A few photos; We should be glad that technology has given us almost immediate records of the moment. So as I flipped this morning, I stopped and gathered a few.
The first is Kirkbymoorside, a festival day. The band plays, tractors roll through the town with hooters blaring and the sun shines.
Spring has arrived at Normanby, and this butterfly who has been hiding in the house somewhere, probably behind the curtains, wants out! The cotton wool she sits on has probably been spiked with a sugary content to give her strength.
Paul always worried over Lucy when she was loose and off lead. She on the other hand would carry her lead determinedly and always be near. Just as obstinate as he was.
The Bridestones on the North Yorkshire Moors. One of the things about the stones that lie unheeded, a memorial to a once living community of prehistoric people is that you can never suss the reason they are there!
Me probably sewing badges in Matilda's bedroom, though she did not go in for badges like Lille and Tom.
The 99 steps of Whitby. There were benches along the way up to St. Mary and Whitby Abbey. There was an old donkey path also but it was good to look down on the red roofed houses.
And something funny
Lovely photos, and with no doubt so many memories. Bridestones and a very phallic looking stone...hmm.
ReplyDeleteWhitby is such a great place to spend some time. I don't think we were up high enough to see the stone steps.
Well I think they had a multitude of purposes Andrew some look almost human. Whitby town is a favourite of mine even the crowds of people don't worry me.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed that the stones have lasted so long and no one has knocked them over, damaged, or painted graffiti on them. That photo of the steps in Whitby make me wonder how workmen and construction crews manage to work on those homes there!
ReplyDeleteWhitby has cottages eye to eye Ellen. It was a small flat piece of ground and people just kept on building. Hardly any gardens.
ReplyDeleteI love that little hat shop, so much nicer than all those plastic doll houses.
ReplyDeleteAt one stage in my life I used to make miniature scenes. Also had all the tooling for it and I regret I left it behind. I loved working in wood.
DeleteMy daughter and son -in- law went to Whitby and took me on a video tour, by phone. Such a beautiful place. Those stones always give me a little thrill to see.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that wherever in the world you are likely to be that these stones and old barrows cause people to speculate on their origins Debby.
Deletethe standing stone looks like "churn milk joan" and the steps at whitby is 199.... as my knees will testify :)
ReplyDeleteI always get the steps wrong. Counting is difficult when fighting to breath ;)
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