Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Saturday, June 16, 2007

road blocks in lagartera



to the leadenhall market ... what did the victorians ever do for us ?




leadenhall market, all lit up on a wet and winday saturday morning




battered ornaments by saint paul's cathedral



on the road from navalmoral to guadalupe last monday morning



pilgrim's arrival looking down to guadalupe



the moorish-gothicky front of the cathedral at guadalupe



looking up to one of the three organs in the cathedral at guadalupe


guadalupe quiz ... your starter for ninety-nine points ... is there a special name for an equine sphinx ?




battered ornament on the door at guadalupe


not one green man, but five, at the door of guadalupe


ermita del humilladero ... in the pass above guadalupe


mombeltran


sierra de la paramera


above el herradon on the high road from avila to escorial


Wednesday, June 13, 2007

corpus christi in lagartera ... lagarteran infants and virgins ( xxxv )


lagarteran infants ( xxxiv )


i think this is the house of amada, the embroideress who was sent to japan once upon a time

infantes lagarteranos ( xxxiii )


the shed on the roof is called a solarno, which is where a lot of the embroiderers worked

lagarteran infants ( xxxii )