I have a tendency to be a hermit, and of late, I’ve had more reasons than usual to hide from the world as much as possible. But it’s autumn, and from what I see out the window it’s been beautiful out there. The brilliant fall colors have started to fade and die, so I figure […]
View of Bath From Solsbury Hill
Bath is a an utterly gorgeous British town, with architecture ranging from the Roman to the present, with a firm roots in the Edwardian and Georgian eras. Solsbury Hill which overlooks the town was the site of an Iron Age hillfort, over a thousand years old. Its main claim to fame though is a song […]
Old Sheldon Church Ruins, ravaged by war, haunted by a saddened mother
The ruins of old Sheldon Church, in Beaufort County, South Carolina is one of the more lovely abandoned places you can find. Destroyed once by the British in the American Revolution, and ravaged from General Sherman in his march to the sea in the Civil War, the chapel, in its moss draped surroundings has seen […]
The Green Man of the Parish Church of St Katharine in Holt
When my lady moved to a house just outside of Holt, in Wiltshire we saw this Green Man on the church down the road as a sign. My business has operated under the name Greenman Design Studio for some years, and there aren’t a lot of green men in Wiltshire. So it was quite nice […]
Feeling like Vermeer at Philipsburg Manor
I love Vermeer, his paintings that is. This photo was taken at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The real Sleepy Hollow, which is as much history as legend. It was taken in a barn a few centuries years old, as the lady demonstrated the production of flax. Sometimes you take a photo and […]
The Devil’s Chair at Avebury
Top: One of the southern entrance stones to Avebury, with the Devil’s Chair in the center Folklore and legends abound with the standing stones of Britain, with many stones or groupings given the old fellow’s name, such as the Devil’s Bed and Bolster, Devil’s Den near Avebury and the Devil’s Chair, one of the two […]
