Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Holidays, Malham 2011
The sculptures on this war memorial are by John Cassidy:
At a meeting on 22 March 1920 the selection of a War Memorial Monument was made by the town’s War Memorial Committee; Cassidy was commissioned to execute and erect the Monument at a cost not exceeding £3,000. Over 370 Skipton men lost their lives in [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2011
Filed under This & That
Since my last post about the search for the Towton Rose there have been some fresh leads but the Rose has still not been located and the search continues. In a recent Blog post George Algar notes that all the roses that have been identified as being taken from the battlefield are of the same [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.
By the looks of that strange light, it seems that both the man and the bus were beamed up to who knows where…
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2010
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
By Edward Lear
For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.
I
Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly
Down to the calico tree,
Their wings were blue,
And they sang ‘Tilly-loo!’
Till away they flew,–
And they never came back to me!
They never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back to me!
II
Calico Jam,
The little Fish swam,
Over the syllabub sea,
He took off his hat,
To the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2010
Filed under Books, Holidays, York 2010
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
The first photograph shows the Elizabethan carving above the chimney-piece in the Red Drawing-room:
The main panel is a gruesome Dance of Death, showing a skeleton trampling on the symbols of earthly vanity, such as a papal crown, orb and sceptre, mitre, weapons of war, etc. The figures on either side are the Just, being received [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, York 2010
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing: -”Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.
Rudyard Kipling, “The Glory of the Garden”
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2010
