Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
reculver ... looking west
From Pevsner's North east and East Kent, written by John Newman ...
The Saxon church, the latest of the group built in the C7 by Saint Augustine and his converts, remained until as recently as 1809 almost intact.
Then, most scandalously, in the bitter words of the parish clerk,
"Mr C.C. Nailor been vicar of the parish, his mother fancied that the church was kept for a poppet show, and she persuaded her son to take it down"; ...
... so we are left with little more than the foundations, and the austere two-towered west facade added late in the C12 and spared to be a sea mark on the cliff tops for ships in the Thames estuary.
The Saxon church, the latest of the group built in the C7 by Saint Augustine and his converts, remained until as recently as 1809 almost intact.
Then, most scandalously, in the bitter words of the parish clerk,
"Mr C.C. Nailor been vicar of the parish, his mother fancied that the church was kept for a poppet show, and she persuaded her son to take it down"; ...
... so we are left with little more than the foundations, and the austere two-towered west facade added late in the C12 and spared to be a sea mark on the cliff tops for ships in the Thames estuary.
later ... a map i spotted in an exhibition at the V&A in november 2007
eastwell park
i passed this as it was getting dark and starting to rain again, so could only stop for two minutes ... i need to go back and photograph it from ground level
it is worth quoting from the pevsner guide to north east and east kent, written by john newman in 1969
"The neo-Jacobean gatehouse on the A251 announces Eastwell Park with a trumpet blast, a flint and stone be-turreted tower springing upwards in the centre of a low semi-circle of wall, with big rampant lions, and a tremendous coat-of-arms over the arch. It was built c.1843. Alas, there is nothing now to announce. Or nearly nothing ..."
it is worth quoting from the pevsner guide to north east and east kent, written by john newman in 1969
"The neo-Jacobean gatehouse on the A251 announces Eastwell Park with a trumpet blast, a flint and stone be-turreted tower springing upwards in the centre of a low semi-circle of wall, with big rampant lions, and a tremendous coat-of-arms over the arch. It was built c.1843. Alas, there is nothing now to announce. Or nearly nothing ..."
Thursday, December 28, 2006
hastings net sheds ... any colour you like, as long as its black
this old image is from the united states library of congress archives
interior of winchelsea church
despite the destruction of parts of winchelsea church in past centuries, the interior still feels spacious, and today i was lucky to find the christmas decorations still looking very good
stained glass by douglas strachan in winchelsea church
terrifically well organised designs with a very clever use of appropriate perspective to emphasise the height of the figures
memorial window by douglas strachan in winchelsea church
all the windows in winchelsea church are by douglas strachan
they aren't pretty, to my eye, but quite big and spectacular and "fit for purpose"
who commissioned them ? who paid ?
i should have bought a guide book !
they aren't pretty, to my eye, but quite big and spectacular and "fit for purpose"
who commissioned them ? who paid ?
i should have bought a guide book !
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