A Hallmark of Civility and Hospitality
“Wine is a drink for boys – port for men.” – Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman, military officer, writer and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" the 3rd of October is "in a bottle". Originally, I had something else in mind, but last weekend, as part of my birthday celebrations, I went to stay at a little pied-à-terre in the city with a friend. It was furnished with, and full of antiques and curios, so my friend and I had planned it as a photography weekend, since we both are quite partial to antiques and collectables. This is why I was so late commenting on so many of your photographs last week. Upon our arrival, we found that our hosts had left us a gift of two hand blown and cut crystal port glasses and a bottle of aged tawny port that had been decanted into a Victorian era cut glass bottle for us, with a sterling silver collar around its neck to identify it, sitting on a silver tray on the sideboard. We were very touched by their kindness and generosity. I just happened to take a photograph of the port sitting in its bottle on the sideboard and didn’t even think that I might use it. It was only once I was home again, and going through all the photographs I took across the course of the weekend (there were a great many) that I came across it, and thought how perfect it would be for the theme! I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
A Hallmark of Civility and Hospitality
“Wine is a drink for boys – port for men.” – Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman, military officer, writer and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" the 3rd of October is "in a bottle". Originally, I had something else in mind, but last weekend, as part of my birthday celebrations, I went to stay at a little pied-à-terre in the city with a friend. It was furnished with, and full of antiques and curios, so my friend and I had planned it as a photography weekend, since we both are quite partial to antiques and collectables. This is why I was so late commenting on so many of your photographs last week. Upon our arrival, we found that our hosts had left us a gift of two hand blown and cut crystal port glasses and a bottle of aged tawny port that had been decanted into a Victorian era cut glass bottle for us, with a sterling silver collar around its neck to identify it, sitting on a silver tray on the sideboard. We were very touched by their kindness and generosity. I just happened to take a photograph of the port sitting in its bottle on the sideboard and didn’t even think that I might use it. It was only once I was home again, and going through all the photographs I took across the course of the weekend (there were a great many) that I came across it, and thought how perfect it would be for the theme! I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!