History addict (originally Classics, but trying to broaden my repertoire); monsters, mosaics and myths. (Also birds, butterflies etc.) @ianebbage.bsky.social
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Peacocks for #mosaicmonday, here with vine tendrils & a basket of grapes. Well-observed, good quality work with, in the lower border, a striking decorative tromp-l'oeil ribbon set against a dark background & picking up colouring from the birds' plumage. Antioch 2-4c CE
The Royal Arms of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs in St Giles, Wrexham #stuartsaturday
The Royal Arms of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs, in St Giles', Wrexham #stuartsaturday
St Peter's, Tickencote in Rutland is best known for its remarkable Norman chancel arch: in 1792 under the patronage of Miss Eliza Wingfield it was given a neo-Romanesque make-over by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, great-great nephew of the diarist. #steeplesaturday
On a very wet morning, what better place to be than Falko, #Haddington's own Konditorei #FalkoKonditormeister
A fine set of wings to transport the soul to the Afterlife: North Leith Burial Ground #31DaysofGraves Day 23 Wings
Figures of mourning flanking the memorial stone to Andrew Skene (d.1835), an Edinburgh advocate, in the New Calton Cemetery: the central panel depicts "Misfortune soothed by Wisdom" #31DaysofGraves Day 22 Mourning
The Bondgate Tower (or Hotspur Tower/Gateway) in Alnwick, part of the fortifications built mid-15c by Hotspur's son 2nd Earl of Northumberland, under licence from Henry V #thursgate
The Old Post Office in Clayport Street in Alnwick, with its "Tuscan" porch (early 19c) #adoorablethursday
A fairly dreich morning, to begin with, at Musselburgh: it brightened up later. Curlew; some rather distant ducks: 3 Shovelers, and a Gadwall trying to get out of the picture; Red-breasted Merganser; and a Cormorant swallowing its catch. #birdwatching
The Marsh Sandpiper which visited Musselburgh in Autumn last year #waderwednesday
One if the corbels in the Great Hall (1341) at Penshurst Place of figures representing estate workers #woodensday
An autumnal Acer (? cappodocicum) in the Arboretum at Howick Hall in Northumberland #thicktrunktuesday
1/2 Imagery of #Fire runs through this memorial to John Johnson:
"He who would build a pyramid to his name
Must act as he did: fuel makes a flame:
Who from his good deeds did so bright aspire
That all were cherished with its quickening fire." /cntd
#31DaysofGraves Day 20 Fire
"Lost at sea": all too common a fate for people living in coastal communities: #31DaysofGraves Day 19 Water (North Berwick, Old Parish Church)
