june and tony

three weeks ago today, tony westall and i met in the street outside his garden gate in lacock

sadly, i was in a moving car whilst tony was moving on foot, pretty fast

some very nice men came to take him away in a helicopter whilst his mum and dad both took the trouble to comfort me !

since then he's had three operations including a complicated bit of bone-grafting and things are looking good

as you can see, they aren't the sort to let a little bit of pain get them down !

 

june and her sunny door

 

the monkey island hotel at bray. there are only two ways in; one is by boat ...

 

...and this is the other

 

hambleden church tower on a dreary dark day

 

hambleden church ... the d'oyley family

a horrid day using the satnav to get lost in the thames valley when a decent map might have saved hours ... i ventured into hambleden church to soothe my eyes for twenty minutes, although the exterior promised little ... and found yet another splendid family memorial ... from the 1630s this time

 

the d'oyleys with their eight children at hambleden church

verses on the pedestal of the d'oyley family memorial in hambleden church

 

from the d'oyley memorial in hambleden church

 

lichen infestation in hambleden churchyard

 

this week's votive offering

 

definitely in charge ...

 

at cowgill in dentdale

 

the national rail museum at york

 

pub window in sedbergh

what the national rail museum in york lacks ...

should that first comma be a semi-colon ?

 

... whether or not they can read

 

yorkshire sculpture park ... three works by kenny hunter

 

i wonder if the bronze in this henry moore will last as long as the stones at avebury and stonehenge ?

henry moore ageing colourfully

 

swans at portslade

there is often a large group of swans in the dock besides the grain store at shoreham harbour

 

are all cats bipolar ?

 

not one beer glass in sight

 

not tonight, josephine !

 

this lion isn't cowardly ... he's just in denial !