tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4932010657823861475..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Waltham AbbeyLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-23003715352030259752015-05-16T05:23:56.556+02:002015-05-16T05:23:56.556+02:00Well, I admire you, Lucy, and I am an acquarius, s...Well, I admire you, Lucy, and I am an acquarius, so there's that.<br /><br />I love seeing these pictures. While I love many things about our life here, I do miss Europe generally. Today I went to the opening for a new art gallery in an old house here, probably built in the 1920's, maybe as early as 1900. I found myself immediately drawn to the doors and woodwork simply because they were older than anything we ever see.....and then realized they were probably hardly a century old.<br /><br />The Waltham imps are fantastic, and I love Leo, but I do think my favorite photos are the ones of the edges of the buildings. Fascinating, all the juxtaposition of this and that, and just the invitation to imagine all the hands of all the people who brought that into being.....and that all these years later we are admiring their work, the simple work of stonemasons and workers who could probably not imagine the world we live in now.<br /><br />Thank you for a little vacation to elsewhere.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-83524797090866364592015-05-09T04:01:38.733+02:002015-05-09T04:01:38.733+02:00Hallo Lucy
Thankyou for this. I felt I was wanderi...Hallo Lucy<br />Thankyou for this. I felt I was wandering and marvelling with you and Tom. Love the photos of the faces peering out at the world. The thought of coffee and walnut cake had me sighing!<br /><br />HHBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-44115154991721645762015-05-06T00:01:02.153+02:002015-05-06T00:01:02.153+02:00It's a richer experience to know the history b...It's a richer experience to know the history behind these places; you pick up on more of the stories they tell you, even if some things will inevitably be a mystery (and maybe inspire you to make up your own fantastic stories).<br /><br />I enjoyed all the faces peering out, especially the second imp. And the reclining figures on the Tudor tomb are unintentionally comical.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-32393608030493426012015-05-05T21:15:34.000+02:002015-05-05T21:15:34.000+02:00The reclining Tudor couple are... a little strange...The reclining Tudor couple are... a little strange and awkward. <br /><br />The ceilings would have gotten me through a mass, though. Something to gaze at. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16008614197483767422015-05-05T02:11:28.046+02:002015-05-05T02:11:28.046+02:00Here I am, late to the parade. i very much enjoye...Here I am, late to the parade. i very much enjoyed the ramble through the history of W A and will not soon forget your wonderful images, especially the (bored?) reclining couple ... marvellous stonework.....and a Canada goose thanks to WA for taking one. Looking forward to the Paris album.Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789646495307544390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-72660997208153374052015-05-04T21:09:40.341+02:002015-05-04T21:09:40.341+02:00Enjoy the Paris jaunt and anniversarious activitie...Enjoy the Paris jaunt and anniversarious activities and maybe there will also be time for you to take marvellous photos and write another of your marvellous reports. Yes, I would take you along as a guide anywhere and everywhere, I marvel at how you manage to combine erudition with joie de vivre and an unfailing eye for the undiscovered detail.Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-17896347906953472102015-05-04T20:02:48.397+02:002015-05-04T20:02:48.397+02:00love the pictures ... very well done !love the pictures ... very well done !tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-20498719247154200502015-05-04T01:01:00.282+02:002015-05-04T01:01:00.282+02:00Interesting field trip.
Happy anniversary Lucy an...Interesting field trip.<br /><br />Happy anniversary Lucy and Tom!<br /><br />Vive le couple!Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33714054090920386692015-05-03T22:58:33.432+02:002015-05-03T22:58:33.432+02:00Wonderful tour, Lucy.
And how I wish I had had yo...Wonderful tour, Lucy.<br /><br />And how I wish I had had you as a history teacher!<br /><br />From a fond Taurus.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77174751296440447272015-05-03T19:17:27.952+02:002015-05-03T19:17:27.952+02:00Fabulous post, and rather timely as I am in the mi...Fabulous post, and rather timely as I am in the middle of a huge tome: Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth. Place names and history timelines get confused in my mind but I love these kind of stories After being to the UK and seeing Salisbury Cathedral and all that is even more special. Love your photos as always, the closeups are my favourites. <br /><br />Happy anniversary, Lucy and Tom! Have a great time in Paris. That's where we celebrated our 40th after that trip to the UK, also in May.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-63416503798655540282015-05-03T17:22:56.625+02:002015-05-03T17:22:56.625+02:00Oh, pub signs! So wonderful. And how I do miss old...Oh, pub signs! So wonderful. And how I do miss old old old places like this.<br /><br />Libras! Hurrah for Libras!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87404859057137306912015-05-03T16:53:05.820+02:002015-05-03T16:53:05.820+02:00Hello Robbie, just finished answering your comment...Hello Robbie, just finished answering your comment on the last, can't keep up... Did I miss a pun? Damn. Is there an easy way to levitate then? I recently found a splendid series of authentic paintings on-line illustrating the rise and fall of the codpiece, unfortunately can't remember where and didn't bookmark it. I shall look out for your brassy brasserie but make no promises. As to my Virgoan admirers, well that's you and Tom then, and dear Joe might have concurred I suppose so as not to be ungallant, but I don't imagine there are any more. Admirers, that is to say, not Virgos (Virgoes, Latin plural...?) But I take the compliment from whence it comes, thank you. If they are it's probably because they want to take me in hand and reform my chaotic, idle and untidy ways and impose their Virgoan meticulousness and sense of order etc etc.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-62899272835991325692015-05-03T16:25:04.901+02:002015-05-03T16:25:04.901+02:00But you didn't stop for the commercial, for sh...But you didn't stop for the commercial, for shame. I like the Tudor family, both of whom appear to be levitating the hard way, ie, sideways, propped up on their elbows, eyes wide open, clad apparently in plastic though it must surely be leather; no, it can't be, whoever heard of a leather ruffe collar?<br /><br />Immediately opposite, unfortunately juxtaposed in your list of labels, is the phrase "Dreadful puns" but I concluded this was pure accident. Anyway who am I to speak? I entered this post in a confused state of mind, having expected Walsingham rather than Waltham; the former being a very serious RC-ish place but with a somewhat contradictory name. Say it aloud and it sounds quite gay, even trivial - men with codpieces showing a leg.<br /><br />You do these tours very well indeed, daring to pooh-pooh Pevsner who swings into and out of fashion according to whatever part of the century it is. I wish you a rewarding anniversary, wondering whether you will opt for new discovery or the reassurances that only Paris can now offer. Down by the Marais there is a brasserie (several steps up as I recall) with mahogany doors and oodles of brass (=brasserie?) fitments. The atmosphere inside is that of the Ship of Fools as it starts to sink. Virtually everyone reads a book and thus (for safety's sake) eats whatever it is with a spoon. Would that I could find it again, would that you might find it for me.<br /><br />So Tom's a Virgo. Me too. Is this the case with all your admirers?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-40786879831205378752015-05-03T16:13:50.842+02:002015-05-03T16:13:50.842+02:00Merci Lyse!
C'est vrai que les cimetières son...Merci Lyse!<br /><br />C'est vrai que les cimetières sont plutot differentes; ici a Waltham il n'y a pas énormement de tombes, mais normalement il se trouve une cimetière a coté de l'église, - un peu comme les enclos Bretons - souvent assez serrée. Mais il existe des cimetières independentes aussi. Peut-être la plus grande difference est la verdure, beaucoup plus d'herbe et d'arbres autour de nos défunts! (Et moins de chrysanthemums!) Aussi on a plutot des pierres simples, moins des vraies tombes voutées (?). <br /><br />La prochaine fois que je voyage là-bas je chercherai une jolie cimetière pour te montrer!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4982263655367289722015-05-03T15:00:00.426+02:002015-05-03T15:00:00.426+02:00Lucy vous avez fait un beau voyage tous les deux. ...Lucy vous avez fait un beau voyage tous les deux. En voyant ton article, je me suis dite: je vais suremnt voir un cimetière anglais, on nous en montre à la télé qui sont bien différents des nôtres, la prochaine fois peut être?<br />Bon voyage à Paris et bon anniversaire de mariage Lysehttp://lysevaine.canalblog.comnoreply@blogger.com