came for the criminals I did not speak
Then they began to take the jews
When they fetched the people who were members of trade unions
I did not speakThey took away the Bible students
Rounded up the the homosexuals
Then they gathered up the immigrants and the gypsiesI did not speak
I did not speak
Eventually they came for me but there was no one left to speak
Black triangle
Pink triangle
Green triangle
Red triangle
Blue triangle
Lilac triangleAnd they wore the yellow triangle
And they wore the yellow triangle
And they wore the yellow triangleI did not speak
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2013
Shugborough Estate features several interesting monuments, one of which is The Ruin.
The Ruin is situated by the River Sow, facing the formal gardens. Part of its feature is a thoughtful druid, he seems rather ghost-like in my image.
9 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2013
