Well on a quieter note, a return to Cornwall and my favourite stone circle. Though whether it is a stone circle proper or in fact a ring of stones laid round a burial remains to be seen. The white of the quartz reminds us of jewels, of extravagance, of ceremony and respect. It brings the ancestors back to us, that there was formality and thought, physical skill and an acknowledgement of life after death.
Also I like to listen to my friend's voice on this video below as he slowly tours round recording his impressions of the stone. Roy's dog Jan is in the background with someone else and I am reminded I could have had one of her pups. But his dogs are all ace sheep dogs and I have no sheep;) but I have the irresistible Lucy for companionship.
The video can be listened to here
I agree with everything you say Thelma. I was married for 23 glorious years to an 'old fashioned' farmer who farmed the land as his father had before him. He cut his hedges with the birds in mind, knew where the two pairs of yellowhammers nested, knew where every orchid was and where the first marsh marigolds came out and would come in at lunch time and tell me The farm was sold when he died and half of it went to a farmer who farms in the same way and I take comfort from that.
ReplyDeleteAs for the other issues you raise. I have been reading the Swires diary this week in The Times and I am appalled by it all.I despair that these are the people who govern us.
And I ask myself what I can do about it and the answer is nothing, so I must take pleasure in the simple things - my garden,, the friendships I have, my family, the simple things in life. And I look at your stone circle with its beautiful, glittering stone - and its age and I tell myself that it will pass - as every age has done. Life will go on. I shall not be here to see it but I just hope for the sake of my son, my grandchildren and my great grandchildren that all will be well.
Well I have answered below Pat on farming but agree we have to accept what is on offer, because even if it changes it will not change the way we want. But humans moan and groan about things and that is the way it should be ;)
DeleteWhat a lovely little circle. Some people think that quartz studded stones were often chosen for inside chambers because they glittered in torchlight, but given the choice between plain stone and sparkly stone, any human would always choose the sparkly stuff.
ReplyDeleteExactly Tom, who would not choose the prettiest stone, a bit like Whitby jet, though I hate its funeral undertones, polish it and it glistens. The amber or blue beads of the Bronze Age, it is always there.
DeleteWhitby Jet's popularity can be blamed on the death of Prince Albert, I think.
DeletePerpetuated by the Goths...
DeleteThe Goths of Whitby are spectacular but all teddy bears underneath. People just love dressing up.
DeleteIt's reassuring to know the stones will still be there when all the rubbish is long forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI'm still seeing the "adult content" warning. The control I mentioned is in Settings - then 4th item down, a toggle switch Adult Content - show warning to blog readers.
Thank you for leading me to the right spot, I turned the toggle off and hopefully the warning should have disappeared.
ReplyDeleteI like the visits to the stones.
ReplyDeleteThink I am getting a need to go down there, but it is such a long way from this part of the country Joanne.
ReplyDeleteI haven't gone very far into Cornwall and seen none of its wonderful prehistoric stones. This looks a lovely stone circle. I have always wondered if quartz was chosen for its channelling properties - like a number of gigantic "cat's whisker" radio batteries. Perhaps it channelled sound in the same way and was thought magical? What's the proper word? Oscillation? Not to forget they are said to radiate energy . . .
ReplyDeleteYou will be believing in ley lines next Jennie but you may be right after all, some rocks have properties we are unaware of. We went to North Cornwall, Bodmin Moor but of course it is a different part of England.
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