Here are my four 'happy' moments from the last week - things that have made me smile............
1. Stone Carvings - the carvings in the roofless lay brothers' dormitory at Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire (see my last post) made me smile
2. Sunrise - On Friday, the day after the storm, we woke to a most beautiful, calm sunrise
3. Coffee for two - at the Emma Bridgewater Factory shop. They bring your order to you in a wonderful mix of patterns and styles of pottery.
4. Maypole - I know it is December not May but I love the maypole on the green in the Nottinghamshire village of Wellow. Photo taken last Wednesday on our way to Rufford Abbey (see my last post)
Linking up with Little Birdie where '52 weeks of Happy' started. Each week you find just four things that have made you happy to share.
There have been some magnificent sunrises and sunsets this week!
ReplyDeleteWe've had some wonderful skies both morning and evening - pink ones , orange ones and golden too:)
DeleteWe had another really fantastic sunset tonight - I wonder whats causing them? xxx
ReplyDeleteI wonder too! We've had some glorious weather on some days and vile on others - so different to last year though when I'm sure it was a lot colder:)
DeleteI love that you get EB cups and so on in the teashop! Seems obvious, but so lovely. That is a great collection of carvings too! They look as though they could do with father christmas hats to cheer them up at this time of year. xx
ReplyDeleteNothing ever matches in their cafe and it's always fun to see what you get:)
DeleteI love gargoyles too. I have many photos and even two little ornaments from Notre Dame in Paris. I drove home to the Wirral tonight towards a spectacular sunset. Have a good week x
ReplyDeleteI bet that was a beautiful sunset! Hope you too have a good week:)
DeleteI'm sure I have watched a t.v. programme about how those gargoyles were designed and made, I don't think they are called gargoyles but something else, I can't remember what though
ReplyDeleteGargoyles carry water on downspouts. I think these are called grotesques. (They are also corbels, I think, because they have a flat bit on the top that's meant to carry weight. Like at the base of an arch.)
DeleteCouldn't have put it better myself. When I looked them up some people called them grotesques other referred to them as corbels thanks AJ:) Elaine I'd have loved to have seen the t.v. programme
DeleteThose carvings are the ones I mentioned in my comment on your Rufford post. I love the guy chewing his toenails! Thanks for the closeup.
ReplyDeleteHe's my favourite too:)
DeleteBeautiful sunrise, the coffee tray looks great too :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Paul's cracked rib - I've been really careful out walking with my possibly cracked rib, for fear of slipping on wet leaves and mud! I nearly slipped yesterday on wet leaves myself! Hope it doesn't take to long to heal.
Do take care Louise! Wet leaves can be treacherous, as bad as ice sometimes. Paul's possible cracked rib seems to be a lot easier now. Haven't there been some lovely sunrises and sunsets lately?:)
DeleteGreat montage of the stone carvings! I adore Emma Bridgewater pottery and all the styles seem to compliment each other. Gorgeous blue sky in the maypole photo. x
ReplyDeleteCan't believe how blue that sky was but then it was an exceptionally gorgeous day:)
DeleteSuch funny chaps on those stone carvings :)
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Aren't they? We were with Paul's brother and when he saw the one with two faces he said 'that's me and him' - I had to laugh:)
DeleteThey really are grotesque aren't they but quite funny too. Those sunsets are gorgeous.
ReplyDeletePatricia x
They are quite weird but compelling too. The one in what looks like a 'compo' flat cap amuses me as does the one with his foot in his mouth:)
DeleteI love gargoyles and grotesques so I think these at Rufford Abbey are wonderful. As always, I wonder who the faces are modelled on - who from the local community caught the stonemason's eye?!
ReplyDeleteThe sunsets and sunrises have been so spectacular recently.
I'm not sure if they are old or copies of originals or new ones - I must try to find out more about them. I expect stonemasons used to see a characterful face and keep it in mind when carving. Yes, there have been some super skies recently:)
DeleteA nice mix of happys x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amanda:)
DeleteThose carvings are very amusing and the maypole is striking. I assume it's well known for being so tall and must produce very complicated patterns when the ribbons are hung on it for dancing around it.
ReplyDeleteIt is one, if not the, tallest maypole in the UK. There is a festival each year which I'd love to see one day:)
DeleteLove the gargoyles:) The sunrise is beautiful too- a lot of nice happies:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amanda:)
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